Etienne Parrocel

Unframed. Laid down within 19th Century French (?) mount. Scattered light foxing, but on the buff paper this is not very visible. Otherwise condition fine, the chalk strong.
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This drawing accords well in technique, size and style with a group illustrating scenes from the Life of Christ and the Acts of the Apostles, which François Marandet has recently published and convincingly attributed to Etienne Parrocel.¹  They are scattered in various museums but must originally have been made as a series.

We are most grateful to Yves Di Domenico for informing us that he believes these drawings to be by Pierre Parrocel (1670-1739), rather than Etienne.² 

1. François Marandet, 'New Proposals for Drawings by Etienne Parrocel', in Master Drawings, vol. 47, no. 2, 2009, p. 184, figs. 27-36
2. See Une Dynastie de Peintres, les Parrocel, Carnet d'études 9, exhib. cat., Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Avignon, Musée Calvet, 2007-8, pp. 34-39.