in those pictures yet unknown to us we may find still brighter omens of
the new life of rest and joy into which he has entered.

If we turn from Scheffer's works to his life, our task is no less
grateful and pleasing. The admiration and affection which his countrymen
express for his character surpass even what they feel for his works. He
was a noble, generous, active, benevolent friend of humanity. He gave
freely to all who were in need, counsel, money, advice, personal care,
and love. Young artists found him ever ready to help them. "He gave
them," says M. Vitet, "home, _atelier_, material, sympathy,--whatever
they needed." Another writer, M. Anatole de la Lorge, said of him, while
yet living,--"Ary Scheffer has the rare good luck not to be exclusive.
His heart can pity every suffering as fully as his pencil can portray
it. A faithful and intimate friend of a now fallen dynasty, (that of
Orléans,) proud, even distrustful towards men in power, indifferent to
their opinion, inaccessible to their offers, Ary Scheffer, in his
original individuality, is one of the most independent and most
honorable political men of our country. His studio is the rendezvous of
all opinions, provided they are honest,--of all religions, provided they
are sincere. There each one is received, not according to the habit
which he wears, as the ancient proverb says, but according to the mind
(_esprit_) which he has shown. We say mind, but it is heart that we
should say; for Ary Scheffer seems to us to estimate the latter more
highly than the former. His whole life proves it." Always an ardent
friend of liberty, he was also a lover of law and order, and he rendered
good service in their preservation in the capital during the Revolution
of 1848, for which, he received honorable distinction.

The same writer quoted above gives an interesting description of his
meeting with Ary Scheffer in the sick-room and by the death-bed of an