Regatta at Molesey near Hampton Court

Regatta at Molesey near Hampton Court is an 1874 painting by Alfred Sisley, now in the Musée d'Orsay, to which it was allocated in 1986. It was left to the French state by the painter and collector Gustave Caillebotte in 1894 and previously hung in the Musée du Luxembourg (1896-1929), the main building at the Louvre (1929-1947) and the Louvre's galerie du Jeu de Paume (1947-1986).
The work shows the Molesey Regatta, begun by an amateur sportsman in 1873 and still in existence. Sisley produced it during a four month stay in England, funded and accompanied by his patron the art collector Jean-Baptiste Faure. Paradoxically, in cloudy England, Sisley's paintings became brighter and more festive.