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(Kunstzalon Oldenzeel, Rotterdam); acquired 1905 by Jan Smit, Kinderdijk, Amblasserdam, Netherlands; (his sale, A. Mak, Amsterdam, 10 February 1919, no. 31.); John Enthoven [1885-1957].[1] (W. Brinkman, Schipluiden, Netherlands) in 1954. [2](Frank Perls Gallery, Westbury, Long Island); on joint account 1954 with (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[3] by whom sold 1955 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.

[1]John James Enthoven was the son of van Gogh collector Lodewijk Cornelis Enthoven [1854-1920], but this painting was actually owned first by Jan Smit, Lodewijk's father-in-law and John's grandfather, from whose sale it was acquired by John Enthoven (annotated copy of sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files). On the Enthovens and van Gogh, see Lodewijk Cornelis Enthoven, Verzamelaar te Voorburg, exh. cat., Museum Museum Swaensteyn, Voorburg, 2004, and Jos ten Berge, "The Enthoven mystery," in The paintings of Vincent van Gogh in the collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, 2003, pp. 424-427 (copies NGA curatorial files).

[2] According to a 1954 letter from de la Faille, in the documentation files of the van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the painting was with Brinkman at that time.

[3]Invoice from Perls to Knoedler dated 17 January 1955, Frank Perls Gallery Records, Box 3, Archives of American Art.

Exhibition History

1904
Tentoonstelling van Werken door Vincent van Gogh, Kunstzalon Oldenzeel, Rotterdam, November - December 1904, no. 2, as Tulpenland.
1960
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni: An Exhibition, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1960, no. 68, repro., as Champs de fleurs en Hollande.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 129, repro
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist, repro.
1987
Monet in Holland, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1986-1987, repro. in cat., fig 20
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice, and Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 56, repro.
2005
The Young van Gogh and The Hague School, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2005.
2009
Vincent van Gogh - Between Heaven and Earth: The Landscapes, Kunstmuseum Basel, 2009, no. 1, repro.

Bibliography

1928
Faille, J.-B. de la. L'Oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh, catalogue raisonné. 4 vols. Paris and Brussels, 1928: I: no. 186; II: repro.
1939
Faille, J.-B. de la. Vincent van Gogh. Paris, 1939:45, no. F 186, repro.
1966
Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966):42.
1966
Kuh, Katherine. "Golden Loans for a Silver Anniversary." Saturday Review (19 March 1966): 45.
1970
Faille, J.-B. de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh: Paintings and Drawings. Amsterdam, 1970: no. F186, repro.
1972
Tralbaut, Marc-Edo. Van Goghiana VIII (1972):61-64, repro.
1980
Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh. New York, 1980: 82. no. 361, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 180, repro.
1991
Coman, Florence E. Joi de Vivre: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1991: no. 26, repro.
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 283, color repro.
1994
Walther, Ingo F. Vincent van Gogh: sämliche Gemälde. 2 vols. Cologne, 1994: I:p. 25
1998
Bloemstillevens uit Nederland en België 1870-1940. Exh. cat. Kunsthal Rotterdam, 1998:14-15, repro.
2000
Van Gogh: Face to Face. The Portraits, Exh. cat. The Detroit Institute of Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000-2001:52, no. 34, repro.
2011
Skea, Ralph. Vincent's Gardens: Paintings and Drawings by Van Gogh. New York, 2011: 31, 33 no. 16, color repro.

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