Philippe de Champaigne

(1602–1674) French painter (1602–1674)

Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Philippe de Champaigne belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Philippe de Champaigne was born in Brussels and died in Paris. Philippe de Champaigne studied under Jacques Fouquier. Philippe de Champaigne worked in Paris and Brussels. Wikidata associates Philippe de Champaigne with Classicism and Baroque painting. Philippe de Champaigne became a member of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The students included Nicolas de Plattemontagne.

The best-known works include ‘Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu’, ‘Vanitas’, and ‘Mother Catherine-Agnès Arnault and Sister Catherine de Sainte Suzanne de Champaigne’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, genre art, and history painting. The catalogue has 148 works by Philippe de Champaigne with free images. The dated works span the years 1628–1700. Works by Philippe de Champaigne are held by several collections, among them Boyer collection, Département des peintures du Louvre, Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, and Wallace Collection.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Peeter Meulener, Jérôme Du Quesnoy, Evert van Aelst, Michelangelo Cerquozzi, and Francesco Costanzo Catanio.

• The Baroque
• Mother Catherine-Agnès Arnault and Sister Catherine de Sainte Suzanne de Champaigne
• Vanitas
• Triple portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu