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Ary Scheffer

1795 - 1858

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Ary Scheffer (10 February 1795 – 15 June 1858) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ary Scheffer has received more than 222,362 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ary Scheffer is the 428th most popular painter (up from 438th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 167th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Dutch Painter.

Ary Scheffer is most famous for his Romantic paintings of landscapes, portraits, and religious scenes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ary Scheffer ranks 428 out of 1,421. Before him are Tom of Finland, Carlo Levi, Lyubov Popova, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Christian Krohg, and José Clemente Orozco. After him are Anna Ancher, Piero Manzoni, Marianne von Werefkin, Albert Edelfelt, Ernest Meissonier, and Orcagna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Ary Scheffer ranks 15. Before him are Antonio José de Sucre, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Dred Scott, John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, and Saverio Mercadante. After him are Johns Hopkins, Vincent Pallotti, Hadji Murad, Maria Schicklgruber, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Heinrich Marschner. Among people deceased in 1858, Ary Scheffer ranks 15. Before him are Anton Diabelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Dred Scott, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, and Aimé Bonpland. After him are Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Harriet Taylor Mill, Carl Gustaf Mosander, and Joseph Karl Stieler.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ary Scheffer ranks 161 out of 1,427. Before him are Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Lambert of Maastricht (635), Piet Keizer (1943), Anton Geesink (1934), Eddie Van Halen (1955), and John of Leiden (1509). After him are René van de Kerkhof (1951), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), Arjen Robben (1984), and Willem van Aelst (1627).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Ary Scheffer ranks 36. Before him are Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), and Antonis Mor (1519). After him are Willem van Aelst (1627), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Karel Appel (1921), Jan Lievens (1607), and Dirck van Baburen (1595).

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