The Declaration of Love ca. 1724 Jean François de Troy These celebrated pendants exemplify a genre of painting known as tableaux de mode (paintings of fashionable society) established by de Troy. Rejecting religious or mythological subjects, artists represented the latest interior decoration, clothing, etiquette, and social mores. Mars and Venus, relegated here to wall decoration, cue the narrative to unfold, while the eager dog hints none too subtly at the passions concealed behind delicate gestures. In the 1720s, the meticulous rhyming of curves among picture frame, chair-rail, and sofa was

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The Declaration of Love ca. 1724 Jean François de Troy These celebrated pendants exemplify a genre of painting known as tableaux de mode (paintings of fashionable society) established by de Troy. Rejecting religious or mythological subjects, artists represented the latest interior decoration, clothing, etiquette, and social mores. Mars and Venus, relegated here to wall decoration, cue the narrative to unfold, while the eager dog hints none too subtly at the passions concealed behind delicate gestures. In the 1720s, the meticulous rhyming of curves among picture frame, chair-rail, and sofa was extremely in vogue, but in de Troy’s composition it also underscores the theme of physical union.. The Declaration of Love. Jean François de Troy (French, Paris 1679–1752 Rome). ca. 1724. Oil on canvas. Paintings