Count Lepic and His Daughters

{{Short description|Painting by Edgar Degas}}

{{Infobox artwork

| image_file=Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas 053.jpg

| image_size=300px

| title=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

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Ludovic Lepic and His Daughters ({{langx|fr|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.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578325/Paintings-worth-85-million-stolen-in-Zurich.html|title=Paintings worth £85 million stolen in Zurich|last=Samuel|first=Henry|date=February 11, 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}

On February 10, 2008, the painting was stolen from Foundation E.G. Bührle in Zürich, Switzerland.{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23203876-663,00.html | work=Herald Sun | title=Reward for $180m Zurich art heist bandits | date=February 13, 2008 | access-date=February 12, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217222440/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23203876-663,00.html | archive-date=February 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} It was recovered in April 2012 with slight damage.{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Stolen_Degas_recovered_damaged.html?cid=32566670|title=Stolen Degas recovered damaged|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|date=27 April 2012 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/stolen-edgar-degas-painting-found-suitcase-bus-9-years-later-2657189|title=Stolen Edgar Degas Painting Found In Suitcase On Bus 9 Years Later|date=2018-02-24|website=International Business Times|access-date=2019-08-30}}

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