Background
He was born in Avignon to a large family of artists, including his uncle Joseph Parrocel and his father, Louis Parrocel.
He was born in Avignon to a large family of artists, including his uncle Joseph Parrocel and his father, Louis Parrocel.
His principal work, as a painter, was in the gallery of the Hôtel de Noailles at Saint Germain-en-Laye, where he represented the history of Tobit in thirteen pictures. He also painted a Coronation of the Virgin" in the church of Saint Mary at Marseilles, He also etched and engraved in a style analogous to that of A. Rivalz. But he was not equally successful with the graver.
Of the fourteen etchings left by him, The Triumph of Aphrodite is perhaps the most noteworthy.
