H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring, 1910, no. 539.

Exhibited: Kunstforeningen , “L. A. Ring”, 1914 no. 35. Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af L. A. Ring”, 1924 no. 164. Kunstforeningen, “L. A. Ring 1854–1933”, 1953 no. 55.

Literature: Peter Hertz, “Maleren L. A. Ring 1854–1933”, 1934, mentioned pp. 366–368. Henrik Wivel, “L. A. Ring - Det glasklare hjerte”, 2020, mentioned p. 203, reproduced p. 201.

Here Wivel writes about the painting, which Ring has made in several variations, where the present painting is the first: “Some of the artist’s most beloved works were made in Baldersbrønde and the surrounding area. “Wall at cemetery in Fløng. View over the fields with Roskilde Cathedral in the background” [the present painting], 1904, which Ring created a suite of variations over, with and without people – and with sentimental apology in the shape of an old woman on a bench with her hands in her lap in front of a cross on a grave [The National Gallery of Denmark inv. no. KMS1941], or a young dark clad woman, downcast in despair on the bench with her head hidden in her arms. A variation [present painting] - without people and the admonishing cross - with the sculptural, white chalked cemetery wall, a large, dark tree behind it and the twin towers of Roskilde Cathedral on the horizon shows the quality of the place – and Ring." (p. 203)

Provenance: The artist's wife Sigrid Ring (1874–1923) (1910 and 1914). The artist himself (1924). Manufacturer Peter Thomsen's auction, Kunsthallen, 167, May 1950, no. 42. Mrs I. Illum Berg, Vedbæk (1953).