Farming Village at Twilight, Vincent van Gogh, 1884

Inv.;…; sale, Machiel Gieseler (1859-1923, The Hague), Amsterdam (A. Mak), 27 October 1925, no. 32, bought in at fl. 1,700;{Copy RKD.} sale, Machiel Gieseler (1859 - 1923, The Hague) part II et al. [his section], Amsterdam (A. Mak), 11 May 1926, no. 44, bought in at fl. 1,250;{Copy RKD.}…; the dealer d’Audretsch, The Hague, 1930 - ?1937;{Het Vaderland: staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad, 30-09-1930, p. 9; Van Uitert 1987, p. 208, no. 76; Vanbeselaere 1937, p. 299, no. 190.}…; the dealer Unger en Van Mens, Rotterdam;{Van Uitert 1987, p. 208, no. 76.}…; collection Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen;{Note RMA.} donated, with xx other objects, by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, 1940

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