Albert Christoph Dies

Temples of the Sibyl and of Vesta at Tivoli

Maker

Albert Christoph Dies (Austrian, 1755-1822), designer

Title

Temples of the Sibyl and of Vesta at Tivoli

Year

1793

Medium

Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching on paper

Materials

etching

Supports

Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

37.6 x 28.3 cm (14 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches) (plate)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Rhode Island School of Design Library, Photograph and Clipping Department

Object Number

82.027.7

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty

Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy

Feb 03, 2012 – Jul 08, 2012

Label copy

This print demonstrates artists’ ongoing fascination with the dramatic landscape of the hilltop town of Tivoli near Rome. Temples of the Sibyl amd of Vesta at Tivoli, by Albert Christoph Dies, includes an artist sketching in the foreground.

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Tombstone

Albert Christoph Dies (Austrian, 1755-1822), designer

Temples of the Sibyl and of Vesta at Tivoli, 1793

etching on paper

37.6 x 28.3 cm (14 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches) (plate)

Gift of Rhode Island School of Design Library, Photograph and Clipping Department 82.027.7

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