(12 January 1674 - 21 November 1734) was a French portrait painter, known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility.
Belle was born in Paris, the second child and only son of Jean-Baptiste Belle (born before 1642, died 1703), also a painter, and of Anne his wife (died 1705).
Belle's birth and baptism are recorded in the parish register of the church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, and quoted in Eugene Piot's Le Cabinet de l'amateur for the years 1861 and 1862
. Related Artists to Alexis Simon Belle : |
Willem van Aelst |
Ambrosius Bosschaert |
Vasilii Dmitrievich Polenov |
Thomas Couture |
SCHEDONI, Bartolomeo |
