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Jean-Francois De Troy
French
1679-1752
Jean-Francois
De Troy Gallery
Jean François de Troy was born on January 27, 1679 in Paris. The successful career of Jean François de Troy was based initially on large historical and allegorical compositions, such as Time Unveiling Truth (1733) in the National Gallery, London, but he is now most highly regarded for his smaller and more spirited scenes of elegant social life. They are among the best of those that rode on the wave of Watteau's success??indeed The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fid??le (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1723) was attributed to Watteau in the 19th century. A versatile artist, he made tableaux de modes famous, painting histories and mythologies in a colourful and fluent manner which owed something to both Veronese and Peter Paul Rubens.
He undertook commissions for Versailles and Fontainebleau between 1724 and 1737, and designed two sets of tapestries for the Gobelins, each of seven subjects, the Histoire d'Esther (1737-40) and the Histoire de Jason (1743-6).
In 1738 he was appointed Director of the French Academy in Rome, and spent the rest of his life there. De Troy's wife died prematurely, and he lost of all his seven children. Jean François de Troy died on January 26, 1752 in Rome.
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Painting ID:: 3206
The Oyster Lunch
1735
Musee Conde, Chantilly
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Painting ID:: 20665
Charles Mouton the Lutanist (mk05)
Canvas 54 1/4 x 41 1/2''(138 x 106 cm)Acquired in 1924 R.F
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Painting ID:: 20715
Esther Fainting before Ahasuerus (mk05)
1737
Canvas 126 x 185''(320 x 470 cm)Design for a tapestry;Salon of 1737;collection of Louis XV INV
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Painting ID:: 23516
The Oyster Lunch (nn03)
1735
Oil on canvas 186 x 120 cm
73 1/4 x 47 1/4 in Musee Conde Chantilly
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Painting ID:: 28327
The Artist s Wife,jeanne
mk60
ca.1704
Oil on canvas
40 1/2"x31"
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Jean-Francois De Troy
French
1679-1752
Jean-Francois
De Troy Gallery
Jean François de Troy was born on January 27, 1679 in Paris. The successful career of Jean François de Troy was based initially on large historical and allegorical compositions, such as Time Unveiling Truth (1733) in the National Gallery, London, but he is now most highly regarded for his smaller and more spirited scenes of elegant social life. They are among the best of those that rode on the wave of Watteau's success??indeed The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fid??le (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1723) was attributed to Watteau in the 19th century. A versatile artist, he made tableaux de modes famous, painting histories and mythologies in a colourful and fluent manner which owed something to both Veronese and Peter Paul Rubens.
He undertook commissions for Versailles and Fontainebleau between 1724 and 1737, and designed two sets of tapestries for the Gobelins, each of seven subjects, the Histoire d'Esther (1737-40) and the Histoire de Jason (1743-6).
In 1738 he was appointed Director of the French Academy in Rome, and spent the rest of his life there. De Troy's wife died prematurely, and he lost of all his seven children. Jean François de Troy died on January 26, 1752 in Rome.
. Related Artists to Jean-Francois De Troy: | Gerard Ter Borch | Thomas Ender | Aert Anthonisz | francois couperin | Joshua Johnson |
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