Le Parlement de Paris invoquant sainte Geneviève pendant la Ligue

The Parliament of Paris Invoking Saint Geneviève during the League depicts a dramatic episode from the French Wars of Religion, when the Parisian parliament called upon the city's patron saint for divine intervention. The painting combines Champaigne's skills in historical narrative, architectural setting, and group portraiture. Characteristic of the artist's mature approach, the work displays restrained, almost penitential palette, penetrating psychological realism in portraiture, architectural clarity in religious compositions, complete absence of Baroque theatrical excess.

The multi-figure composition in an architectural setting demonstrates Champaigne's command of complex narrative, with the devotional act clearly readable amid the crowd of parliamentary figures.