File:Alexis-Simon Belle - Portrait of a child.png

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Alexis Simon Belle: Portrait of a boy as Mars, half-length, in a richly embroidered dress and black feather headdress, holding a spear and a helmet   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Alexis Simon Belle  (1674–1734)  wikidata:Q1383440
 
Alexis Simon Belle
Alternative names
Alexis-Simon Belle
Description French painter, miniaturist, pastellist and drawer
Date of birth/death 12 January 1674 Edit this at Wikidata 21 November 1734 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q1383440
Title
Portrait of a boy as Mars, half-length, in a richly embroidered dress and black feather headdress, holding a spear and a helmet
Description
English: Portrait of a boy with a blue sash, presumably Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Brittany (1707-1712), elder brother of Louis XV of France
  • Identification proposed by user Ecummenic (talk) based on the comparison with some portraits of the Dauphin Louis (see images below) and the presence of a sash of the Order of the Holy Spirit.
Date turn of the 17/18th century
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 71.1 cm (27.9 in); width: 59.4 cm (23.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,71.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,59.4U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1995, lot 313, to the present owner (auctioned as "Portrait of a girl as Minerva with a black feather head-dress") [1] [2]
  • Auction: Christie's, London, 7 December 2011, lot 171 (auctioned as "Portrait of a boy as Mars, half-length, in a richly embroidered dress and black feather headdress, holding a spear and a helmet") [3] [4] [5]
Source/Photographer https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Portrait-of-a-boy-as-Mars/055CA8441BE71663
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current06:54, 15 December 2022Thumbnail for version as of 06:54, 15 December 2022853 × 1,024 (757 KB)Ecummenic (talk | contribs)-
02:08, 22 June 2021Thumbnail for version as of 02:08, 22 June 2021912 × 1,098 (775 KB)Ecummenic (talk | contribs){{Artwork |Author={{Creator:Alexis Simon Belle}} |Description="Portrait of a girl as Minerva with a black feather head-dress" [https://www.meisterdrucke.es/impresion-art%C3%ADstica/Alexis-Simon-Belle/833685/Retrato-de-una-ni%C3%B1a,-de-medio-cuerpo,-como-Minerva,.html] "Portrait of a boy as Mars, half-length, in a richly embroidered dress and black feather headdress, holding a spear and a helmet" [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/alexis-simon-belle-paris-1674-1734-171-c-e417224815] |So...

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