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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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