Mentioned in a letter from Stern to Dr. Hans Schneider at the RKD dated September 3, 1936. A photograph of this painting at the RKD (BD0586, Landschappen: Jacob van Ruisdael, J. Vermeer v. Haarlem 4) is mounted on card stock that includes the following: “J. Vermeer v. Haarlem / Dk. 84 x 120 c.M. / Gem.: J.v.d. Meer 1689 (1686?) / Vlg. Souheur, Keulen, 7-4-1921, no. 228 / Gal. Stern, Dusseldorp (1936) / Foto J. Söhn.”
Die Weltkunst (Ausstellungen der Woche), Jahrg. X, Nr. 43 vom 1. November 1936; Jahrg. X, Nr. 44 vom 8. November 1936.
until May 6, 1937 Dr. Max Stern Gallery, Düsseldorf; Sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, May 26, 1971, lot 360; Sale, Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, May 30, 1978, lot 68; Sale, Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, May 16, 1983, lot 73
