CHAMPAIGNE, Philippe de
(b. 1602, Bruxelles, d. 1674, Paris)

The Annunciation

c. 1645
Oil on canvas, 334 x 214 cm
Wallace Collection, London

A masterpiece from Champaigne's early maturity, this picture may have been commissioned for the hôtel de Chavigny where Mansart had built a new chapel in 1642-43.