Pierre Patel (1604-1676)
• Was a French painter.
• Patel was born in Picardy.
• He was admitted to the Guild of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1633 and the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1635.
• He primarily painted landscapes.
• In 1648 he had a son Pierre-Antoine Patel, who also became a painter.
• Patel died in Paris in 1676.