These amazing, detailed minerals in watercolor and gouache were painted by Viscount Alexandre-Isadore Leroy de Barde in 1813. He was just in his 30's and already well recognized as a virtuoso in his 20's. The mineral painting, shell painting below and another of birds in the series were purchased by Louis XVIII and are in the Louvre Museum in Paris. In later years Leroy de Barde opened a private museum of natural history in Paris.
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