Ary Scheffer
1795 – 1858
Dutch painter, engraver, and book illustrator, active for almost all his career in Paris. His work was immensely popular in his lifetime, but is now generally considered sentimental. Early in his career he favoured literary themes (Francesca da Rimini, Wallace Collection, London 1835, and other versions ), but later he turned to mawkishly treated religious subjects (SS.
8 artworks in collection
Locations
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Works
18241855
18241855
Museum
Greek Women Imploring for Assistance
Private collection1826
Portrait of a Man at his Desk
Private collection1833
Faust and Marguerite in the Garden
Private collection1846
