Vincent van Gogh

(probably) A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen and Breda (the artist's mother; probably left by the artist between November 1885 and February 1886)

Janus Schrauwen, Breda (acquired from the above in April 1888)

Jan C. Couvreur, Breda(acquired from the above on 14 August 1902)

Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel, Breda (acquired from the above in 1902-03)

H. P. Bremmer, The Hague

Private Collection, The Hague (acquired by descent from the above in 1956)

Art Gallery E.J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam (acquired in 1959)

Eva Kobrinsky, Winnipeg 

Christie's London, 29 June 1982, lot 107 (consigned by the above)

Acquired by the present owner 

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L'Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, Paris and Brussels, 1928, vol. IV, no. 1046, illustrated pl. LV; vol. III, no. 1046, p. 51, catalogued (titled Batelier assis)

Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode (1880-1885) in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1937, p. 110 (wrongly with no. 1086)

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The works of Vincent van Gogh. His paintings and drawings, Amsterdam 1970

Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York and Oxford, 1980, no. 282, p. 71, illustrated

Jan Hulsker, The new complete Van Gogh. Paintings, drawings, sketches, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 1996

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh. The complete works on paper. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 2, San Francisco, 1992

Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker (eds.), Vincent van Gogh, The letters. The complete illustrated and annotated edition, London, 2009, letter 270 

Amsterdam, E.J. van Wisselingh, Maîtres français. XIXme et Xxme siècles, 1958, no. 18 (titled Batelier assis)