Hulsker assumed that this letter to Théophile Peyron, medical director of the asylum in Saint-Rémy, was addressed to Theo van Gogh (see Hulsker 1993-2, pp. 176-179). We think, however, that it was intended for Vincent. It is the answer to the letter in which Vincent proposes to give the orderlies 10 francs (
see letter 891). Moreover, the remarks about the addressee’s good health
(ll. 13-20) and the success Peyron hoped he would have at exhibitions
(ll. 21-25) must be addressed to Vincent.
