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Ary Scheffer · c. 1830

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Artist

Ary Scheffer

Date

c. 1830

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

73 × 59.8 cm (28 3/4 × 23 1/2 in.); Framed: 97.5 × 84.2 × 6.1 cm (38 3/8 × 33 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)

Place

Netherlands

Period

19th century

Themes

Portraits

Main colour

Grey · lightness 41, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Silvain and Arma Wyler Foundation. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules