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Gabriel Blanchard, known as Blanchard Le Neveu, (1630 in

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, France – 1704) the only son of

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, was born in Paris in 1630, and studied under his uncle, Jean Baptiste Blanchard. He was, in 1668, elected

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on the merits of an allegorical painting of the 'Birth of

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,' now at

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; but his most successful work was a picture of '

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,' which he painted for the Goldsmiths'

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. He became keeper of the royal collection, and successively assistant professor, professor, and, in 1699, treasurer of the Academy. He died in 1704. Two of his sons, Nicolas and Philippe Thomas, were likewise painters.

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