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Ary Scheffer
The Death of Saint Louiscirca 1817

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Oil painting of a large group of figures in medieval robes gathered around a pale man lying on a draped bed, set against a rocky coastline visible through a parted curtain

Ary Scheffer, The Death of Saint Louis, circa 1817, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Collection and Museum Acquisition Fund by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ary Scheffer
Netherlands, Dordrecht, 1795-1858, active France
Title
The Death of Saint Louis
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1817
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 57 3/4 × 70 1/2 in. (146.69 × 179.07 cm) Frame: 67 1/2 × 81 × 4 in. (171.45 × 205.74 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Collection and Museum Acquisition Fund by exchange
Accession Number
81.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.