1. Almond blossom (F 671 / JH 1891 ).

2. For Aunt Mina’s health complaints, see letter 811, n. 8. Mrs van Gogh had visited her in Amsterdam (cf. letter 850, n. 23).

3. For Aurier, ‘Les isolés: Vincent van Gogh’, and for Mrs van Gogh’s reaction to the article, see letter 845, n. 2.

4. At the beginning of October 1889, Isaäcson had planned to write an article on Van Gogh (see letter 808).

5. The painter Anna Boch, a sister of Eugène Boch, had bought Van Gogh’s The red vineyard (F 495 / JH 1626 ) at the exhibition of Les Vingt in Brussels. The letter in which Theo reported this to Vincent is not known. On 6 March 1890, Theo recorded in his account book under ‘Rekening Vincent’ (Account Vincent) the sum of 400 francs, received from ‘Mlle Bock pour tab Vigne rouge’ (Miss Boch for the painting Red vineyard). He also recorded that he had paid 21.60 francs for the packing of the paintings shown at the exhibition of Les Vingt (29 March 1890). See Account book 2002, p. 45. The works sold are listed in the anonymous article ‘Acquisition d’objets d’art’, L’Art Moderne. Revue Critique des Arts et de la Littérature 10 (23 February 1890), no. 8, pp. 57-59; the sale of Van Gogh’s painting is recorded on p. 59.

6. Gauguin had written this in letter 844.