id: 148961 accession number: 1977.119 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.119 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:40.601000 Princess Marie d'Orléans in Her Studio, c. 1838. Ary Scheffer (Dutch, 1795–1858). Oil on fabric; framed: 74 x 51.5 x 5.5 cm (29 1/8 x 20 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 67.3 x 40.7 cm (26 1/2 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1977.119 title: Princess Marie d'Orléans in Her Studio title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1838 creation date earliest: 1833 creation date latest: 1843 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: oil on fabric department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Ary Scheffer (Dutch, 1795–1858) - artist Ary Scheffer was initially taught by his parents, painters Johann-Bernhard Scheffer (1764-1809) and Cornelia Scheffer-Lamme (1769-1839), and he attended the drawing academy in Amsterdam from 1806 until 1809. After his mother became a widow, she moved with her three sons to Paris in 1811. Scheffer entered the studio of the neoclassical painter Pierre Guérin (1774-1833), where he would meet Delacroix (q.v.) and Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), and made his debut at the Salon in 1812. His early work received little attention, but in 1817 he won both his first medal at the Salon and the support of painter Baron François Gérard (1770-1837), who recommended him as teacher for the children of Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans. Scheffer, a republican at heart, was much engaged in politics. The revolts of July 1830 ended the reign of the Bourbon dynasty, and the liberals made Louis-Philippe the new king of France (July Monarchy, 1830-48). Scheffer received many state commissions (history paintings and portraits), and his paintings of literary and religious subjects made him one of the foremost romantic painters. He was disappointed by the course of political events, as Louis-Philippe's reign resulted in fewer democratic changes than he had hoped. Scheffer exhibited at the Salon until 1846, after which he withdrew increasingly from public life. He traveled frequently, for example, to the Netherlands, where he also exhibited. In 1850 he became a French citizen and married Sophie Marin, who died six years later. In 1859, one year after his own death, a large exhibition of his work was organized in Paris. In general, Scheffer had been an immensely popular artist, working in various styles; at times, however, he was criticized for overt sentimentality and lack of technique. --- measurements: Framed: 74 x 51.5 x 5.5 cm (29 1/8 x 20 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 67.3 x 40.7 cm (26 1/2 x 16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: Ary Scheffer translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1977 opening date: 1977-12-28T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). title: The Artist and the Studio in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries opening date: 1978-04-05T05:00:00 The Artist and the Studio in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-August 13, 1978). title: The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections opening date: 1980-02-26T05:00:00 The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (February 26-May 25, 1980); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (June 25-September 21, 1980); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 27, 1980-January 4, 1981); Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (February 22-April 29, 1981). title: Rococo, Revolution, Restoration opening date: 1989-07-11T04:00:00 Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989). title: Ary Scheffer 1795-1858: Celebrated Romanticist (Ary Scheffer 1795-1858: Gevierd Romanticus) opening date: 1995-12-10T05:00:00 Ary Scheffer 1795-1858: Celebrated Romanticist (Ary Scheffer 1795-1858: Gevierd Romanticus). Dordrechts Museum (organizer) (December 10, 1995-March 10, 1996); Musée de la Vie Romantique (March 1-June 1, 1996). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'New York, Shepherd Gallery. Ingres and Delacroix through Degas and Puvis de Chavannes: The Figure in French Art 1800-1870 (1975), no. 28, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Butkin (repr.).', 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Detroit Institute of Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections (1980-81), 310, 312, no. 174 (repr.).', 'opening_date': '1980-01-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Noémi Renan, niece of the artist. Shepherd Gallery, New York. Sold in 1975 to Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Given to the CMA in 1977. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Zakon, Ronnie L. The Artist and the Studio in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: 26, 65, no. 11, 29 (repr.). url: Fusco, Peter, and H. W. Janson. The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North American Collections. 1980. page number: 310, 312, no. 174 (repr.) url: Ewals, Leo. Ary Scheffer, 1795-1858: gevierd romanticus. [Dordrecht]: Dordrechts Museum, 1996. page number: 11, no. 39, (repr.), 173 url: Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 572-576, Vol. II, no. 203 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.119/1977.119_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.119/1977.119_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.119/1977.119_full.tif