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In the 1640s Champaigne became deeply influenced by Jansenism, an austere Roman Catholic reform movement centred at Port-Royal. Thereafter he painted portraits of Jansenist leaders in a cool, restrained, rational French spirit. Outstanding is Ex Voto de 1662 (1662, Louvre), depicting his daughter, a Jansenist nun, cured of paralysis through prayer.
The painting represents Mother-Superior Cathérine-Agnès Arnauld and Sister Cathérine de Sainte-Suzanne, the daughter of the artist.
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