At the Louvre

These bird studies are by Pietr Boel, 1622-1674. The Louvre has 81 of his works.
One of my favourite paintings - 16th century Florentine, showing past masters: Giotto, Uccello, Donatello, Antonio Manetti, and Brunelleschi.
Here it is in context. Most people walk past, but it did catch the eye of this couple -
The Louvre was open till 10 on Friday, and the setting sun shone into some of the rooms -
(The speck in the sky isn't a UFO, it's my ageing camera's "floater".)