a set of miniatures were bought from their longtime owner m. bourgneuf for the musées de laval by daniel œhlert, curator of laval's archaeology museum. m. bourgneuf had bought them from an old serving was an amateur collector and had bought them from an old servant of lesuire's son théodore - the servant had been born in saint-barthélémy parish of paris and died around 1840 in laval. most of them were signed by le suire or his wife.