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Étienne Parrocel
Étienne Parrocel known as Le Romain (Avignon, 8 January 1696 - Rome, 26 August or 12 January 1775 or 1776) was a French people, French Painting, painter working in Rome in the eighteenth century. Biography 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 Carthusians, Carthusian brother Gabriel Imbert (1666-1749). His uncle Pierre Parrocel, 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 Parrocel, Pierre Ignace and Joseph François Parrocel, Joseph François. Étienne stayed in Italy in Rome and for this reason he was called Le Romain. He became a member of the Accademia di San Luca, National Academy of San Luca in 1734. His first patron was Pierre Guérin de Tencin, bishop of Embrun, Hautes-Alpes, Embrun, who in 1724 commissioned a painting representing the ceremony of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica Of Santa Maria Assunta, Alcamo
The Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta ("Our Lady's Assumption", also called mother church) is a 14th-century basilica in Alcamo, province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. It is named after the Assumption of Mary, Assumption. History The first mother church of Alcamo, positioned on the north side of the quarter of San Vito, was first dedicated to Our Lady Source of Mercy (''Santa Maria Fonte della Misericordia'', 1200) and then to Our Lady with the Star (''Madonna della Stella'').Historia Alcami: il culto mariano e il sincretismo religioso This Church is still existing under the name of Santa Maria della Stella, though in a state of abandonment. In 1332, the inhabitants of quarter of San Vito, Alcamo, San Vito moved near the Castl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
