Étienne Parrocel

Étienne Parrocel known as Le Romain (8 January 1696 – 26 August or 12 January 1775 or 1776) was a French painter working in Rome in the eighteenth century.

Biography He was born in Avignon. The son of and Jeanne Marie Périer, he belonged to a prolific dynasty of artists who generated fourteen painters in six generations.

He was a pupil of his Carthusian brother Gabriel Imbert (1666–1749). His uncle Pierre, who, after a period of study in France, in 1717 c., accompanied him to Rome to deepen his knowledge of painting with cousins Pierre Ignace and Joseph François. Étienne stayed in Italy in Rome and for this reason he was called Le Romain. He became a member of the National Academy of San Luca in 1734. and also The Triumph of Mordecai by De Troy and The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne by Subleyras. Instead, according to Parrocel (pg.83) and the Grove Dictionary of Art, Étienne was born in 1696 and never made etchings. The Holy Family and Saint Anthony of Padua, 53 x 39 cm, oil on canvas The Virgin and Child with St. Francis and St. Augustine, 35.5 x 22.5 cm The Supper at Emmaus, 20.7 x 35.7 cm, black and white chalk on paper Jesus and the Samaritan Woman The Virgin and Child give the rosary to Saint Dominic Study of five figures, black and white chalk, 54.2 x 40.4 cm, Paris, ENSBA (Ecole National Supérieuer de Beaux Arts) Atlas holding a yoke, black and white chalk, 41.5 x 28 cm, Paris, ENSBA (Ecole National Supérieuer de Beaux Arts)