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François de Troy

1645 - 1730

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François de Troy (9 January 1645 – 1 May 1730) was a French painter and engraver who became principal painter to King James II in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François de Troy is the 1,608th most popular painter (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 4,096th most popular biography from France (down from 3,561st in 2019) and the 246th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, François de Troy ranks 1,608 out of 2,023. Before him are Julia Beck, Paulus Bor, Charles Angrand, Ellsworth Kelly, Józef Mehoffer, and Juan O'Gorman. After him are Willem Roelofs, Abel de Pujol, Alice Pike Barney, David Allan, Rockwell Kent, and Isaac Oliver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, François de Troy ranks 15. Before him are Anne Dacier, Andreas Werckmeister, Nicolas Lemery, Maria de Dominici, Eusebio Kino, and Louis Jolliet. After him is Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin. Among people deceased in 1730, François de Troy ranks 20. Before him are Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, Patrona Halil, Arabella Churchill, Ashraf Hotak, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, and Luca Carlevarijs. After him are Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and Hussain Hotak.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de Troy ranks 4,096 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain Calmat (1940), Charles Dupin (1784), Louis Pouzin (1931), Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747), Lily Pons (1898), and Roger Beaufrand (1908). After him are Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Pierre Marie (1853), Philibert of Jumièges (608), Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), and Sylvain Lévi (1863).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, François de Troy ranks 246. Before him are Henri Harpignies (1819), Henri Le Fauconnier (1881), Paul César Helleu (1859), Henri Regnault (1843), Maxime Maufra (1861), and Charles Angrand (1854). After him are Abel de Pujol (1785), Isaac Oliver (1556), Valentine Hugo (1887), Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), Luc-Olivier Merson (1846), and Maurice Boitel (1919).

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