Allegory of Music
Jean François de Troy, Allegory of Music, 1733, oil on canvas, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Binney, 3rd, public domain, 68.29
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- Title
Allegory of Music
- Artist
- Date
1733
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
40 1/2 in x 38 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature/maker's mark: Signed lower left below keyboard of instrument, De troy 1733
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Binney, 3rd
- Accession Number
68.29
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Jean François de Troy was trained by his father François de Troy, one of the leading portrait artists of the reign of Louis XIV, and continued his study in Italy from 1699-1706. Returning to Paris in 1708, he was immediately admitted to the Academy. He won numerous private commissions for decorative projects such as Portland's two canvases from a suite of allegories of the arts [see Related Artworks].
An artist of extraordinary facility and range, de Troy was one of the first to define the fluid Rococo style in painting. Disappointed when the coveted post of First Painter to the King was awarded to his archrival François Lemoyne, he accepted the directorship of the French Academy in Rome in 1738, where he remained for the rest of his life.
