Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Le moissonneur (d?après Millet)

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Le moissonneur (d?après Millet)
oil on canvas
17 x 9 5/8 in. (43.3 x 24.3 cm.)
Painted in Saint-Rémy in 1889

Provenance

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (the artist?s sister-in-law), Amsterdam.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in June 1910.
Anton G. Kröller & Helene Kröller-Müller, The Hague, by whom acquired in 1910.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, to whom returned by the above in 1913.
Ed. Rothermund, Dresden, by whom acquired from the above.
Dr Georg S. Hirschland, Werden an der Ruhr, by whom acquired from the above.
Sold under duress to the Folkwang Museum, Essen, in June 1939; recovered from the Kloster Marienstatt depot; restituted to the heirs of Dr Georg S. Hirschland in July 1950, and thence by descent.
Private collection, United States; sale, Sotheby?s, New York, 11 November 1988, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby?s, London, 27 June 1995, lot 11.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR