Marie Parrocel (1743–1824) was a French painter. Born in

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, Parrocel was the second daughter of Joseph-François Parrocel, and in 1776 was listed in the ''Almanach des peintres'' as a portraitist working in oil paint and

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; no pastel by her hand is currently known. She died in Paris at 19 rue de Sèvres.Profile
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''. File:Marie_Parrocel_Madeleine_repentante_musée_Dreux_Eure-et-Loir_France.jpg, ''Madeleine repentante'',

Dreux Dreux () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Geography Dreux lies on the small river Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, about 35 km north of Chartres. Dreux station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granvi ...

museum. File:Saint Jean Baptiste de Marie Parrocel musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Dreux Eure-et-Loir France.jpg, ''Saint Jean Baptiste'', Dreux museum. File:Marie Parrocel - Madame de Montpeyroux, abbesse de Port-Royal de Paris, 14ème arrondissement - P2136 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg, ''Madame de Montpeyroux'', musée Carnavalet, Paris.

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