Philippe de Champaigne

Philippe de Champaigne
Self-portrait, Museum of Grenoble
Born	Philippe de Champaigne (1602-05-26)26 May 1602 Brussels, Southern Netherlands
Died	12 August 1674(1674-08-12) (aged 72) Paris, France
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.