Claim: Painted as a "mai" for Notre-Dame the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes in 1696, Joseph Christophe (the brother of Claude Christophe, born at Verdun in 1662) was received into the Academy in 1702, and in 1724 became painter to the Archduke Leopold, for whom he executed many portraits.
Evidence: In 1696 he painted as a "mai" for Notre-Dame the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. Joseph Christophe, the brother of Claude Christophe, was born at Verdun in 1662. He was received into the Academy in 1702, and in 1724 became painter to the Archduke Leopold, for whom he executed many portraits.