Vincent van Gogh

Galerie d'Art Oldenzeel, Rotterdam
Henri Cornelis Sijthoff, Wassenaar (acquired before 1927)
Adriana Metje Sijthoff-Burgerhout, Wassenaar (by descent from the above and until at least 1965)
Han Jüngeling, The Hague and Amsterdam
Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1968, lot 283 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Jean-Baptiste de la Faille, L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Paris and Brussels 1928, no. 1000, p. 41 (titled Le semeur); vol. IV, no. 1000, pl. XLIV, illustrated 
Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam 1937, pp. 66, 98, 186-87, 190, 192, 206, 233 and 409
Jean-Baptiste de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, London 1970, no. F1000, p. 371, illustrated 
Jean-Baptiste de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, San Francisco 1992, no. 1000, p. 41 (titled Le semeur); vol. II, no. 1000, p. vii, pl. XLIV, illustrated 
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam 1977, no. 276, p. 70, illustrated 
Van Gogh Museum, ed., Vincent Van Gogh. Drawings, Volume I: The Early Years, 1880-1883, Amsterdam 1996, p. 174

Paris, Musée Jacquemart André, Vincent Van Gogh, 1960, no. 88