(Sale, Paris, 3 May 1876, 1,200 francs). (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 January 1877, no. 11, as _Laboureur et cavalier dans la campagne_, 520 francs).[1] (Marchand sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 March 1890, no. 13 as _La Charrue_, 7,000 francs); purchased by Foinard.[2] (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold 1891 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[3] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] 1876 and 1877 sales per _Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener of Elkins Park Pennsylvania_, W. Roberts, ed. (privately printed: 1915). Lugt lists five Paris sales for 3 May 1876 and six sales for 29 January 1977; of these, only one is available in the U.S., Hôtel Drouot, _Tableaux Modernes_, which includes works by Corot. Number 11 in this sale has almost the same dimensions as the NGA painting. [2] Annotated sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files. [3] _Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener of Elkins Park Pennsylvania_, W. Roberts, ed. (privately printed: 1915).