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Source Description
Belle became the principal painter to the Jacobite court - the inscription along the side of the table in this painting identifies Belle as painter to the King of Britain, meaning James Edward Stuart.
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Document identity
localId
18940
label
Portrait of a Princess de Bouillon
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18940
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Princess de Bouillon
description
Belle became the principal painter to the Jacobite court - the inscription along the side of the table in this painting identifies Belle as painter to the King of Britain, meaning James Edward Stuart.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1720
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
132.3
height
99.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 52 1/16 x W: 39 1/16 in. (132.3 x 99.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Left on edge of table: AS [intertwined] BELLE PICTOR REGIS BRITANN;on collar of dog at left: M.S.M. [?] LA PRINSE DE BOUILLON 172[?]
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
5599
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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838a1dd97634edac