the museum’s two senior researchers said in a statement: “Stylistically and technically speaking, there are a plenty of parallels with other paintings by Van Gogh from the summer of 1888.” By means of research into literature and records, they were also capable of producing a convincing provenance of the painting. According to this it belonged first to Vincent’s brother Theo, and then passed on to Theo’s widow, who, in her turn, sold it on to Maurice Fabre, probably in 1901 together with five or six other paintings, when it directly or indirectly was bought by Mustad.