Jean-François de Troy was a French Rococo easel and fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer, born in Paris on 27 January 1679 and dying in Rome on 26 January 1752. One of the leading history painters of France in his time, he was equally successful with decorative paintings, genre scenes and portraits. He was the inventor of the tableaux de modes, paintings of fashions that tried to give a spirited portrayal of contemporary fashions, pastimes and manners. From 1738 he was the Director of the French Academy in Rome.
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One of France's leading history painters in his time, he was equally successful with his decorative paintings, genre scenes and portraits.
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admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in July 1708
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