Alophe, Marie Alexandre (1812-1883) B. — Portrait of Ary Scheffer, Half-Length, Seated, Looking to Front, a Portfolio in His Lap. First Edition of the Lithograph

Paris: Goupil Vibert & Co. and London: Ernest Gambart, circa 1840. Lithograph on rag paper. 48.2 x 30.7cm. sheet size. Printed by: Cattier Published by: Goupil (as Goupil Vibert & Co) Published by: Ernest Gambart Biography of Alophe. Painter and Lithographer. Pupil of Camille Roqueplan and Paul Delaroche. Exhibited at the Salon, 1838-1879. His lithographs were published in 'La Caricature' and 'Journal des Jeunes Personnes'...Ary Scheffer, 1795-1858.. Biography of Scheffer: Genre painter, often of religious themes. B. in Dordrecht; following the death of his father (1811) he moved with his family to Paris where he was trained by Pierre Narcisse Guérin (q.v.). Close to the royal family, he fell out of favor with the advent of the Second Republic (1848) and while he continued painting he stopped sending his works to the Salon. .