Artist
Ary Scheffer
French, 1795–1858
Ary Scheffer was a French French Romanticism artist. 26 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Ary Scheffer was born in Dordrecht.
Ary Scheffer (10 February 1795 – 15 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, Lord Byron and Walter Scott, as well as religious subjects. He was also a prolific painter of portraits of famous and influential people in his lifetime.
Politically, Scheffer had strong ties to King Louis Philippe I, having been employed as a teacher of the latter's children, which allowed him to live a life of luxury for many years until the French Revolution of 1848.
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