Art, Symbol & Imagination
Ugolino Holds His Grief in Silence
A bearded seated man is surrounded by younger figures inside a bare chamber lit through a high barred opening. Ugolino’s speech turns from the frozen pit to the memory of confinement with his children. In the captioned moment he remains silent so as not to increase their distress. Doré confines the group beneath a small source of light, allowing the close bodies and empty wall to carry the scene’s pressure. The image is a narrative recollection within the poem, not a documentary interior or a verified portrait of the prisoners. Peripheral pencil writing is removed from the crop while the original scan is preserved.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Ugolino Holds His Grief in Silence" [editorial title]. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri. New Edition, undated supplied scan, undated edition, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 228. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/inferno-dore-221
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Full original plate and caption individually inspected; neighbouring canto read. Editorial title. Source tone and intrinsic damage retained; rotation applies only to Gallery derivatives.
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Gustave Doré (design). Ugolino Holds His Grief in Silence. Dante's Inferno. Scan leaf 228. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/inferno-dore-221