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Ary Scheffer artwork • painting • for sale Maria Magdalena in extacy

Ary Scheffer

Maria Magdalena in extacy
oil on canvas 94.9 x 64.1 cm, signed c.l. and dated 1855

This painting is for sale.

Price: € 42,000

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    Provenance: coll. Edmund Salis Schwabe, Rycroft House, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Groot-Brittannië; veiling Christie's, Londen, 31 jan. 1913, daar verworven door Block; veiling Christie's, Londen, 18 april 1913, lotnr. 93; part. bezit Groot-Brittannië; part. bezit Duitsland.
    Literature: tent.cat. Manchester, Groot-Britannië, 'The Art Treasures of Great-Britain', 1857, cat.nr. 668; Parijs, 'Catalogue des oeuvres de Ary Scheffer', 1859, cat.nr. 79; vgl.: Leo Ewals, 'Ary Scheffer. Sa vie et son oeuvre' (proefschrift), Nijmegen 1987, pag. 328. vgl 319.
    Exhibited: Manchester, Groot-Britannië, 'The Art Treasures of Great Britain', 5 mei-17 okt. 1857; Parijs, Boulevard des Italiens, 'Ary Scheffer. Etude sur sa vie et ses ouvrages', 1859.

    Ary Scheffer was born in Dordrecht in 1795 and received lessons from his father Jean Baptiste Scheffer. When his father died, he moved in 1811 with his mother and brother Henry, also a painter, to Paris. There they both received lessons from Pierre Guérin, tutor of the romantic greats Delacroix and Géricault. Ary quickly made a name for himself with his romantic history pieces, portraits of famous contemporaries, artists and members of the royal family. Performances inspired by episodes from the Bible and literature. In the 1940s he was among the most famous romantic painters in France.


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