Signed, lower left: Sisley-94

May 1, 1899, auction atelier of Aldred Sisley by (Georges Petit, Paris, France), lot 14

collection Léon Payen (Paris, France)

June 29-30, 1916, auctioned by (Hotel Drouot, Paris, France), lot 107

June 29-30, 1916, purchased by (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France and New York, New York, USA)

1920-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Alfred Sisley, Church at Moret after the Rain, 1894, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 20.114.