H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring, 1910, no. 138.

The present painting is a study for “Kilden ved Mogenstrup med tre portrætfigurer” (The Fountain near Mogenstrup with three portrait figures). The landscape was begun in 1888 and the three figures; Sigrid Kähler (1874–1923) and her parents Herman August Kähler (1846–1917) and Jansine E. C. Berg (1848–1901) was added in 1891.

Exhibited: Ordrupgaard, “L. A. Ring”, 1984 no. 31, mentioned p. 117 and ill. p. 58.

Literature: Peter Hertz, “Maleren L. A. Ring 1854–1933”, 1934, mentioned p. 235–236 as follows (in Danish): “The atmosphere has made such a big impression on him that he, contrary to custom, immediately painted a small study for the large painting. For years he wanted to add figures to the composition but three years later in 1891 the Kähler family proved to be just what he had been looking for”.

Provenance: L. A. Ring's good friend, county administrator and painter Alexander Wilde (1855–1929). Victor Bekmand Strand (1898–1983).