# Selection of Shells Arranged on Shelves

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LEROY DE BARDE, Alexandre-Isidore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leroy-de-barde-alexandre-isidore-r0924a7e9638d53>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Watercolour and gouache on heavy paper, 125 x 90 cm

## Commentary

This trompe-l&#39;oeil painting belonged to the collection of Louis XVIII. The shells were painted in the Leverian Museum, a collection Sir Ashton Lever \(1729-88\) exhibited in London, and several come from private collections.

## Related artworks

- [Crystallised Minerals](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leroy-de-barde-alexandre-isidore-r0924a7e9638d53/crystallised-minerals-r5b5594255b21b9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)