BELLE, Alexis-Simon
BELLE, Alexis-Simon – Alexis Simon Belle was a French painter who specialised in portrait painting who is best known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility. As a portrait artist, Belle’s style followed that of his master François de Troy, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Nicolas de Largillière. He was the master of the painter Jacques-André-Joseph-Camelot Aved (1702–1766).
