LĂ©on Auguste Adolphe Belly, born in Saint-Omer on April 18, 1827 and died in Paris on March 24, 1877, was a French orientalist painter. LĂ©on Belly is the son of Nicolas Joseph Belly, polytechnician (1805), artillery captain. He is a student of Constant Troyon and frequents members of the Barbizon School. At the end of 1850, in Trieste he joined the scientific mission of FĂ©licien de Saulcy to Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt. His art then deals with orientalist subjects. In 1855âŠ
