Ary Scheffer

Ary Scheffer  (1795–1858)
	Alternative names	Scheffer; A. Scheffer; Schefefr Ary; a. schaeffer; scheffer ary; ary schaeffer
	Description	French-Dutch painter, sculptor and drawer
	Date of birth/death	10 February 1795	15 June 1858
	Location of birth/death	Dordrecht	Argenteuil
	Work period	between circa 1810 and circa 1858 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
	Work location	Dordrecht (....-1811), Paris (1811-1858), Amsterdam (1854), England (1857-1858), Netherlands
	Authority file	: Q436726 VIAF: 2478799 ISNI: 000000010854617X ULAN: 500001962 LCCN: n84100030 MusicBrainz: c8faa87e-85e4-4b85-b0e3-98e3daa40006 WGA: s/scheffer Open Library: OL352951A DBNL: sche014 GND: 118975072 SUDOC: 027305198 BNF: 11937615v BPN: 33965601 NKC: xx0305986 Léonore: [ LH//2476/36] BNE: XX859065 KulturNav: e38115c2-d0a5-4322-982e-5eff47565093 RKD: 70240 J9U: 987007437141105171 Koninklijke: 06855947X WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q436726

English: Ary Scheffer (February 10, 1795 - June 15, 1858) was a French painter of Dutch extraction. His style has been called "frigidly classical".

Portraits and life

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  Statue of Ary Scheffer in Dordrecht
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  Statue of Ary Scheffer in Dordrecht
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  House of Ary Scheffer in Paris, now Musée de la Vie romantique (Museum of Romantic Life)

Works

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  Mary Magdalene

  . 1845. oil on canvas

  medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

  . 91 × 59 cm (35.8 × 23.2 in). Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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  Count Eberhard of Württemberg and his Son

  label QS:Len,"Count Eberhard of Württemberg and his Son"

  label QS:Lnl,"Graaf Eberhard van Württemberg en zijn zoon"

  . 1851. oil on canvas

  medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

  . 168 × 208 cm (66.1 × 81.8 in). Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
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  Frédéric Chopin
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  Abel-François Villemain
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  Saint Augustin et sainte Monique
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  Faust et Marguerite
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  Paolo and Francesca appear to Dante and Virgil, 1854. Hamburger Kunsthalle
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  Figure d'ange représentant Mademoiselle de Montblanc après sa mort
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  Félicie de Fauveau, 1829
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  De hemelse en aardse liefde, 1850