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The Flemish master Philippe de Champaigne pursued a successful career in France, where he produced altarpieces, devotional images, and portraits, served as first painter to the queen, and was a founding member of the French Academy. The emotional restraint typical of the French classical tradition informs Champaigne’s two devotional pictures: The Virgin Mary, at right (1978.546), and Saint ...
Cardinal de Richelieu. Philippe de Champaigne. In this full-length portrait, Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1585–1642) wears the robe and skull cap of a cardinal. This position had been granted to him in 1622. His left hand lifts the robe to reveal a delicate layer of lace, also visible on his sleeves, beneath the great expanse of...
According to the Gospel of Matthew, an angel appears to the Virgin Mary’s husband, Joseph, in a dream. Champaigne shows the angel gesturing towards both heaven and the Virgin Mary, confirming that Christ has been conceived through the Holy Ghost. Kneeling in front of an open Bible, Mary glances towards the angel, her arms crossed over her chest.
Champaigne was also a prolific painter of altarpieces and religious paintings, such as 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'. Champaigne came from Flanders, and was born and trained in Brussels. He came to Paris in 1621 and began his career working on the decoration of the Luxembourg Palace for the queen mother, Marie de Médicis.
Le Songe de saint Joseph a d’abord été placé dans la nef en face du choeur des religieuses (cf. Malingre, 1640), puis dans la chapelle Sainte-Thérèse, sur le mur opposé à l’autel (cf. Dezallier d’Argenville (A. N.), 1749). La peinture a été endommagée dans l’incendie du musée de Bordeaux le 7 décembre 1870. saisie ...
painting by Philippe de Champaigne (Museum: National Gallery) Explore 276K works by 31K artists from the Rennaisance up to 2024; Send free art e-cards; Download fine art wallpapers
The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris. It was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I, the son of Clovis, King of the Franks. It was destroyed by the Vikings, rebuilt ...
