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Ary Scheffer

117 works

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Three young men in a landscape: one paints at an easel, one reads on the grass, one sits by a tree, with dogs nearby.

Portrait of the three Scheffer brothers in a landscape

1824

Painting of a kneeling woman in black praying in a church pew while other worshippers and a priest stand behind her.

Gretchen in de kerk

1832

Oil portrait of a seated woman in grey dress beside a white marble sculpture, against a dark background.

Marie, prinses van Orléans

Loose oil sketch of two embracing lovers in the foreground with two observing figures standing at the right.

Oorspronkelijk ontwerp voor het schilderij van 'Francesca da Rimini en Paolo'

1822

Oil portrait of a man with wavy auburn hair and mustache in a dark coat against a dark background.

Portrait of Karel Arnoldus Scheffer

1838

Unfinished painting of a haloed Christ in white drapery appearing to a kneeling woman with reddish-blond hair against a dark

Christus verschijnt aan Maria Magdalena

1858

Oil painting of a woman in a white headscarf looking upward beside a child with bowed head against a dark green background.

Vrouw met kind

1840

Painted head of a bearded man with closed eyes lying back on a pillow, in a carved wooden frame with gilt border.

Scheffers broer Karel Arnoldus op zijn doodsbed

1853

Painting of a medieval procession with a mounted knight on a white horse, a woman with a banner, and a kneeling crowd.

The Entry of Joan of Arc and Charles VII in Reims

Oil painting of Christ with outstretched arms and a halo, reaching toward an angel in a dark arched sky.

Christus in Gethsemane

1839

Painted portrait of a sleeping woman in a white veil on a pillow, set in an arched gilded panel within a carved wooden case.

Cornelia Lamme Scheffer - On Her Deathbed

Full-length painting of a barefoot young woman in a white blouse and dark skirt against a dusk sky in an arched frame.

Mignon desires her fatherland

1836

Oil portrait of a young woman with short dark hair, dark dress and white collar, resting her arm on a red cushion.

Portrait of Mrs. Cornelia Marjolin, Born Scheffer, at the age of 19

1849

Oil painting of a young woman with long dark hair in a white dress, kneeling and gazing upward in a gilded frame.

Mignon Yearning to Heaven

1851

Oil painting of a haloed bearded figure in red and blue placing a thorn crown on a veiled woman's head.

Christus, de doornenkroon plaatsende op het hoofd van koningin Maria Amelia

1857

Portrait of an elderly woman in black dress and white bonnet seated beside an open book, in a gilded frame.

Portret van 's kunstenaars moeder in weduwengewaad

1835

Dark landscape at sunset with orange and red light under heavy clouds, a pale cliff on the left and a stream below.

Zonsondergang in de omgeving van Reuil

Half-length painted self-portrait of a man with curly reddish hair, wearing a dark green coat and white cravat, dated 1826.

Selfportrait aged 31

1826

Two women face each other in a dark room, holding hands, one in a dark cloak and the other in a white blouse and red skirt.

Effie and Janny Daens in Edinburgh Prison

1832

Lithograph of a hooded woman holding the hand of a sick young man in bed, lit by an oil lamp in a plain room.

Vrouw zit naast zieke jongeman in bed

1826

Grey ink and wash drawing of a bearded man, a veiled woman, a kneeling figure and a torch in a stone interior.

Witch of Endor

19th century