French family of painters. (1) Alexis-Simon Belle was a fashionable portrait painter of the early 18th century, although his reputation is overshadowed by that of his older contemporaries Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillierre. His son (2) Cl?ment Belle was a history painter who worked on tapestries for the Gobelins. Cl?ment's son Augustin-Louis Belle (1757-1841) was also a history painter, working in the Neo-classical style.
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