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Jean François de Troy

1679 - 1752

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Jean-François de Troy (27 January 1679, Paris – 26 January 1752, Rome) was a French Rococo easel and fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer. One of France's leading history painters in his time, he was equally successful with his decorative paintings, genre scenes and portraits. He was the inventor of the tableaux de modes ('paintings of fashions'), which attempted to provide a spirited portrayal of contemporary fashions, pastimes and manners. He was the Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1738. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean François de Troy is the 852nd most popular painter (down from 831st in 2019), the 2,533rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,418th in 2019) and the 155th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean François de Troy ranks 852 out of 2,023. Before him are Vasily Tropinin, Gaspar de Crayer, Gillis van Coninxloo, Amrita Sher-Gil, Jacob Philipp Hackert, and Walter Sickert. After him are Coppo di Marcovaldo, Roman Opałka, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Kanō Eitoku, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1679, Jean François de Troy ranks 8. Before him are Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Pierre Fauchard, and Woodes Rogers. After him are Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Firmin Abauzit, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Among people deceased in 1752, Jean François de Troy ranks 9. Before him are Henriette of France, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Antonio Corradini, Giulio Alberoni, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Johann Christoph Pepusch. After him are Jacopo Amigoni, Joseph Butler, Pietro Grimani, William Whiston, Charles-Antoine Coypel, and Daniel Marot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean François de Troy ranks 2,533 out of 6,770. Before him are Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846), Jacques Doriot (1898), Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon (1676), Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711). After him are Bernadette Lafont (1938), Pierre Renoir (1885), Antoine Pinay (1891), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Daniel Gélin (1921), and Sébastien Érard (1752).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean François de Troy ranks 155. Before him are Ford Madox Brown (1821), Marie Bracquemond (1840), Christian Boltanski (1944), Carle Vernet (1758), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), and Jean Fautrier (1898). After him are Roman Opałka (1931), Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803), Gustave Boulanger (1824), Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Paul Gavarni (1804), and Maximilien Luce (1858).

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