Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (died 1858)

Ary Scheffer

Dutch-French painter (1795–1858)

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…