Jean-François de Troy has works in the collection Victoria and Albert Museum
While Watteau's 'fête galantes' were filled with a sense of mystery and timelessness, de Troy's tableaux de mode were intended to provide a more realistic depiction of contemporary fashions, pastimes and manners. He was able to capture in these compositions the more relaxed behavior of the higher social classes following the death of Louis XIV in 1715 as shown in new fashions and manners.These compositions are believed to be based on de Troy's personal experiences as he was an active member of the fashionable world he depicted.  The closeness to Watteau is evidenced by the fact that his The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fidèle (1723, Victoria and Albert Museum, London) was given to Watteau in the 19th century.
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