1. Close of the second stanza of Friedrich Rückert’s poem ‘Flügel! Flügel um zu fliegen’ from the volume Liebesfrühling (1844). The word ‘Flügel’ (wings) in the second line of the quotation does not occur in the original text. See Rückert 1868-1869, vol. 1, p. 494.
2. Cf. Rom. 12:12 and Heb. 6:12.
3. Ps. 119:105.
4. Phil. 3:14 (in KJ Phil. 3:13).
5. Cf. 2 Cor. 5:17.
6. Eccl. 11:10.
7. The etching Jan Six reading in front of the window, 1647 (B285). A later impression by Amand-Durand is to be found in the Van Gogh family estate. Ill. 1736 [1736]. (t*1460).
[1736]
8. Rembrandt, Jan Six, 1654 (Amsterdam, Six Collection). Ill. 1737 [1737].
[1737]
9. This probably refers to the engraving after Rembrandt’s Portrait of Jan Six which Johann Wilhelm Kaiser made for the Galerie Six (1874-1878) (Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet). Ill. 1738 [1738].
[1738]
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