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 Cavalry, Amiens Museum.—Bellier, ii. 207; Jal, 941; Mémoires inédits, ii. 405; Lejeune, i. 345; Larousse; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Ch. Blanc, École française.

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.

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