Alexis Simon Belle Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
University of Aberdeen Marischal Museum, Scotland
James Francis Edward Keith, Marshal in the Prussian Army
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French) 
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Alexis Simon Belle in the Web Gallery of Art 
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Miscellaneous Sites:
The Age of Enlightenment in the Paintings of France's National Museums
Marie Leszczynska, Queen of France, and the Dauphin
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
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