Attributed to Alexis Simon Belle A pair of female portraits,...

Attributed to Alexis Simon Belle
Paris 1674–1734
A pair of female portraits, traditionally identified as princesses of the House of Rohan

a pair, both oil on canvas
each unframed: 90.9 x 72 cm.; 35¾ x 28⅜ in.
each framed: 106 x 86.3 cm.; 41¾ x 34 in.
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Catalogue Note:
At the time of the 2014 auction, each canvas was inscribed on the reverse: Peint par AS. Belle à Paris en Août 1726. Since then both canvases have been relined and the inscriptions presumably covered up.

Provenance:
Château de l'Aiglerie, Anjou, France;

Jacques Lelong, Marrakech (this and the above line of provenance according to the 2014 sale catalogue);

Anonymous sale, Cheverny, Rouillac, 16 June 2014, lot 561;

Where acquired by the present owner.