(b Brussels, bapt 10 Sept 1631; d Paris, 28 Oct 1681). Nephew of (1) Philippe de Champaigne. His uncle sent for him, following the death of his own son, to be his pupil and assistant. The earliest paintings attributed to Jean-Baptiste, such as a double portrait (1645; Rotterdam, Boymans–van Beuningen) that he executed in collaboration with Nicolas de Platte Montagne, show that he had been an apt student. In 1658 his uncle reluctantly allowed him to make an 18-month stay in Italy; while there, he was deeply impressed by the paintings of Raphael—to whom he often made reference in the course of his subsequent lectures at the Académie—and also by the example of other Italian artists working in a classicizing style; this influence may be seen in a picture (now at Lyon Cathedral) executed for Port-Royal, a copy of Domenichino’s Martyrdom of St Andrew. For almost ten years from 1659 Jean-Baptiste worked closely with Philippe de Champaigne, who employed him on all his major decorative projects, such as the refectory at Val-de-Grâce, for which Jean-Baptiste executed several paintings; one of these, the Manna in the Desert (Paris, St Etienne du Mont), clearly shows a divergence from his uncle’s style. Another work that was originally part of the same ensemble, the Journey to Emmaus (Lyon Cathedral), has also been attributed to Jean-Baptiste. He also made a contribution, none of which survives, to the decorative work at the château of Vincennes.

Part of the Champaigne, de family

• Champaigne, Jean-Baptiste de
  • Champaigne, de
  • collaboration
    • Champaigne, de: (1) Philippe de Champaigne, §1(iv): 1661–74
  • groups and movements
    • Poussinisme
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Pitau
  • teachers
    • Champaigne, de: (1) Philippe de Champaigne, §2: Working methods and technique
  • works
    • Jansenism