Provenance
Probably left by the artist with his mother, Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen, November 1885
deposited by her with Schrauwen, Breda, 1886
sold by Schrauwen to J.C. Couvreur, Breda, 1902
sold to C. Mouwen and W. van Bakel, Breda, 1902
offered for sale at an exhibition at the Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam, 1903, no. 78, but remained unsold
acquired by art dealers Buffa, Amsterdam, 1904
sold, Frederik Müller, Amsterdam, May 3, 1904, no. 34
purchased at that sale by the poet Herman Gorter (d. 1927), Bussum
Kunstzalen d'Audretsch, The Hague, before 1928
G.H.E. van Suchtelen, The Hague
A.L.J. Einthoven-van Suchtelen, The Hague
art dealers Huinck and Scherjon, Amsterdam, 1953
Wilhelm Weinberg (d. 1957), Amsterdam and Scarsdale, New York
his sale, Sotheby's, London, July 10, 1957, no. 54
purchased at that sale by Philip J. Goldberg (d. 1969), London
his wife, Aimee Ethel Goldberg (d. 1986), London
her sale, Christie's, London, December 2, 1986, no. 127
purchased at that sale by the Van Gogh Museum, with the support of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the Vereniging Rembrandt
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