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Jacques Blanchard
French painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Jacques Planchard (Belgian politician).
Jacques Blanchard (1600–1638), also known as Jacques Blanchart, was a French baroque painter who was born in Paris. He was raised and taught by his uncle, the painter Nicolas Bollery [fr] (ca. 1560–1630). Jacques’s brother and son, Jean-Baptiste Blanchard (after 1602–1665) and Gabriel Blanchard (1630–1704), respectively were also painters.
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