Alexis Simon Belle (12 January 1674 21 November 1734) was a French portrait painter known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility.As a portrait artist Belle's style followed that of his master Francois de Troy Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largilliere. He was the master of the painter Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved (17021766). Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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