Description
Watercolour
Dimensions
8cm x 6cm (3in x 2.25in), oval
Footnote
Note: This miniature is a copy after Alexis-Simon Belle (French 1674-1734), James III, 1712. Belle worked for the Stuart court from 1699. He was married to the miniature painter, Anne Cheron, and the couple lived in Saint-Germain, home of the Stuart court, from 1702. Belle became the official painter to the Stuart court on the finishing of his large-scale portrait James III with a Page in 1703. He continued painting portraits for the Stuarts until 1714, ultimately completing ten portraits of James III.