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See also:JEAN See also:FRANCOIS DE See also:TROY (1679–1752)
, See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Paris in 1679
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He received his first lessons from his See also:father, himself a skilful portrait painter, who afterwards sent his son to See also:Italy
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There his amusements occupied him fully as much as his studies; but his ability was such that on his return he was at once made an See also:official of the See also:Academy, and obtained a large number of orders for the decoration of public and private buildings, executing at the same See also:time a quantity of easel pictures of very unequal merit
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Amongst the most considerable of his See also:works are See also:thirty-six compositions painted for the hotel of De Live (1729), and a See also:series of the See also:story of See also:Esther, designed for the Gobelins whilst De See also:Troy was director of the school of See also:France at See also:Rome (1738–1751)—a See also:post which he resigned in a See also:fit of irritation at See also:court neglect
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He did not expect to be taken at his word, and was about to return to France when he died on the 24th of See also:January 1752
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The See also:life-See also:size See also:painting (Louvre) of the " First See also:Chapter of the See also:Order of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost held by See also: |
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