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Ary Scheffer · 1ère moitié 19e siècle
Ary Scheffer: 1795–1858
Other names (6)
ary schaeffer, a. schaeffer, A. Scheffer, Schefefr Ary, Scheffer, scheffer ary
Biography
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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Influenced by
- François Gérardeditorial inference
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- Pierre-Narcisse Guérineditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Théodore Géricaulteditorial inference
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Later influence
- Charles Landelleeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Stanisław Stattlereditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Franciszek Tepaeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Henry Mark Anthonyeditorial inference
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The biography reports Anthony's study with Ary Scheffer in Paris. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending. Teaching does not by itself establish artistic influence.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Ary Scheffer. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée de la vie romantique — Paris28 recorded works
- musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon — Versailles24 recorded works
- musée Condé — Chantilly7 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre7 recorded works
- Musée de Grenoble3 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris3 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Rouen3 recorded works
- musée national Magnin — Dijon3 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- MUDO - musée de l'Oise — Beauvais2 recorded works
- Musée Carnavalet2 recorded works
- musée d'art et d'archéologie — Senlis2 recorded works
- musée d'art Roger Quilliot — Clermont-Ferrand2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Caen2 recorded works
- musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims — Reims2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon2 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- musée Auguste Grasset — Varzy1 recorded work
- musée d'art, histoire et archéologie d'Evreux — Evreux1 recorded work
- musée de la musique — Paris1 recorded work
- musée de l'armée — Paris1 recorded work
- musée des arts décoratifs et du design — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Marseille1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Nantes1 recorded work
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Pau1 recorded work
- musée Dobrée — Nantes1 recorded work
- musée du vieux Toulouse — Toulouse1 recorded work
- musée Girodet — Montargis1 recorded work
- musée Lambinet — Versailles1 recorded work
- musée municipal — La Roche-sur-Yon1 recorded work
- musée Rolin — Autun1 recorded work
- Rijksmuseum1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Walters Art Museum1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- Painter cultural affiliation distinguished from recorded birthplace
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Rijksmuseum: independently verified selected paintings
- musée des beaux-arts — Rouen
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)