Pelagio Palagi
Il conte Ugolino imprigionato con i figli, 1820
Count Ugolino imprisoned with his children
Le comte Ugolino emprisonné avec ses enfants
Penna, inchiostro bruno, biacca e acquarello su carta
Pen, brown ink, white lead and watercolor on paper
Plume, encre brune, craie blanche et aquarelle sur papier
Le comte Ugolino emprisonné avec ses enfants
Penna, inchiostro bruno, biacca e acquarello su carta
Pen, brown ink, white lead and watercolor on paper
Plume, encre brune, craie blanche et aquarelle sur papier
38 x 53.3
14 48/50 x 20 49/50
14 48/50 x 20 49/50
Palagi drawn this refined and unpublished sheet in Milan around 1822. Together with three other sheets dedicated to as many episodes of Ugolino's history, a "calco" (a transparency copie) of it is kept in the Archiginnasio collection in Bologna. In the same year, our drawing was engraved by Gallo Gallina and shortly after commented by the critic Giuseppe Rovani on the pages of the "Gazzetta di Milano".
Provenance
Genoa, Santo Varni collection (1807/1885, sculptor and collector) (?);
Italy, private collection;
Genoa, Cambi, auction of 18 March 2021, lot no. 117 (as Pelagio Palagi).
Literature
Unpublished.
Comparative artworks:
Pen drawing on glossy paper (Fondo Pelagio Palagi; Bologna Archiginnasio).
Aquatint derived from Palagi's drawing by the painter Gallo Gallina
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