Philippe de ChampaigneFrench, 1602–1674Les âmes du purgatoire
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Les âmes du purgatoire” now? Collection: Musée des Augustins de Toulouse, Toulouse. Unknown.
Toulouse, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2004 1 218 ; 43 (Ro)
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Augustins de Toulouse
- Image: Musée des Augustins de Toulouse — Daniel Martin; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Philippe de Champaigne
The whole life1625–1627
Decorates the Luxembourg Palace with Duchesne
Champaigne assisted Nicolas Duchesne in decorating Queen Marie de' Medici's Luxembourg Palace; Nicolas Poussin worked there with him, and Champaigne painted a landscape for him.
1628
Marries Nicolas Duchesne's daughter
According to Houbraken, Duchesne resented Champaigne's growing popularity at court, so Champaigne went back to Brussels to live with his brother; only on hearing of Duchesne's death did he return to marry his daughter. Succeeding Duchesne, he became the Queen's Painter with a salary of 1,200 livres.
1640
Comes under the influence of Jansenism
From 1640 onward, in the later part of his life, Champaigne came under the influence of Jansenism.
1648
A founder of the Royal Academy
Champaigne was one of the founding members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, the premier art institution of Ancien Régime France.
c. 1662
His daughter's miraculous cure at Port-Royal
The artist's paralyzed daughter, who lived at the convent of Port-Royal, was reportedly cured by a miracle. Champaigne then painted the atypical votive picture “Ex-Voto de 1662” (Louvre), showing his daughter with Mother Superior Agnès Arnauld.
12 August 1674
Died
