Charles Parrocel (6 May 1688 – 24 May 1752)[1] was a French painter and engraver and a specialist in battle and hunt paintings.

Parrocel then became a pupil along with Bon Boullogne of Charles de La Fosse.

In 1712 Parrocel moved to Italy, where he attended the Académie de France from 1713 to 1716 as an Academy pensioner, or scholar.

During that same year of 1721 Parrocel was also to become a member of the Académie Royale in Paris, eventually becoming a professor there in 1745.

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