a. Means: ‘geld aan u zou overmaken’ (would transfer money to you).

1. Van Gogh had left things behind in The Hague when he moved to Drenthe.

2. Van Gogh did indeed give up his share of the estate. In March 1889 Elisabeth and Willemien made their shares available to Vincent – evidently they had still not used the money (see letter 506, n. 21 and letter 749, n. 1).

3. Van Gogh deleted ‘de minste kwaliteit’ (the poorest quality) before the word ‘paint’.