Philippe de Champaigne | |
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![]() Self-portrait, Museum of Grenoble | |
Born | Philippe de Champaigne 26 May 1602 |
Died | 12 August 1674 | (aged 72)
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Baroque |
Philippe de Champaigne (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃paɲ]; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Brabançon-born French[1] Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school. He was a founding member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, the premier art institution in the Kingdom of France in the eighteenth century.