Cascades of Tivoli
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 27.8 × 37.5 cm (11 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 39.1 × 54 cm (15 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149544
About the Artist
Albert Christoph Dies
Albert Christoph Dies (1755–1822) was a German painter and writer who spent a significant portion of his career in Italy, working in the landscape tradition that drew so many Northern European artists to Rome during the late eighteenth century. Born in Hanover, Dies trained in the artistic milieu of the time and eventually made his way to Rome, where he became part of the community of German-speak...