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Ary Scheffer

32 works held in 3 museums

Romantic painter, from Dordrecht to Paris: portraits, Faust, Mignon and religious subjects

Jacob and Rachel, Ary Scheffer

Jacob and Rachel, 1857.

Jacob en Rachel (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on wood

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, on His Deathbed, Ary Scheffer

Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, on His Deathbed, 1842.

Ferdinand Philippe, hertog van Orléans op zijn sterfbed (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Portrait of Dr René Marjolin, Ary Scheffer

Portrait of Dr René Marjolin, 1838.

Portret van dr. René Marjolin (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Margaret at the Spinning Wheel (Goethe, Faust, I, 15), Ary Scheffer

Margaret at the Spinning Wheel (Goethe, Faust, I, 15), 1831.

Margaretha aan het spinnewiel (Goethe, Faust 1, 15) (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on wood

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Child with Dog, Ary Scheffer

Child with Dog, 1826.

Kind met hond (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Orphans, Ary Scheffer

The Orphans, 1822.

De wezen (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appear to Dante and Virgil, Ary Scheffer

The Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appear to Dante and Virgil, 1855.

Les ombres de Francesca da Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta… (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Portrait of Cornelia with Her Dog Turc, Ary Scheffer

Portrait of Cornelia with Her Dog Turc, 1840.

Portret van Cornelia met haar hond Turc (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Christus Consolator, Ary Scheffer

Christus Consolator, 1837.

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Women of Souli (Throwing Themselves from the Rocks to Avoid Falling into the Hands of Ali Pasha), Ary Scheffer

The Women of Souli (Throwing Themselves from the Rocks to Avoid Falling into the Hands of Ali Pasha), 1827–1828.

De vrouwen van Souli (werpen zich van de rotsen om niet in… (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Three Scheffer Brothers in a Landscape, Ary Scheffer

The Three Scheffer Brothers in a Landscape, 1824.

De drie gebroeders Scheffer in een landschap (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Head of an Old Man with a Beret, Ary Scheffer

Head of an Old Man with a Beret, 1807.

Kop van grijsaard met baret op het hoofd (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on wood

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Entry of Joan of Arc and Charles VII into Reims, Ary Scheffer

The Entry of Joan of Arc and Charles VII into Reims

De intocht van Jeanne d' Arc en Karel VII in Reims (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Hilly Landscape near Paris, Ary Scheffer

Hilly Landscape near Paris

Heuvelachtig landschap in de omgeving van Parijs (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Portrait of Madame Victor Place, Ary Scheffer

Portrait of Madame Victor Place, 1852.

Portret van mevrouw Victor Place (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The King of Thule, Ary Scheffer

The King of Thule, 1838.

De koning van Thule (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Battle of Tolbiac, 496, Ary Scheffer

Battle of Tolbiac, 496, 1836.

Bataille de Tolbiac. 496 (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

The Misses de La Fayette, Bust-Length, Ary Scheffer

The Misses de La Fayette, Bust-Length, 1826.

Mesdemoiselles de la Fayette. Borstbeeld (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Young Mother in Childbed, Ary Scheffer

The Young Mother in Childbed, 1824.

De jonge kraamvrouw (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Prodigal Son, Ary Scheffer

The Prodigal Son

De verloren zoon (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on wood

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Portrait of Mrs Cornelia Marjolin, née Scheffer, at the Age of Nineteen, Ary Scheffer

Portrait of Mrs Cornelia Marjolin, née Scheffer, at the Age of Nineteen, 1849.

Portret van mevrouw Cornelia Marjolin, geboren Scheffer op… (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on wood

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Self-Portrait at the Age of Forty-Three, Ary Scheffer

Self-Portrait at the Age of Forty-Three, 1838.

Zelfportret op 43-jarige leeftijd (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Charlemagne Receives the Submission of Widukind at Paderborn, 785, Ary Scheffer

Charlemagne Receives the Submission of Widukind at Paderborn, 785, 1835.

Charlemagne reçoit à Paderborn la soumission de Witikind.… (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Palace of Versailles, France

Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirty-One, Ary Scheffer

Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirty-One, 1826.

Zelfportret op 31-jarige leeftijd (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Old Sergeant, Ary Scheffer

The Old Sergeant, 1824.

De oude Sergeant (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Portrait of Dr Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, Ary Scheffer

Portrait of Dr Johann Gaspar Spurzheim

Portret van Dr. Johan Gaspar Spurzheim (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Sorrows of the Earth Rise to Heaven and Turn into Hope and Bliss, Ary Scheffer

The Sorrows of the Earth Rise to Heaven and Turn into Hope and Bliss, 1847–1858.

De smarten der aarde verheffen zich ten hemel en veranderen… (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Portrait of Karel Arnoldus Scheffer, Ary Scheffer

Portrait of Karel Arnoldus Scheffer, 1838.

Portret van Karel Arnoldus Scheffer (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Faust in His Study (Goethe, Faust, I, 3), Ary Scheffer

Faust in His Study (Goethe, Faust, I, 3), 1831.

Faust in zijn kabinet (Goethe, Faust, 1, 3) (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on wood

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

The Burnt Farmstead, Ary Scheffer

The Burnt Farmstead, 1826.

De verbrande hoeve (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Baptism in the Village, Ary Scheffer

Baptism in the Village, 1823.

De doop in het dorp (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Study for the Portraits of Two Daughters of Countess d'Estutt de Tracy, Ary Scheffer

Study for the Portraits of Two Daughters of Countess d'Estutt de Tracy

Studie voor de portretten van twee dochters van Gravin d'… (museum title)

Ary Scheffer (French), oil on canvas

Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands

Paintings by Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), in the public domain, each linked to its record on the website of the museum that holds it: Dordrechts Museum, the Louvre, the National Gallery in London and the Palace of Versailles (POP records). Only those for which a freely reusable photograph of good quality exists are shown: public-domain files from Wikimedia Commons. Paintings photographed in their frames have been cropped to the painting. Titles are those of the museums (in Dutch for Dordrecht), with a translation.