Cavalry, Amiens Museum.—Bellier, ii. 207; Jal, 941; Mémoires inédits, ii. 405; Lejeune, i. 345; Larousse; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Ch. Blanc, École française.
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PARROCEL, JOSEPH, born at Brignolles,
Oct. 3,
1646, died in
Paris, March 1,
1704. French
school; history
painter, son
of Barthélemy,
pupil of
his eldest
brother, Louis
(1634-1703),
in Languedoc, and of Courtois in Rome,
where he was much influenced by Borgognone.
Spent eight years in Italy. Produced
some spirited, though often sketchy,
battle-pieces, and painted a few religious
pictures. Member of Academy, 1676; councillor,
1703. Works: Battle-Pieces (2),
Louvre; Louis XIV. repulsing a Sortie of
the Maestricht Garrison (1676), Combat of
Leuze, 1691, View of the Place Royale with
Ambassador's Cortège, Versailles Museum;
Conquests of Louis XIV., Invalides, Paris;
St. John preaching in the Desert (1674),
Notre Dame, Paris; Cavalry Combat, do. at
Crossing of Bridge, Besançon Museum; Battle
in Antiquity, Dijon Museum; Halt of
Horsemen, Lyons Museum; Battle, Marseilles
Museum; Monks healing the Sick, Nantes
Museum; others in Museums of Caen, Niort,
and Tours; Cavalry Skirmish, Uffizi, Florence.—Bellier,
ii. 208; Jal, 941; Mémoires
inédits, ii. 40; Ch. Blanc, École française;
Villot, Cat. Louvre; Lejeune, Guide, i. 345.
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PARROCEL, JOSEPH IGNACE FRANÇOIS,
born at Avignon, Dec. 3, 1704, died
in Paris, Dec. 15, 1781. French school;
history and genre painter, son and pupil of
Pierre. Member of Academy, and court-*painter,
1753. Works: Baptism of St.
John (1751), Saint-Sulpice, Paris; Triumph
of the Cross (1755); Assumption (1757,
1771); Hagar and the Angel (1759); Adoration
of the Magi (1761); Holy Trinity
(1763); Reconciliation between Cephalus
and Procris, Death of Procris (1765); Christ
on Mount of Olives (1767); Siege of Tournay,
1745 (2), Combat of Melle, 1745, Siege
of Oudenarde, 1745, do. of Charleroi, 1746,
do. of Namur, 1746, Versailles Museum.
His eldest daughter, Mme. de Valsaureaux,
painted animals and flowers; the two others
were also painters, one of flowers, and the
other of miniatures.—E. Parrocel, Monographie
des Parrocel (Paris, 1861); Bellier,
ii. 208; Jal, 941; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Lejeune,
Guide, i. 345; iii. 312; Larousse.
PARROCEL, PIERRE, born in Avignon,
March 10, 1670, died in Paris in 1739.
French school; history painter and decorator,
son of Louis, and pupil of his uncle, Joseph
Parrocel, and of Carlo Maratti, at Rome.
Subjects generally sacred. Member of Academy,
1730. Works: Coronation of the Virgin,
Captivity of Israelites, Sixteen Episodes
in Life of Tobias, Marseilles Museum;
Resurrection, Angers Museum; Portrait of
himself, Avignon Museum. His brother,
Ignace Jacques (1667-1722), and the latter's
son, Étienne, were artists, but neither
of great merit.—Bellier, ii. 207, 209; Larousse;
Lejeune, Guide, i. 345.
PARROT, PHILIPPE, born at Excideuil
(Dordogne); contemporary. Portrait and
genre painter. A skilful artist of fair talent.
Medals: 1868, 1870; 2d class, 1872;
3d class, 1878. Works: An Elegy (1868);
Sleep; Judgment of Paris (1874); Springtime
(1880); An Asp (1883); The Fountain;
Galatea; Before the Ball (1885).
PARSONS, CHARLES, born in England
in 1821. Landscape painter, pupil of National
Academy; has lived and painted many
years in New York. Elected an A.N.A. in
1860; exhibits at the National Academy,
though more frequently at the exhibitions
of the Water Colour Society. Since 1862
