1. This must have been letter 459; see Date.
2. This painting of a fish market by Van Rappard is not known.
3. There is no passage to this effect in the previous letters to Van Rappard. Van Gogh must be referring to conversations he had with him during his visit in May.
4. What he means by this is a fully-fledged, mature work rather than a study, in which there may be flaws.
5. See for Van der Weele’s painting A misty morning: letter 327, n. 1; the silver medal was mentioned in letter 367.
a. <60 mou> Means: ‘slap, krachteloos’ (weak, feeble).
6. The description probably relates to Weaver (F 27 / JH 503 [2474]), in which there is, in fact, no foreground.
[2474]
7. Francis Montague Holl, Ordered off, in The Illustrated London News 85 (13 September 1884), Supplement, between pp. 264-265. Ill. 949 [949].
[949]
8. Gordon Thompson, The Good Shepherd, in The Illustrated London News 85 (9 August 1884), Supplement, between pp. 130-131. Ill. 1376 [1376].
[1376]
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