Jason taming the bulls of Aeetes oil painting by Jean Francois de Troy depicting the classical Greek hero Jason during one of his challenges during hi
new24/Jean-Francois De Troy-859667.jpg
Jason_taming_the_bulls_of_Aeetes_oil_painting_by_Jean_Francois_de_Troy_depicting_the_classical_Greek_hero_Jason_during_one_of_his_challenges_during_hi Jason taming the bulls of Aeetes oil painting by Jean Francois de Troy (1679-1752) depicting the classical Greek hero Jason during one of his challenges during his search for the Golden Fleece.
cjr
Jean-Francois_De_Troy French
1679-1752
Jean-Francois
De Troy Gallery
Jean François de Troy was born on January 27, 1679 in Paris. The successful career of Jean François de Troy was based initially on large historical and allegorical compositions, such as Time Unveiling Truth (1733) in the National Gallery, London, but he is now most highly regarded for his smaller and more spirited scenes of elegant social life. They are among the best of those that rode on the wave of Watteau's success??indeed The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fid??le (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1723) was attributed to Watteau in the 19th century. A versatile artist, he made tableaux de modes famous, painting histories and mythologies in a colourful and fluent manner which owed something to both Veronese and Peter Paul Rubens.
He undertook commissions for Versailles and Fontainebleau between 1724 and 1737, and designed two sets of tapestries for the Gobelins, each of seven subjects, the Histoire d'Esther (1737-40) and the Histoire de Jason (1743-6).
In 1738 he was appointed Director of the French Academy in Rome, and spent the rest of his life there. De Troy's wife died prematurely, and he lost of all his seven children. Jean François de Troy died on January 26, 1752 in Rome.
Wholesale China Oil Painting Wholesale Oil Painting China Xiamen Portrait Reproduction on canvas Chinese Oil Painting Wholesale USA Oil Painting