• 1901 Paris, 20
• 1914 Berlin, 73
• 1925 Vienna, 74
• 1926 Dresden, 212
• 1943 New York, 33
• 1960 Philadelphia

Catalogues raisonnés:

• F477: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amesterdão: J.M. Meulenhoff, nr 477 .
• JH1600 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, nr  1600.
  
  
• The paining is after a photograph here. The photograph annoyed Vincent, so he made a copy of it.
• The painting was in the collection of Carl Moll until at least 1914 and can be seen in his Self Portrait in his Study hanging on the wall.
• Letters
• Letter 699: To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 8 October 1888. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "That’s to say, I’m doing a portrait of our mother for myself. I can’t look at the colourless photograph, and I’m trying to do one with harmonious colour, as I see her in my memory."
• Letter 700: To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 9 or Wednesday, 10 October 1888. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "I’m working on a portrait of our mother because the black photograph was making me too impatient.
  Ah, what portraits we could make from life with photography and painting! I always have hopes that a great revolution still awaits us in portraiture."