1940
•Mar. – The Meyer family places their art collection in a bank safe at Crédit Commercial de France
•May – Nazis invade France
1941
•Feb. – Nazi forces seize La Bergère from Crédit Commercial de France and transport it to Jeu de Paume
1942
•Jul. – La Bergère is inventoried at Jeu de Paume and set aside for possible exchange
1944-46
•Sometime between 1944 and 1946, La Bergère ends up in Switzerland
1944
•Aug. – Paris is liberated from Nazi occupation
1945
•Apr. - Raoul Meyer registers La Bergère as looted artwork
1946
•Christoph Bernoulli acquires La Bergère and sells it to Audré Maus
1951
•Raoul Meyer discovers Maus is in possession of La Bergère in Switzerland
•Bernoulli regains custody and control over the Pissarro painting from Maus
1952
•Raoul Meyer files a lawsuit against Bernoulli in Switzerland
1953
•The Swiss Court holds Raoul Meyer failed to prove Bernoulli’s bad faith in acquiring La Bergère
1956
•La Bergère is exhibited at David Findlay Galleries, Inc. in New York
•Aaron and Clara Weitzenhoffer purchase La Bergère from David Findlay Galleries, Inc.
2000
•Clara Weitzenhoffer’s estate bequests La Bergère to University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
2009
•Mar. – Dr. Annette Schlagenhauff researches La Bergère, discovers documents regarding Bernoulli, and provides the documents to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
2012
•Mar. – Léone Meyer’s family discovers the location of La Bergère
•Dec. – Léone Meyer demands the return of La Bergère from the University of Oklahoma
2013
•Jan. – David Boren claims La Bergère is owned by the University of Oklahoma Foundation, not the University
•May – Léone Meyer files her complaint
