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was appointed portrait painter in water-colours to her Majesty. He also painted fine subject-pieces in oil, and had such imitative ability that some of his works have been attributed to Watteau and Rubens. Works: Hunt the Slipper (1831); Morning Walk, Samson and Delilah (1837); Serena (1847); John Knox reproving Ladies of Queen Mary's Court (1844); Seasons (1851); Sophia Western (1857).—Redgrave; Art Journal (1862), 9; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Sandby, i. 358.


CHALON, JOHN JAMES, born in Geneva, March 27, 1778, died in London, Nov. 14, 1854. Elder brother of Alfred Edward; student at Royal Academy in 1796; became A.R.A. in 1827, and R.A. in 1841. First exhibited works in oil, chiefly landscapes and genre subjects, but afterward took also a distinguished position as a water-colour painter. Works: Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon, Greenwich Hospital; View of Hastings, S. Kensington Museum.—Redgrave; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Sandby, ii. 167.




Chaldean Sages, Giorgione, Vienna Museum.

CHAMPAIGNE, (Champagne), PHILIPPE DE, born in Brussels, May 26, 1602, died in Paris, Aug. 12, 1674. Flemish school; history and portrait painter, pupil of Bouillon, Michel Bordeaux, two obscure artists, and of Fouquières. Went to Paris in 1621, and worked under Du Chesne on the decorations for the Luxembourg. Returned to Brussels in 1627, but was recalled to Paris after death of Du Chesne (1628), whose daughter he married. Painted many pictures for churches and palaces. He was received in 1648 into first Academy of Painting as professor, and afterwards made director. Works: Christ in House of Simon, Last Supper, two scenes from legend of SS. Gervasius and Protasius, portraits of Louis XIII., of Robert Arnaud d'Andilly, of Cardinal Richelieu, of the architects Mansard and Perrault, of himself, and others, Louvre; Finding of Relics of St. Gervasius, Lyons Museum; ten scenes from legend of St. Benedict, and others, Brussels Museum; portrait, Hague Museum; do., Rotterdam Museum; Adam and Eve lamenting Abel, Vienna Museum; Moses with Tables of the Law, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; three portraits of Richelieu on one canvas, National Gallery, London. His nephew, Jean Baptiste Champaigne (1645-1693), who