View of Lake Nemi

Medium: Oil On Canvas
Size: 132 x 179 cm
Signed: Signed and dated: A. Dupont 1823

Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1824, no. 594

Lake Nemi is an ancient lake that is located east of Rome in the Alban Hills where the temple of Diana once stood, surrounded by her sacred grove. In ancient times the lake was known as "Diana's Mirror" because the reflection of the moon upon Lake Nemi could be perfectly viewed from the temple.

Dupont, a painter of views and portraits, studied under Bertin and Gros.  He exhibited at the Salon from 1824 to 1833, and is most renowned for his views of the Roman campagna.  His painting Clair de Lune is in the collection of the Museé de Nantes.