After the death of his protector Duchesne, Champaigne worked for the Queen Mother, Marie de Medicis, and for Richelieu, for whom he decorated the cardinal's palace, the Dome of the Sorbonne church and other buildings. He was a founding member of the Académie Royale de Peinture in 1648.
Later in his life (1640), he came under the influence of Jansenism. After his paralyzed daughter was miraculously cured at the nunnery of Port-Royal, he painted the celebrated but untypical picture Ex-Voto (1662), now in the Louvre, which represents the artist's daughter with Mother-Superior Cathérine-Agnès Arnauld.
Champaigne produced a very large number of paintings, mainly religious works and portraits. Influenced by Rubens at the beginning of his career, his style later became more austere.
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| Worked wirh Nicolas Poussin
Uncle of Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
Worked for Marie de Médicis and Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu
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