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May 06, 1688 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 25 May 1752 (aged 64)
French painter
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About Charles Parrocel
- Charles Parrocel (May 6, 1688 – May 24, 1752) was a French painter and engraver and a specialist in battle and hunt paintings. Parrocel was born in Paris, and studied under his father, Joseph Parrocel, until his death.
- Parrocel then became a pupil along with Bon Boullogne of Charles de La Fosse.
- In 1712 Parrocel moved to Italy, where he attended the Académie de France from 1713 to 1716 as an Academy pensioner, or scholar.
- Returning to Paris in 1721 Parrocel was commissioned by King Louis XV to complete several paintings of the Turkish ambassador's trip to Paris.
- These paintings where later recreated as tapestries at the Gobelins manufactory in Paris.
- During that same year of 1721 Parrocel was also to become a member of the Académie Royale in Paris, eventually becoming a professor there in 1745.
- He died in Paris.
