Musée d'Orsay

Bernard traces the Nazi-looted painting's shadowed path: sold by Nazis, it lands in Musée d'Orsay's custody before advancing to the National Gallery in a recovery chain ignited by President Bartlet's international push. This Parisian institution functions as pivotal intermediary guardian, temporarily sheltering reclaimed cultural heritage amid Vichy-era theft's long unraveling, bridging dark history to familial restoration.