Chez Tortoni

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 Isabella Stewart [Gardner Museum theft|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.

Description

The painting depicts an unidentified gentleman sitting at a table in the Café Tortoni de Paris while drawing on a sketchpad. A half-empty glass of beer stands on the table.

In popular culture

The painting was featured in a background scene in The [Vampire Diaries (season 3)|season 3, episode 1] 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".
A description of the painting and its theft were discussed in the opening of Darknet Diaries episode 147, "Tornado", by Jack Rhysider.