Van Gogh did not stand in front of the vineyard when he painted this. He painted it at the Yellow House completely from memory and imagination the day after he walked through the nearby wine plantation. Anna Boch was a Belgian painter, born in Saint-Vaast, Hainaut, the 5th generation of the Boch family who made ceramics since 1748. The Red Vineyard was exhibited in the 1890 at The XX Art Expo in Brussels. Anna Boch bought it for 400 Francs (about $2000 in today's values). This was the only painting that Van Gogh sold in his life!! Different reasons might have been the reason for the purchase: She must have liked the beauty of the painting. She wanted to show public support to Van Gogh, as his arrival at the XX Expo was very criticized. She wanted to financially support him as she knew he was very poor, and last not least, she might have wanted to please her younger brother Eugene who was a friend of Vincent, more likely a secret boyfriend. (http://annaboch.com/theredvineyard/)