Philippe de Champaigne

Philippe de Champaigne (26 May 1602 - 12 August 1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school.

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Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouqui?res. He moved to Parisin 1621, where he worked with Nicolas Poussin on the decoration of the Palais du Luxembourg under the direction of Nicolas Duchesne, whose daughter he married.

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After the death of his protector Duchesne, Champaigne worked for the Queen Mother, Marie de Medicis, and for Richelieu, for whom he decorated the cardinal's palace, the Dome of the Sorbonne church and other buildings. He was a founding member of the Acad?mie Royale de Peinture in 1648.

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Later in his life (1640), he came under the influence of Jansenism. After his paralysed daughter was miraculously cured at the nunnery of Port-Royal, he painted the celebrated but untypical picture Ex-Voto (1662), now in the Louvre, which represents the artist's daughter with Mother-Superior Cath?rine-Agn?s Arnauld.

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Champaigne produced a very large number of paintings, mainly religious works and portraits. Influenced by Rubens at the beginning of his career, his style later became more austere.

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He died in Paris.

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Philippe de Champaigne related Images and Photos (experimental)

Philippe de Courcillon Marquis of Dangeau Pledging His Oath to King Louis XIV in 1695	Allegory of the Recognition of Philippe de France	Philippe Noiret: La Vie de Chateau 1965	Portrait of Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine Duke de Mercoeur
Philippe Clay and Liselotte Pulver: Le Gentleman de Cocody 1964	Score Sheet for "Concerts De Pieces De Clavecin" by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) 1741	At the Hotel de Ville Louis- Philippe is Acclaimed by the Populace	Jacques De Molay Grand Maitre Des Templiers Arrested and Burned by Philippe Iv
Philippe Pinel	De-Lovely	De Champagne	Philippe Noiret: Le Voyage Du Père 1966