Philippe Louis Parizeau

1740–1801, Paris

Born in Paris, Philippe Louis Parizeau excelled above all as a draughtsman and engraver. He was apprenticed to Johann Georg Wille from 1766, but the discipline and laborious working methods involved in engraving did not suit his artistic bent. Portalis and Béraldi note in this context in their brief biography of the artist: “Mais bientôt, ne se sentant pas la patience de se plier à la lenteur du burin, il (Parizeau) se contenta de faire des dessins rehaussés, un peu de peinture et surtout de graver à l’eau-forte ou au lavis”.