Lago di Nemi (Lake Nemi)
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 27.8 x 37.3 cm (10 15/16 x 14 11/16 in.) sheet: 39.2 x 49.4 cm (15 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rudolf Sobernheim Memorial Fund and Oscar Naumann Memorial Fund
Accession Number
1995.39.1
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...