2. Vincent appeared to be unnecessarily worried about his financial circumstances: between his arrival in Paris on 17 May and his death on 29 July, he received a total of 490 francs from Theo, who also paid Tanguy 136 francs for painting materials in June 1890 and settled a bill from Tasset for 231.80 francs in July 1890 (see Account book 2002, p. 45 and letter 890). Tanguy and Tasset also received another, unknown amount on 21 September (see Account book 2002, p. 78).

3. These four paintings included Thatched cottages and houses (F 750 / JH 1984

), Chestnut tree in blossom (F 751 / JH 1992

) and Chestnut tree in blossom (F 752 / JH 1991

); see letters 874 and 875. The fourth painting was possibly Vineyard and houses (F 794 / JH 2002), which displays the same house and vineyard seen in the drawing mentioned below, which is titled Vineyard with a woman (F 1624 / JH 1985

). The second drawing was probably Landscape with houses (F 1640r / JH 1986

). See exhib. cat. New York 1986, p. 200, and cat. Amsterdam 2007, p. 423.

4. Matt. 15:14, ‘Indien nu de blinde den blinde leidt, zo zullen zij beiden in de gracht vallen’ (And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch).

5. Regarding Van Gogh’s last crisis in Saint-Rémy, see letter 857, n. 1.

6. Theo had Vincent’s paintings stored in a little room at Tanguy’s; see letter 792.

7. It is possible that Van Gogh wrote ‘Presvot’ instead of ‘Prevot’.

8. Evidently these paintings from the brothers’ collection were also stored at Tanguy’s. With regard to the paintings in the family collection by the artists mentioned, see cat. Amsterdam 1987.

9. These were the paintings that Van Gogh had made in Saint-Rémy in May 1890 after his last period of illness: Irises in a vase (F 678 / JH 1977