Charles Parrocel (6 May 1688 – 24 May 1752) was a French

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and engraver and a specialist in battle and hunt paintings. Mehemet Effendi ambassadeur Turc arrive aux Tuileries le 21 Mars 1721

Parrocel was born in Paris, and studied under his father,

Joseph Parrocel Joseph Parrocel (3 October 1646 – 1 March 1704) was a French Baroque painter, best known for his paintings and drawings of battle scenes. He was born in Brignoles, into an artistic family that produced fourteen painters over six generations. H ...

, until his death. Parrocel then became a pupil along with

Bon Boullogne Bon Boullogne (; bapt. February 22, 1649 – May 17, 1717) was a French painter. Biography Boullogne was born in Paris, a son of the painter Louis Boullogne;

Charles de La Fosse Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning wa ...

. 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 Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...

to complete several paintings of the Turkish ambassador's trip to Paris. These paintings were later recreated as

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at the Gobelins manufactory in Paris. During that same year of 1721 Parrocel was also to become a member of the

Académie Royale An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the g ...

in Paris, eventually becoming a professor there in 1745. He died in Paris.

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1688 births 1752 deaths 18th-century French painters French male painters

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18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub