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Albert Christoph Dies, designer

Temples of the Sibyl and of Vesta at Tivoli, 1793

Description

Maker

Albert Christoph Dies, 1755-1822, Austrian, designer

Title

Temples of the Sibyl and of Vesta at Tivoli

Year

1793

Medium

etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

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

Type

Credit

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

Object Number

82.027.7

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty

February 3 - July 8, 2012

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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