*Albert de Balleroy*
	The Count Albert de Balleroy was an animal painter of distinction who exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1853 to 1870. Balleroy specialized in hunting subjects, in particular, hunting dogs. In 1855, he rented a studio in Lavoisier Street in Paris, which he shared with Edouard Manet. Their studio became a meeting place for Baudelaire, Fantin-Latour and Pissaro.
(1828-1872)

It was in their studio that Alexandre, a 15 year-old apprentice, depicted in Manet's Le gamin aux cerises, hung himself in a fit of despair. The suicide so haunted Balleroy and Manet that they could no longer work there. They Left Lavoisier Street and in 1860, went their separate ways. Albert de Balleroy remained in touch with Manet and other painters and writers from this period. He also continued corresponding with Charles Baudelaire. Fantin-Latour depicted Balleroy, Manet and other artists in his work The tribute to Delacroix in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Albert de Balleroy died in 1872 from diphtheria which also killed three of his four children. Some of his paintings can be seen in museums at Caen, Saint-Lô, Bayeux, Saint-Etienne, in the South Kensington Museum in London and at the Château de Balleroy.