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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean François de Troy has received more than 81,035 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean François de Troy is the 831st most popular painter (up from 932nd in 2019), the 2,418th most popular biography from France (up from 2,703rd in 2019) and the 151st most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jean François de Troy ranks 831 out of 2,023. Before him are Nuno Gonçalves, Cassandre, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Luis Ricardo Falero, Sigmar Polke, and Ferrer Bassa. After him are Louis Anquetin, Peter Snayers, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Jean Fautrier, Peter Nicolai Arbo, and Vasily Polenov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1679, Jean François de Troy ranks 7. Before him are Christian Wolff, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Woodes Rogers, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Pierre Fauchard, Firmin Abauzit, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1752, Jean François de Troy ranks 9. Before him are Henriette of France, Jacopo Amigoni, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Giulio Alberoni, Antonio Corradini, and Johann Christoph Pepusch. After him are Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Joseph Butler, Pietro Grimani, Charles-Antoine Coypel, William Whiston, and Daniel Marot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean François de Troy ranks 2,418 out of 6,770. Before him are Germanus of Auxerre (378), Séverine (1948), Cécile Aubry (1928), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Bernard of Menthon (923), and Bernard Lyot (1897). After him are Brigitte Lahaie (1955), Louis Anquetin (1861), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Jean François de Troy ranks 151. Before him are Achille Devéria (1800), François-André Vincent (1746), Jean Metzinger (1883), Félix Ziem (1821), Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686), and Jacques Villon (1875). After him are Louis Anquetin (1861), Jean Fautrier (1898), Maximilien Luce (1858), Marguerite Gérard (1761), Roman Opałka (1931), and Gustave Boulanger (1824).

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