id: 150119 accession number: 1980.40 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.40 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:46.207000 Dante and Virgil Meeting the Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo, 1851. Ary Scheffer (Dutch, 1795–1858). Oil on fabric; framed: 45.5 x 53 x 7.5 cm (17 15/16 x 20 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 24.7 x 33.2 cm (9 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1980.40 title: Dante and Virgil Meeting the Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1851 creation date earliest: 1851 creation date latest: 1851 current location: 219 19th Century European creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands 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: 45.5 x 53 x 7.5 cm (17 15/16 x 20 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 24.7 x 33.2 cm (9 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left corner in red paint: Ary Scheffer. / 1851 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Herman de Zoete sale, London, Christie's, 8-9 May 1885 (lot 96), Francesca da Rimini, small replica, 9½ x 13 in., to Agnew for 46-4-0 gns. Sold to F. Denison on 2 April 1886. Sale of the collection of Mrs. B. M. Denison, Christie's, London, 13 May 1927 (lot 113), Paolo e Francesco [sic], 9½ x 12½ in. Bought by L. Carroll. London sale, Christie's, 7 July 1930 (lot 152), Paolö e Francesco [sic], 1851, 9 x 13 in., 10 gns to Mrs. Samuels. To H. D. Samuels. London sale, Christie's, 31 October 1947 (lot 106), Paolo e Francesco [sic], 1851, 9 x 12½ in., for 4 gns to Maxwell. London sale, Christie's, 5 October 1979 (lot 110, repr.), Paolo and Francesca, s.d. 1851, for £3,200 to Hazlitt. Bought by the CMA in 1980. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. page number: Mentioned: p. 213, no. 69 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730 “Annual Report for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 7 (July 1981): 223–266. page number: Mentioned: p. 231 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159734 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. 577-579, Vol. II, no. 204 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.40/1980.40_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.40/1980.40_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.40/1980.40_full.tif