The Declaration of Love
Jean François de Troy
ca. 1724
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 5/8 × 21 in. (65.1 × 53.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.141.21
Tags
InteriorsCouplesMenWomenDogs
About the Artist
Jean François de Troy · 1679–1752
Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752) was born in Paris into a family of artists, the son of the esteemed portrait painter François de Troy, under whom he first studied. After failing to secure the Prix de Rome, he traveled to Italy from 1699 to 1706 at his father's expense, residing initially at the French Academy in Rome and visiting northern Italian cities, where he absorbed influences from masters...