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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Champaigne

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

That place being past, we found the habitation of the people called Teguenondahi, standing vpon an high mountaine, and the valley of Hochelay, which standeth in a Champaigne countrey.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Richard Hakluyt

The ancient Counts of Champaigne resided here, and the Palace they liv'd in is still to be seen.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

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 Charles Sumner

Then he read: "Monsieur le Baron: "There is, in the gallery in your castle, a picture of Philippe de Champaigne, of exquisite finish, which pleases me beyond measure.

From The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc