Ary Scheffer 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.
Self Portrait at the age of 43, c. 1838
Statue of Scheffer on the Scheffersplein in Dordrecht, made by Joseph Mezzara after a design by Scheffer's daughter, Cornelia
Scheffer's house in Paris, France, now the Musée de la Vie romantique (Museum of Romantic Life)
Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil, 1854
Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Zoetermeer, with a population of 119,115.
Image: Augustijnenkamp, 3311 Dordrecht, Netherlands panoramio (2)
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Image: Bleijenhoek, 3311 Dordrecht, Netherlands panoramio (4)
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