Ary Scheffer Dordrecht 1795-Argenteuil 1858
Dutch painter, sculptor and lithographer, active in France. He became a French citizen in 1850. He received his earliest training in the studio of his parents, Johann-Bernhard Scheffer (1764-1809) and Cornelia Scheffer (1769-1839), who were both artists, as was his brother Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). He then attended the Amsterdam Teeken-Academie (1806-9). At the first Exhibition of Living Masters in Amsterdam in 1808 he showed Hannibal Swearing to Avenge the Death of his Brother Hasdrubal
Dante and Virgil Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in the Underworld oil on canvas
Dimensions 172.7 X 238.8 cm
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Painting ID:: 92360
Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil 1835 (Painted in 1835, signed in 1851)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 172.7 x 238.8 cm
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Painting ID:: 94973
Francesca_da_Rimini_and_Paolo_Malatesta_appraised_by_Dante_and_Virgil 1835 (Painted in 1835, signed in 1851)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 172.7 x 238.8 cm
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Ary_Scheffer Dordrecht 1795-Argenteuil 1858
Dutch painter, sculptor and lithographer, active in France. He became a French citizen in 1850. He received his earliest training in the studio of his parents, Johann-Bernhard Scheffer (1764-1809) and Cornelia Scheffer (1769-1839), who were both artists, as was his brother Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). He then attended the Amsterdam Teeken-Academie (1806-9). At the first Exhibition of Living Masters in Amsterdam in 1808 he showed Hannibal Swearing to Avenge the Death of his Brother Hasdrubal