F-number F0177a

JH-number JH1192

Object number s0136V1973

Dimensions 41.5 cm x 79.0 cm, 60 cm x 97.5 cm

Provenance Probably left by the artist with his mother, A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen/Breda, sometime between November 1885 and February 1886; given in safekeeping to Janus Schrauwen, Breda, April 1888; left with Janus Schrauwen by A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus after her move to Leiden, 1889; sold by Janus Schrauwen to Jan C. Couvreur, 14 August 1902; sold by Jan C. Couvreur to Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel, Breda, 1902-03; given on consignment by Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel to Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam; 1904 sold by Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, to A.F. Philips, Eindhoven, probably at their exhibition (Tentoonstelling van werken door Vincent van Gogh), cat. 36 (Vleermuis (vampier)); after his death on 7 October 1951 inherited by his widow A.H.E.M. Philips-de Jongh, Eindhoven; after her death on 7 March 1970 to her heirs; sold by the heirs Philips-De Jongh to the Theo van Gogh Foundation, Laren and transferred to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.

artist Vincent van Gogh