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Which painting by Joshua Reynolds showed the story of Ugolino?
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Joshua Reynolds, detail of self-portrait, oil on panel, 1780; in the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
The painting by Joshua Reynolds that depicts the story of Ugolino is titled Ugolino (1773).1
This work was one of the historical pieces Reynolds exhibited at the Royal Academy, though it is often noted as being among his less successful efforts. The subject matter is drawn from the tragic tale of Count Ugolino, a figure famously featured in the Inferno section of Danteβs The Divine Comedy.12