| A minor painter active in Paris during the first half of the seventeenth century, Baugin is notable for his production of holy families in the Italianate manner, based on designs of Parmigianino and Guido Reni,* which earned him the sobriquet Le Petit Guide. His Italian inspiration likely came from travel there, although no documents other than his paintings substantiate this notion. Recorded as being in Paris in 1629, he is assumed to have remained there. A founding member of the French Academy, he seems to have had success in Paris, where one of his most notable commissions was the Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew for N6tre Dame. A group of still lifes, signed "Baugin," have been linked to Lubin, although scholars tend to discount this attribution. |
