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Ary Scheffer

117 works

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Painting of a man in an orange tunic and a veiled woman in white gazing upward together against a blue sky and sea.

Saint Augustin et Sainte Monique

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and white cravat against a red backdrop, dated 1849.

Portrait présumé de Jean Abraham Nottebohm

1849

Seated woman in a white dress with blue sash and lace collar, in a carved armchair before a draped curtain.

Portrait présumé de la princesse Louise d'Orléans

1833

Painted triptych design with a haloed woman in the center and kneeling figures in gothic arched side panels.

Projet pour un triptyque

Painting of a woman comforting two children beside a cottage, with wooden crosses and a dusky sky behind them.

Les orphelins

1823

Painting of a group of families and children on a stormy rocky shore, with breaking waves and a dark sky.

La tempête

1820

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white lace-sleeved dress with a floral wreath in her hair, against a dark background.

Portrait présumé de la princesse Marie d'Orléans

1831

Oil painting of a bearded man in a white robe and headwrap, one arm raised, against a dark interior background.

Le Giaour

1832

Seated woman in black dress with gold cords and blue shawl against a dark red background, painted in 1842.

Portrait de Madame Edouard Caillard

1842

Painting of a pale woman in white holding a dead infant, with a man, an old woman in pink, and a black crow.

Marguerite tenant son enfant mort

1846

Painting of a bearded man in a dark gown seated in a study, a skull and books on the table, a shadowy figure behind him.

Faust dans son cabinet

1848

Portrait de Pauline Viardot en sainte Cécile

1851

Oil portrait of a bearded older man in a fur-collared robe, holding a quill and reading an open book.

Portrait de Calvin

1858

Night painting of a woman embracing a rider on a galloping horse, surrounded by shadowy ghostly figures under a moonlit sky.

Lénore, les morts vont vite

1830

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress with white collar and gold cross necklace, in an ornate gilded frame.

Portrait de Pauline Viardot

1840

Older man in dark robes weeps in a red chair beside his son lying in gilded armor on fur, under a torn red banner.

Eberhard, comte de Wurtemberg, pleurant la mort de son fils, dit le Larmoyeur

1836

Three robed men look up toward a bright star in a dark sky, one holding a gold vessel and another a scroll.

Les rois mages

1844

Framed painting of women gazing upward toward light, with a sleeping infant in arms and an older man in shadow.

L'adoration des bergers

1844

Oil portrait of a woman with upswept dark hair, gold earrings, and a dark off-shoulder dress against red drapery.

Portrait de femme

1831

Oil landscape of a manor house beside a pond, with two cows on the bank, willows, poplars and a rowboat.

Landschap te La Marche

1825

Painting of a young uniformed soldier with a knapsack knocking at a wooden door beneath a tree at dusk.

De terugkeer van den jonge invalide

1820

Painting of a winged angel in white robes lying asleep face down on a pillow among golden clouds, within a gilded arched fram

Figuur van een treurende engel

Ahasverus of De wandelende jood

1834

Painting of women and winged angels in a golden sky, with upturned faces and clasped hands, by Ary Scheffer.

De smarten der aarde, die in den Hemel troost vinden

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background, signed Ary Scheffer, 1851.

Portret van Antoine Pétroz (1781 - 1859)

1851

Sketch of two muscular male figures embracing, one winged, in brown tones on a pale blue ground, in a gilded frame.

Jacob en de engel

1856

Painting of a church with a tall spire at sunset, trees around it, and a rider on horseback in the foreground.

De kerk te Esher bij Claremont in het graafschap Surrey bij zonsondergang

Painting of women in flowing robes gazing and reaching upward toward a pale sky, with veiled figures rising above a crowd.

The sorrows of the world

1847

Oil painting of a barefoot young woman in a white blouse and red sash standing on sandy dunes under a grey sky.

Mignon verlangende naar haar vaderland

1850

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress and white fringed shawl, hands clasped, against a dark background, in a gilded frame

Portrait of madame Victor Place

1852

Painting of a returning army with mounted knights, banners and a trumpeter, and women in distress on a dirt road.

Lenore - De terugkeer van het leger

1829

Oil self portrait of a man with wavy dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, one hand resting on an open book.

Self portrait

1838