Blanchard

French family of painters. (1) Jacques Blanchard was a contemporary of Simon Vouet, whose style as a history, religious and decorative painter was marked by his experience of Italian art, both the colourism of the Venetian school and the classicism of the Bolognese. Before his relatively early death, he took part in many of the major decorative schemes of mid-17th-century France. He is, however, best known for his easel paintings of the Holy Family and Charity, of which he painted numerous variations. His brother (2) Jean Blanchard was also highly esteemed as a decorative painter, but his few surviving works are mostly genre scenes in the manner of Jan Miel and Pieter van Laer. (3) Gabriel Blanchard, son of Jacques, had a successful career as a religious and decorative painter in the service of Louis XIV.

The following members have entries:

• Jacques Blanchard
• Jean [Jean-Baptiste] Blanchard
• Gabriel Blanchard

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