9 letters found

1. 155 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Tuesday, 22 and Thursday, 24 June 1880.

   in translation:

   ... Rembrandt in Shakespeare and something of Correggio or Sarto in Michelet, and something of Delacr...

2. 211 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 11 March 1882.

   in translation:

   ...was pure, holy, wonderfully beautiful like a Correggio, like a Millet, like an Israëls. Oh Theo –...

3. 214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.

   in note 3:

   A reference to Correggio’s famous utterance: ‘anch’io sono pittore’ (I, too, am a painter), h...

   in translation:

   ...hip has had it, and you’ll feel, just like Correggio: I, too, am a painter, and then you’ll see ...

4. 224 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 7 May 1882.

   in note 1:

   This could be an allusion to Correggio’s utterance ‘anch’io sono pittore’ (I, too, am a paint...

5. 313 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 12 February 1883.

   in translation:

   ... at once there again came over her that heart-rending quality that Ary Scheffer paints or Correggio.

6. 349 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 3 June 1883.

   in note 2:

   In many of Correggio’s paintings women are depicted in an idealized form.

   in translation:

   ... a tame dove’ (a period that’s like what Correggio painted); it’s that this doesn’t last. An...

7. 396 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Monday, 15 October 1883.

   in note 10:

   See for Correggio’s saying ‘anch’io sono pittore’: letter 214, n. 3.

   in translation:

   ...adle beside it. You would think better there and feel Correggio’s anche io — I too am a painter.

8. 400 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Sunday, 28 October 1883.

   in note 16:

   Cf. Correggio’s expression ‘anche io’ referred to in letter 214, n. 3.

9. 659 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 12 August 1888.

   in translation:

   ...ving marvel, while a painting by Da Vinci or Correggio only exists on other accounts. Why am I so li...

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