Count Lepic and His Daughters explained

Ludovic Lepic and His Daughters
Artist:Edgar Degas
Year:c. 1871
Medium:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:65
Width Metric:81
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum:Foundation E. G. Bührle
City:Zürich

Ludovic Lepic and His Daughters (French: Ludovic Lepic et ses filles) is an oil painting on canvas completed ca. 1871 by the French artist Edgar Degas. The painting depicts Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic with his young daughters, Eylau and Jeanine. Degas also depicted Ludovic Lepic in the painting Place de la Concorde.[1]

On February 10, 2008, the painting was stolen from Foundation E.G. Bührle in Zürich, Switzerland.[2] It was recovered in April 2012 with slight damage.[3] [4]

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  1. News: Paintings worth £85 million stolen in Zurich. Samuel. Henry. February 11, 2008. The Daily Telegraph. London.
  2. News: Reward for $180m Zurich art heist bandits . Herald Sun . February 13, 2008 . February 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080217222440/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23203876-663,00.html . February 17, 2008 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Stolen Degas recovered damaged. SWI swissinfo.ch. 27 April 2012 .
  4. Web site: Stolen Edgar Degas Painting Found In Suitcase On Bus 9 Years Later. 2018-02-24. International Business Times. 2019-08-30.