The Alarm
Jean-François de Troy · 1723
Why it's great
A man in bed hears a noise and reaches for his sword while a woman sits up in alarm, in a rich room. Jean-François de Troy painted it in 1723, as part of a pair of picture stories.
Where to see it
📍 Victoria and Albert MuseumRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom
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Jean-François de Troy was a French painter born in Paris in 1679. He painted elegant scenes of high society, with silk dresses and flirting couples, and worked in Rome, where he directed the French Academy. He died there in 1752.
