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- 104 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Wednesday, 28 February 1877.
- in note 114:
Taken from Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, xii, 25, ‘Philémon et Baucis’ (line 14), set to music by...
- 127 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 18 August 1877.
- in note 22:
Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, v, 9. Fontaine 1974, vol. 1, pp. 174-175; this fable stems from Aesop.
- in note 20:
...le ‘Le laboureur et ses enfants’ by Jean de la Fontaine, which Van Gogh quotes immediately after...
- in note 9:
‘La mort et le bûcheron’, Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, i, 16.
- 128 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 27 August 1877.
- in note 32:
Taken from La Fontaine, see letter 127, n. 20.
- 154 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Monday, 11 and Thursday, 14 August 1879.
- in note 9:
...ature and art, including the version by Jean de la Fontaine, Fables (iii, 1), which Van Gogh certain...
- 187 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 19 November 1881.
- in note 15:
Taken from La Fontaine, Fables (ii, 18): ‘If you shut the door in its face, it will come back throu...
- 189 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Wednesday, 23 November 1881.
- in note 21:
Taken from Jean de la Fontaine, Fables; see letter 127, n. 20.
- 375 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 August 1883.
- in note 6:
Probably La Fontaine’s fable ‘A miller, his son and their ass’, to which Van Gogh referred ear...
- 660 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 13 August 1888.
- in note 12:
...ing ‘grapes are sour’ is taken from Jean de La Fontaine, Le renard et les raisins, Fables, iii, ...
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
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Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) French writer
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