1. This was letter 884.

2. Marie Ginoux (‘The Arlésienne’) (F 542 / JH 1894 ); see letter 884, n. 2. With regard to Gauguin’s drawing, , Madame Ginoux (study for ‘Night café, Arles’) , on which Van Gogh based the portrait, see letter 856, n. 4.

3. Van Gogh is referring to the attack he suffered on 22 February 1890; see letter 857, n. 1.

4. This plan to make an etching after the Arlésienne never materialized; the only etching Van Gogh made in Auvers was the one after the portrait of Dr Gachet (see n. 5).

5. Van Gogh's paintings of olive trees that were at Theo's, see letters 823, 834, and 863.

6. Doctor Gachet (F 753 / JH 2007 ).

7. For Gauguin’s Christ in the Garden of Olives , see letter 817, n. 10. In that letter Gauguin told Van Gogh that ‘this canvas isn’t destined to be understood’ (l. 49).

8. The letter sketch Road with a cypress and a star (F - / JH 1983) was made after the painting of the same name F 683 / JH 1982 .

9. For Lauzet’s edition of Adolphe Monticelli, see letter 825, n. 7. Theo’s remark about the portrait could refer to either Lauzet or Gauguin; we assume, however, that he was referring to the latter (see letter 888, n. 7).

10. The letter sketch Ears of wheat was made after Ears of wheat (F 767 / JH 2034 ). It is not known whether the sketch at the end of the letter, Ears of wheat (F - / JH -), was also made after a painting. Van Gogh painted two portraits against a background of wheat: Girl against a background of wheat (F 774 / JH 2053 ) and Girl against a background of wheat (F 788 / JH 2055).