Joseph Parrocel (1646–1704)
• Was a French Baroque painter.
• He was born in Brignoles, into an artistic family that produced fourteen painters over six generations.
• His grandfather Georges Parrocel (no surviving works) and his father Barthélemy Parrocel were both painters.
• He left for Paris and stayed there for four years.
• He then returned to the Provence and continued his journey to Italy, where he would stay for eight years.
• In Rome he became the pupil of Jacques Courtois.
• He also studied the works of Salvator Rosa.
• He stayed for a short time in Florence where he met two Northern painters Jan Asselijn, Matthieu van Plattenberg.
• He settled in Paris in 1675.
• He was accepted as an elected member at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on 29 February 1676.
• In 1703 he became a councillor at the Academy.
• Joseph Parrocel participated in only one exhibition, the Salon of 1699, with twelve paintings.
• He died, aged 57, in Paris.
• Parrocel apprenticed his two sons Jean Joseph, who became a draughtsman, and Charles, who became a painter and engraver.
