TitleThe Lake of Nemi
Artist
Jasper Francis Cropsey
(American, 1823 - 1900)
Date1848
MediumOil on paper mounted on board
DimensionsUnframed: 15 3/8 × 22 1/4 in.
Framed: 24 1/2 × 31 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.
SignedSigned at bottom right: "J. F. Cropsey / 1848".
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Bequest of James A. Suydam, 1865
Object number307-P
Label TextLocated southeast of Rome in the Alban Hills, the picturesque Lake of Nemi offered the young, newly-married Jasper Cropsey an impressive, time-honored vantage on the Italian countryside. This painting is a reduced version-probably a study, as suggested by the artist's notes inscribed in the upper right-of a larger composition that is now unlocated. The artist and collector James. R. Suydam likely purchased the work in a set of seven studies that he bought directly from Cropsey in 1856 when Cropsey was financing his second trip abroad.Collections
- 19th Century Highlights from the Collection
