Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart (1692–1712)
Alexis-Simon Belle (Paris 1674 – Paris 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1708 - circa 1710
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1350 x 1050 mm
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998407
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart (1692–1712) by Alexis-Simon Belle (Paris 1674 – Paris 1734), circa 1708-10. A three-quarter-length portrait of Princess Louise in scarlet robe with white bodice. The only surviving daughter and last child of James II and Mary of Modena, she died young of smallpox. This portrait was probably painted around 1708–10, when marriage to a grandson of Louis XIV was mooted – hence her being shown fingering orange-blossom. Belle’s pendant of her brother, James III (Government Art Collection), was also at Sizergh until the unfortunate sale of 1896.
Provenance
Reputedly given by Mary of Modena to Winifred Trentham, Lady Strickland and brought back to England after her death; Christie's July 18th 1896, lot 10 (bought in); given by Henry Hornyold Stickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950
Makers and roles
Alexis-Simon Belle (Paris 1674 – Paris 1734), artist