Hendrik Scheffer (The Hague, 25 September 1798 – Paris, 15 March 1862) was a Dutch painter in the Romantic tradition who lived in France for most of his life. In France he is usually known as Henri Scheffer.

Personal life

Scheffer was the younger brother of painter

Ary Scheffer Ary Scheffer (10 February 179515 June 1858) 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, Macmillan, Duncan (2023), ' ...

, son of

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and

Cornelia Scheffer Cornelia Scheffer (''née'' Lamme; 23 April 1769 – 4 July 1839) was a Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist.''"Lamme, Cornelia (1769-1839)". Retrieved'' 11 March ''2018'' She was known as "a woman of much energy and strength of character." Sh ...

and grandson of

Arie Lamme Arie Lamme (8 January 174818 March 1801) was a Dutch landscape painter and poet. Early life and education Lamme was born at Heerjansdam and studied under Joris Ponse at Utrecht; he practiced in the style of Aelbert Cuyp. He was much engaged on d ...

. When his father died in 1809, his mother first moved to

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and in 1811 to

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. His daughter Cornélie married French philosopher

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. Their son Ary Renan also became a painter.

Work

Scheffers, like his brother Ary, was a pupil of

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin Pierre-Narcisse, baron Guérin (13 March 1774 – 6 July 1833) was a French painter, born in Paris. Biography A pupil of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, he carried off one of the three ''grands prix'' offered in 1796, in consequence of the competitio ...

. His work was much sought after in his lifetime. He mainly painted genre pieces and portraits which were finely crafted. His work was exhibited at the

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from the

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onwards and was heavily criticised by Charles Baudelaire and

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rema ...

. Scheffers best known work is probably a picture portraying ''the arrest of

Charlotte Corday Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known simply as Charlotte Corday (), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobins, Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Cor ...

'' (now in the

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), some selected others: *

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(now in the musée de Vendôme) *

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, the basis for the well known engraving by Alexandre Vincent Sixdeniers *

Armand Carrel Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Armand Carrel (8 May 1800 – 25 July 1836) was a French journalist and political writer. Early life He was born at Rouen. His father was a wealthy merchant, and he received a liberal education at the '' Lycée Pierre Co ...

Casimir Delavigne Jean-François Casimir Delavigne (; 4 April 179311 December 1843) was a French poet and dramatist. Life and career Delavigne was born at Le Havre, but was sent to Paris to be educated at the Lycée Napoleon. He read extensively. When, on 20 Ma ...

(now in musée national du château et des Trianons, in the Palace of Versailles) *

(now in the Musée de la Vie Romantique) *

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Selected other works: *''An Inundation in Rome'' *''

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entering

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'' *''Preaching after the

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'' *''The Battle of Cassel'' (now in Versailles) *''The dream of Charles IX in the night of St. Bartholomew'', based on the

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His work has been copied many times in engravings. The

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has a section dedicated to the work of the Scheffers (mainly his brother Ary).

Students

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France". He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Ar ...

studied with him for a time.

Awards

He was made a Chevalier in the

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on 8 August 1837.Henri Scheffer in the Base Leonore
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Gallery

File:Scheffer chalifert.jpg, ''Christ on the

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'' in the church of

Chalifert Chalifert () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne département in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called ''Chaliférois''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is ...

File:Scheffer henry joan arc.jpeg, '' Entry of Joan of Arc into liberated Orléans on 8th May 1429'' File:The Battle of Cassel on 23rd August 1328.png, ''The Battle of Cassel (1328)'' File:Scheffer Henry (1798-1862) - Amaury VI de Montfort.jpg, '' Amaury VI de Montfort'' File:Don Juan asleep on Haidée's lap by Henry Scheffer.jpg, ''

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asleep on Haidée's lap'', circa 1827 File:Blaise de Montesquieu-Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc.jpg, Blaise de Monluc, ''1834'' (commissioned by Louis Philippe I) File:Conseil des ministres (1838), par scheffer.jpg, Conseil des ministres (1838) File:Henri Scheffer - arrestation de Charlotte Corday.jpg, L'arrestation de Charlotte Corday de Henri Scheffer, 1830

References

Attribution: *

External links

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Hendrik Scheffer
on the DBNL website {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheffer, Hendrik 1798 births 1861 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Painters from The Hague 19th-century Dutch male artists