Beschrijving
Paris: Revue des Peintres No. 30, circa 1845. Original etching and engraving. 22 x 28.5 cm (sheet). Very Good, minor surface wear and some soiling. edges frayed. Engraving of the famous painting by Ary Scheffer (10 February 1795 – 15 June 1858) who 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.
