Lake Nemi

Description

Known for his landscapes, the painter and printmaker Albert Christoph Dies created the etching Lake Nemi, which exemplifies the picturesque settings that he used for inspiration in his art. Dies encountered Lake Nemi, a scenic crater lake in the Alban Mountains near Rome, during his visits to Italy.

Lake Nemi

Albert Christoph Dies

1794

Accession Number

141450

Medium

Etching on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 13.2 × 18.1 cm (5 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.); Plate: 15.2 × 19.6 cm (6 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.8 × 27.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection