Jean-Antoine Julien de Parme (1736-1799)

• Was a Swiss painter.
• He was the son of Giacono Ottolini and Lucia Bruzzetti.
• Born in Cavigliano, Terre di Pedemonte.
• In his youth, Julien de Parme is taken by his mother to Craveggia.
• There he studied with Giuseppe Borgnis.
• In 1747 he moved to France, visiting Bourges, Diors, Châteauroux and Paris.
• Returning to Italy, he spent time in Genoa, Livorno, Pisa and Florence, before settling in Rome in 1760
• In Rome he studied Antique art and the Italian masters.
• In 1761 Julien became a painter at the Parma court, working on historical and mythological paintings.
• In 1773 Julien is back in Paris, where he is called Julien de Parme.
• He lived out his last years in poverty. 
• Julien de Parme was also a collector of old master drawings.
• His collection was the subject of an important sale in Paris on 21 and 22 February 1794.
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