Jacques Saillant (1608 – 1678): A Painter of Dignified Portraits Jacques de Chevanes, better known as Jacques Saillant, was a French Capuchin polemicist and artist born in Autun around 1608. Though primarily remembered for his theological writings—particularly his spirited defense of the Catholic faith against Protestant criticisms—Saillant’s artistic output reveals a talent for capturing the grandeur and solemnity of aristocratic por…