part of _concierge_. "It was not rare to meet in this
_atelier_ the great men of finance, who counted themselves among his
most passionate admirers." Here was conversation, not without gayety,
but without loud laughter or revelry. Scheffer was very fond of music of
the highest order. He was a generous patron of musicians, and loved to
listen to music while he was engaged in painting. His friends sometimes
held an extemporaneous concert in his room, without preparation,
programme, or audience. Think of listening to an _andante_ of Mozart's,
played in that room! "Music doubled her power, and painting seemed
illuminated." Beethoven was his favorite composer; his lofty genius
harmonized with, and satisfied the longings of, Scheffer's aspiring
nature.

Ary Scheffer was a personal friend of the Orleans family. He was,
however, an ardent lover of liberty; and his hospitalities were free to
all shades of opinion. He did not forsake this family when their star
went down. Hearing of the death of Helene, the Duchess of Orleans, he
hastened to England, to pay a last tribute of love and respect to her
memory. The English climate had always been ungenial to him. He took a
severe cold, which proved fatal in its results. He died soon after his
return to Paris, on the 16th of June, 1858. Sadly as the news of his
death struck upon our hearts, it seemed no great change for him to die.
So pure and holy was his life, so spiritual his whole nature, so lofty
his aspirations, that it seemed as if

"He might to Heaven from Paradise go,
As from one room to another."

Ary Scheffer was twice married. His first wife died early. Many years
after her death he again married,--very happily, as we have heard. He
leaves behind him one daughter, who is also an artist. Under her loving
care, we trust every relic of his artistic labors and every trait of his
personal life will be faithfully preserved.

Both his brothers lived to middle age. One, of whom we know little but
that M. Vitet calls him "a distinguished man," died in 1855. The only
surviving brother, Henri, is also a painter, of considerable reputation.
He is a thorough and accomplished draughtsman, and a superior teacher.
His _atelier_ is one of the few in Paris which are open to women, and
several American ladies have enjoyed its advantages.

We have spoken of Scheffer's love for his native country. By his will he
bequeathed to his native town of Dordrecht "the portrait of Sir J.
Re