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Jean Baptiste de Champaigne

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Jean Baptiste de Champaigne
Detail from Double Portrait of both Artists
Born(1631-12-10)December 10, 1631
DiedOctober 27, 1681(1681-10-27) (aged 49)
Notable workPortrait of a man, perhaps Philippe de la Trémoïlle (1596-?), count of Olonne
StyleBaroque
de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne

Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (10 December 1631 – 27 October 1681), was a Flemish-born French Baroque painter and teacher.

Biography

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King Ptolemy II

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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jean Baptiste de Champaigne in the RKD
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Joan Baptist de Champanje in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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