Philippe de ChampaigneFrench, 1602–1674Portrait d'homme
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Portrait d'homme” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon. Unknown.
Besançon, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 853.13.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon — © GUENAT Pierre; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Philippe de Champaigne
The whole life26 May 1602
Born
1621
Moves to Paris
Having turned down the chance to visit Italy and to join Rubens' studio, Champaigne moved to Paris in 1621, where he worked as an independent master from about 1624.
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.
12 August 1674
Died
