• september 1889: in collection of Theo van Gogh 
• januar 1891: in collection of Johanna Bonger 
• desember 1900: in collection of Julien Leclercq 
• desember 1900: purchased by Julien Leclercq from Johanna Bonger 
• 1901: in collection of Émile Schuffenecker 
• juli 1905: in collection of Johanna Bonger 
• 1906: in collection of Georgette Petronella van Stolk 
• 1938: in collection of Paul Rosenberg 
• 1941: in collection of Museum of Modern Art 

• Catalogues raisonnés:
• F612: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 612 .
• JH1731 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no.  1731.
  
• See also F1540 The Starry Night (drawing, same composition) and the preliminary studies F1541v Bird's-Eye View of the Village and F1730 Landscape with Cypresses (Hulsker p. 396).
• Letters
• Letter 782: to Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 18 June 1889.. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "At last I have a landscape with olive trees [probably F712], and also a new study of a starry sky."
• Letter 805: to Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 20 September 1889.. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "The olive trees with white cloud and background of mountains [F712], as well as the Moonrise and the Night effect – – These are exaggerations from the point of view of the arrangement, their lines are contorted like those of the ancient woodcuts."

Online database:

• Museum of Modern Art: online database: entry 79802