Chez Tortoni

 ( 1875 Paintings ) 

Chez Tortoni is a painting by the French artist Édouard Manet, painted ca. 1875. The oil-on-canvas painting measures . The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States prior to its theft in 1990 and it has not yet been recovered.

A $10 million reward is offered for the return of Chez Tortoni and the other stolen items.

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Description

The painting depicts an unidentified gentleman sitting at a table in the[Café Tortoni de Paris while drawing on a sketchpad.

Simon Houpt (2025). 9781402728297, Sterling Pub.. . ISBN 9781402728297

A half-empty glass of beer stands on the table.

Kenneth McConkey (1995). 9780300063349, Yale University Press. . ISBN 9780300063349

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In popular culture

The painting was featured in a background scene in season 3, episode 1 ("The Birthday") of The Vampire Diaries. It also appeared in season 3, episodes 3 and 5 of the French Netflix series Lupin. It also appeared in L'Art du crime, season 6, episodes 1 and 2, "La nouvelle Olympia".

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See also

• List of paintings by Édouard Manet
• List of stolen paintings

Categories: 1875 Paintings, Paintings By Édouard Manet, Stolen Works Of Art, Food And Drink Paintings, Lost Paintings

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