1. Madame Roulin and the children were staying with her mother (see letter 748).

a. Read: ‘forgeron’.

2. For Michaelmas (the feast of Saint Michael, 29 September), see letter 654, n. 2.

b. Read: ‘levée’.

3. Julienne Delpal-Bloyet. See letter 773, n. 6.

c. Read: ‘travaillé’.

d. Read: ‘manqueront’.

4. Roulin had visited Van Gogh around Thursday, 4 April; see letter 754.

e. Read: ‘portrait’.

f. Read ‘elle’.

5. The Roulins owned Augustine Roulin (‘La berceuse’) (F 505 / JH 1669 ). It cannot be ascertained which portrait of Joseph Roulin was in their possession; see letter 774, n. 3. In 1900 Vollard bought eight Van Goghs from Roulin (Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Documentation, Archives Vollard): five portraits (see letter 796, n. 3), two landscapes (see letter 836) and a still life with oleanders (F 594 / JH 1567). See Priou 1955, p. 27.