Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1655) Painting by Philippe De Champaigne

Fine art paper, 10x8 in
  • Original Artwork Painting, Oil
  • Dimensions Height 36.3in, Width 28.5in
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Classicism Portrait
La peinture "Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert" de Philippe de Champaigne présente Colbert, le célèbre ministre des Finances de Louis XIV, dans une pose à la fois élégante et autoritaire. Il est vêtu d'un habit noir raffiné avec une collerette de dentelle blanche, soulignant son statut et son influence à la cour royale. Sa main droite tient une lettre [...]
La peinture "Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert" de Philippe de Champaigne présente Colbert, le célèbre ministre des Finances de Louis XIV, dans une pose à la fois élégante et autoritaire. Il est vêtu d'un habit noir raffiné avec une collerette de dentelle blanche, soulignant son statut et son influence à la cour royale. Sa main droite tient une lettre marquée de l'année 1655, peut-être symbolique de ses nombreuses correspondances et réformes administratives. Le fond sombre met en valeur la figure de Colbert, attirant l'attention sur ses traits faciaux et son expression sereine mais déterminée. Son visage, légèrement souriant, dégage une aura de confiance et de sagesse, capturant parfaitement l'essence de cet homme d'État qui a joué un rôle crucial dans la consolidation de l'économie française. De Champaigne, par son utilisation subtile des ombres et de la lumière, réussit à immortaliser non seulement l'apparence physique de Colbert, mais aussi son importance historique.

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Philippe de Champaigne was a French painter of the Baroque era, born in Brabancon on May 26, 1602 and died on August 12, 1674. He was an important member of the French school. He was one of the founders of the [...]

Philippe de Champaigne was a French painter of the Baroque era, born in Brabancon on May 26, 1602 and died on August 12, 1674. He was an important member of the French school. He was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris. It was the best art school in France in the 18th century. Champaigne was born into a poor family in Brussels (Duchy of Brabant, Southern Netherlands) at the time of Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabelle. He learned to paint landscapes from Jacques Fouquières. In 1621, he moved to Paris, where he worked on the decoration of the Luxembourg Palace with Nicolas Poussin, under the direction of Nicolas Duchesne, whose daughter he would later marry. Houbraken relates that Duchesne resented Champaigne for being more popular than him at court. This is why Champaigne returned to live in Brussels with his brother and did not return to marry his daughter until he learned of Duchesne's death.[1] After Duchesne's death, Champaigne worked for the Queen Mother, Marie de Medici. He helped Marie de Medici decorate the Luxembourg Palace. In 1638, he made several paintings for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. He also made cartoons that were used on tapestries. He received a pension of 1200 livres and became the Queen's First Painter. He also modified the Carmes church in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques, which was one of the Queen Mother's favorite places of worship. During the French Revolution, this place was destroyed, but some of the original paintings were saved and are now in museums. The Assumption of the Virgin is in the Louvre, the Presentation in the Temple in Dijon and the Resurrection of Lazarus in Grenoble. He also worked for Cardinal Richelieu, whose Palais Cardinal, the dome of the Sorbonne and other buildings he decorated. Champaigne was the only artist allowed to paint Richelieu dressed as a cardinal, which he did eleven times. In 1648, he was one of the first to enter the Academy of Painting and Sculpture. At the end of his life, after 1640, he became a follower of Jansenism. After his paralyzed daughter was cured by a miracle at the convent of Port-Royal, he painted Ex-Voto of 1662, which is now in the Louvre. It shows the artist's daughter with Mother Superior Agnès Arnauld.

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