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Champaigne

British  
/ ʃɑ̃pɛɲ, ʃæmˈpeɪn /

noun

  1. Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes

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Philippe de Champaigne moved to Paris from his native Flanders, and a school of naturalists bore the stamp of the Italian Caravaggio.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philippe de Champaigne was another of the original members.

From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall

I, Lewis Houssart, am forty years old, and was born in Sedan, a town in Champaigne, near Boullonois.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Hayward, Arthur L.

The work which goes the most to my blood, and with regard to which Edelinck, with good reason, congratulated himself, is the portrait of Champaigne.

From The Best Portraits in Engraving by Sumner, Charles

The Philippe de Champaigne is the head of that eminent French artist after a painting by himself, and it contests the palm with the Pompone.

From The Best Portraits in Engraving by Sumner, Charles