Rococo master: life and works of the painter

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LERIBAULT (Christophe) [Preface by Alastair Laing]. Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752). Arthena. Deauville, 2002. Publisher's hardcover binding under illustrated dust jacket, 4to (32.8 x 25.3 cm) (3025 g), 496 pp., with 483 illustrations including 82 in color. A comprehensive monograph studying the elegant genre scenes, history paintings, portraits, and decorative works of this renowned artist under Louis XV. Jean-François de Troy, best known today for elegant compositions such as La Lecture de Molière and Le Repas d'huîtres, executed prestigious commissions for Versailles and Fontainebleau. This first complete illustrated catalogue raisonné reveals the artist's remarkable versatility, from portraiture to religious compositions and landscapes, demonstrating the skillful execution and rich colorism of his paintings and drawings. Fine copy. No shipping outside the European Union or to French overseas territories.