Alexandre-Isidore Leroy, viscount of BARDE (1777-1828) - Lot 148

Alexandre-Isidore Leroy, viscount of BARDE (1777-1828) Minerals from the King's private cabinet, 1821 Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed and dated lower left. 72.8 x 97 cm Provenance : - Cabinet de Minéralogie du Roi Louis XVIII, King's private museum dispersed by Charles X - Former Victor Théophile Magnien collection, Paris, circa 1900 (Un appartement du faubourg Saint-Germain - Ancienne collection d'un antiquaire parisien) - By inheritance to current owners Exhibitions : Salon de 1822, Musée Royal des Arts, Paris. Bibliography: - Catalog Salon de 1822, Musée Royal des Arts, Paris, page 10, cited under no. 41. - January 11, 1822: Henry's report on a watercolor of the King's mineralogical cabinet by Viscount de Barde, depicting the interior of a sideboard lined with mineral samples and crystallization", ref. 20144779/7, Archives des musées nationaux. - Demande d'un état de proposition de paiement à faire à M. le vicomte de Barde pour son tableau minéralogique. [1p.] (February 13 1822), ref. 20144789/59, Archives des musées nationaux. - Catalog of the King's private mineralogical collection by M. Jacques-Louis comte de Bournon (1751-1825). Works referenced: - Alexandre-Isidore Leroy, vicomte de Barde, Crystallized Minerals, 1814 (inv. 23690), Musée du Louvre, Paris. - Alexandre-Isidore Leroy, vicomte de Barde, Birds (inv. 23691), Musée du Louvre, Paris. - Alexandre-Isidore Leroy, vicomte de Barde, Choix de coquillages, circa 1803/1810 (inv. 23689), Musée du Louvre, Paris