Jean Baptiste de Champaigne
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Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (10 December 1631, Brussels
– 27 October 1681, Paris
), was a Flemish Baroque painter and teacher.
who moved to Paris to become his pupil in 1643. In 1658 he undertook a trip to Italy to copy the works of Raphael
and Titian
. 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.
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.
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
– 27 October 1681, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
), was a Flemish Baroque painter and teacher.
Biography
According to the RKD he was the nephew of Philippe de ChampaignePhilippe de Champaigne
Philippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...
who moved to Paris to become his pupil in 1643. In 1658 he undertook a trip to Italy to copy the works of Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...
and Titian
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
. When he returned he became a member of the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke
Guild of Saint Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was identified by John of Damascus as having painted the...
, and in 1671 he accepted a post as teacher in the prestigious Académie de peinture et de sculpture
Académie de peinture et de sculpture
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture , Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Paris already had the Académie de Saint-Luc, which was a city artist guild like any other Guild of Saint Luke...
in Paris.
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.