Lake Nemi
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
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
141450
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.
About the Artist
Albert Christoph Dies · 1755–1822
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...