Ugolino and His Sons is a marble sculpture of Ugolino made by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Paris during the 1860s. It depicts the story of Ugolino from Dante's Inferno in which the 13th century count is imprisoned and starving with his children. Carpeaux shows Ugolino at the moment where he considers cannibalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugolino_and_His_Sons_(Carpeaux))
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Submission statement: Epstein’s bathroom displaying a photograph of a dead baby from the sculpture – Ugolino and His Sons. It depicts the moment Ugoliono considers cannibalism. This is not a trivial choice for artwork.
Look at the devil looking statue on the left too that’s pretty sketchy
Ungolino was imprisoned within ice in the lowest level of hell in Dante’s inferno. He was a corrupt politician who was then starved to death with his sons. Dante speaks to him and Ungolino states that his children begged him to eat them before he died, unable to come to terms with what he did to survive. Truly a dark sculpture to place in your home.
Its a pattern in hell, the people trapped there are not able to accept what they have done and so remain in agony for eternity. A powerful allegory.
Isn’t that what the brother of the Limey Charles was nailed on?