Summer's Day

Jour d'été

Summer's Day

Berthe Morisot · 1879

National Gallery

London, United Kingdom

About this painting

In 1956 two students stole this painting to protest a museum dispute over Ireland's Hugh Lane Bequest — it turned up, unharmed, at the Irish Embassy.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46 × 75 cm (18.1 × 29.5 in)

Painted at

Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery, London

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