1. Van Gogh also sent letter 607 to Brussels.
a. Read: ‘vivre’.
2. The painting for Jet Mauve was Pink peach trees (‘Souvenir de Mauve’) (F 394 / JH 1379 [2577]), Tersteeg’s was The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (F 397 / JH 1368 [2571]).
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3. The dedication on The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (F 397 / JH 1368 [2571]) was indeed scraped off; remnants of lettering can be seen above the signature. Tersteeg never had the work. See cat. Otterlo 2003, pp. 207-209.
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4. These repetitions were The pink peach tree (F 404 / JH 1391 [2588]) and The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (F 571 / JH 1392 [2589]).
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5. This series of 13 orchards was part of the consignment; see letter 606.
6. The painting he is referring to is The white orchard (F 403 / JH 1378 [2576]). Vincent had sent Theo the drawing The white orchard (F 1414 / JH 1385 [2583]) in mid-April. See letter 600, n. 3.
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7. This is The pink orchard (F 555 / JH 1380 [2578]). See letter 607, n. 2.
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8. Orchard bordered by cypresses (F 513 / JH 1389 [2587]) and Orchard with peach trees in blossom (F 551 / JH 1396 [2591]). We learn from letters 615 and 631 that Van Gogh regarded these works as pendants.
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9. See for the framing of the two versions of Drawbridge with carriage (F 397 / JH 1368 [2571] and F 571 / JH 1392 [2589]) : letter 592, n. 13.
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