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Jean-Francois de Troy

Jean-Francois de Troy (1679 - 1752) was active/lived in France, Italy.  Jean Francois de Troy is known for Social genre, history, allegory and portrait painting.

Jean François de Troy (January 27, 1679, Paris - January 26, 1752, Rome) was a French Rococo painter and tapestry designer.  He was one of a family of painters, being the son of the portrait painter François de Troy (1645-1730), under whom he first studied, and at whose expense he first went to Italy from 1699 to 1706, staying in Rome, but also visiting many north Italian cities.

The successful career of de Troy was based initially on large historical and allegorical compositions, Time Unveiling Truth (1733, National Gallery, London), but he is now most highly regarded for his smaller (cabinet-sized) and more spirited scenes of elegant social life, painted in Paris between 1725 and 1738, when he went to Rome.

 They are among the best of those that rode on the wave of Watteau's success—indeed The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fidèle (1723, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1723) was attributed to Watteau in the 19th century.  A versatile a   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1751 characters.]  Artist bio

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