The Avignon Lineage Avignon, 1667. A child enters a world already saturated with the scent of oil and pigment. Jacques-Ignace Parrocel is born into a dynasty where art is not a choice but an inheritance, part of a sprawling family tree that produced fourteen painters over six generations. He does not learn to see in isolation; he learns through the shadow of his uncle, Joseph Parrocel. The training is rigorous. Under Joseph’s guidance,…