The painting was stolen from the Singer Laren museum in Laren, North Holland on 30 March 2020, Van Gogh's birthday. The museum institution was closed at the time as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[2][15] The painting had been on loan from the Groninger Museum.[2] Police said the thieves broke through the glass doors around 3:15am and left before law enforcement responded to the alarm.[16] Museum director Jan Rudolph de Lorm said, "I'm shocked and unbelievably annoyed that this has happened."[17]