1. This letter from Van Gogh to Gauguin is not known. It was enclosed with letter 810 to Theo.

2. Gauguin had been in Brittany since the end of May 1889. See letter 774, n. 16.

3. This friend of De Haan was Isaäcson, who had seen Vincent’s second consignment of paintings from Saint-Rémy at Theo’s. See letter 807.

4. Apparently Gauguin did not know that Bernard had returned to Paris. See letter 807, n. 9.

5. For this letter from Bernard’s father, see letter 737, n. 4.

6. For Gauguin’s Human miseries , see letter 717, n. 2. A drawing by Van Gogh after this painting is not known.

7. For this etching after Rembrandt’s Angel Raphael , see letter 781, n. 4.

8. Rembrandt, Saint Jerome reading in an Italian landscape (Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet; B104). Ill. 1597 .

9. Here Gauguin is referring to, among other things, Theo’s reaction to his paintings. On this subject, see letter 813, n. 11.

10. The sketch is after Gauguin’s Christ in the Garden of Olives, 1889 (W326) (West Palm Beach, Norton Gallery and School of Fine Art). Ill. 101 . Gauguin wrote about it to Bernard: ‘I’m keeping this canvas, pointless to show it to Van Gogh [i.e. Theo]; it would be understood even less than the rest. I’ve sent the drawing of it in a letter to Vincent, who had written me an equally sad letter.’ (Je garde cette toile inutile de la montrer à Van Gogh; elle serait encore moins compris que le reste. J’en ai envoyé le dessin dans une lettre à Vincent, qui m’avait écrit une lettre aussi triste.) See Gauguin lettres 1946, p. 178.

11. Gauguin and De Haan rented this house from Mr Mauduit, the owner of a stationer’s shop in Quimperlé. It looked out over the beach of Les Grands Sables. See Gauguin lettres 1983, p. 283.

12. This was Marie Henry’s inn at Le Pouldu. See also letter 828, n. 2.

a. Read: ‘Haan’.

13. Paul Gauguin, Be in love, you will be happy, 1889 (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts). Ill. 112 . Gauguin included a sketch of it in his letter.

b. Read: ‘Haan’.

14. With regard to Bernard’s military service, see letter 575, n. 8.