Jean Baptiste de Champaigne
Flemish painter
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Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (10 December 1631 – 27 October 1681), was a Flemish-born French Baroque painter and teacher.
BornDecember 10, 1631
DiedOctober 27, 1681 (aged 49)
NotableworkPortrait of a man, perhaps Philippe de la Trémoïlle (1596-?), count of Olonne
StyleBaroque
Jean Baptiste de Champaigne | |
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.jpg) Detail from Double Portrait of both Artists | |
| Born | December 10, 1631 |
| Died | October 27, 1681 (aged 49) |
| Notable work | Portrait of a man, perhaps Philippe de la Trémoïlle (1596-?), count of Olonne |
| Style | Baroque |
Biography
He was born in Brussels. He was the nephew of Philippe de Champaigne and moved to Paris to become his pupil in 1643.[1] In 1658 he undertook a trip to Italy to copy the works of Raphael and Titian.[1] When he returned he became a member of the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke, and in 1671 he accepted a post as teacher in the prestigious Académie de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.[1]
According to Houbraken he was very fortunate to have survived longer than Philippe's own children so that he was brought up like a true son.[2] He died in Paris.
