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100 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 31 December 1876.
in original text:
...moet vertellen; een paar dagen geleden kwam de Hr. Braat uit Dordt een bezoek brengen bij Oom Vincent en zij...
in translation:
...something I must tell you: a couple of days ago Mr Braat of Dordrecht paid a visit to Uncle Vincent and they...
in note 3:
Pieter Kornelis Braat, manager of the bookshop Blussé & Van Braam in Dordrecht. Frans Braat had written to his father, urging him to give Vincent a job. Dirk Braat, another son of P.K. Braat, recollected that there was actually no vacancy, but ‘father did not want to refuse Frans’. See Verzamelde brieven 1973, vol. 1, pp. 108-110 (quotation on p. 108).
in note 4:
...old’ (FR b2802, 18 December 1876). Even though Braat conferred with Uncle Vincent, and both Vincent and...
101 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Sunday, 21 January 1877.
in note 1:
...had to keep the books and do odd jobs; in 1914 his position was described by Dirk Braat, a son of Van Gogh’s boss P.K. Braat, as ‘bijlopie’ (errand boy). See Verzamelde brieven 1973, vol. 1, pp. 108-110...
102 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Wednesday, 7 and Thursday, 8 February 1877.
in original text:
...in de plaats waar de Heer Braat zijn papier &c. bewaart is water gekomen, niet door de overstrooming maar door de groote drukking van onder uit den grond. De Heer Braat zegt het hem een bankje van...
in translation:
...has also got into the place where Mr Braat keeps his paper &c., not because of the flood but because of the great pressure coming from under the ground. Mr Braat says it will cost him a banknote of...
107 To Cornelis Marinus van Gogh. Dordrecht, Thursday, 8 March 1877.
in note 1:
...I received a very favourable impression of Mr Braat. He is certainly an upright and amiable man...
112 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Sunday, 22 and Monday, 23 April 1877.
in original text:
...gezegd dat mijn kamertje reeds gereed was ─ de Heer Braat is met iemand in besprek dus in Mei zal...
in translation:
...and said that my room was already ready. Mr Braat is negotiating with someone, so in May I’ll...
113 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Monday, 30 April 1877.
in note 18:
...life, it appears that Van Gogh’s employer, Mr Braat, had published two of his catechisms. See Berlage...
135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
in original text:
...aardige menschen in den boekhandel, C.M., de Hr Braat, Schröder hier (van dien heeft Mendes zijne...
in translation:
...nice people in the bookselling business, C.M., Mr Braat, Schröder here (Mendes gets his books from...
in note 63:
Pieter Kornelis Braat.
136 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 December 1877.
in original text:
...met Wien Gij hebt gereisd en die ook ik bij Braat en ook hier heb ontmoet. Heb hem aangesproken en...
...zie ik er op terug. Als ik den tijd bij Braat doorgebragt en de maanden van studie hier zoo in ’t...
in translation:
...whom you travelled and whom I’ve also met at Braat’s, and here too. Talked with him and gave...
...I look back in general on the time spent at Braat’s and the months of study here, then those are...
141 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 18 and Tuesday, 19 February 1878.
in original text:
...of November is zijn contract dat hij met den Hr Braat heeft gemaakt om en hij dus vrij maar dan ook...
in translation:
...and that pleased me. The contract he has with Mr Braat will expire in October or November, so he is...
144 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 13 May 1878.
in original text:
...hing. Gij weet dat hij daar veel was. Zeg ook Braat en Mutters goeden dag. Heb het goed en schrijf...
in translation:
...he spent a lot of time there. Bid good-day to Braat, and Mutters too. I wish you well, and write...
in note 29:
Frans Braat, an employee of Goupil & Cie, and Theo’s roommate (FR b995).
145 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 22 July 1878.
in original text:
...eens komt) hartelijk voor mij willen groeten, ook Frans Braat en Ernest en de anderen als het zoo...
in translation:
...if you happen to go there), also to Frans Braat and Ernest and the others if the opportunity should...
147 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Thursday, 15 August 1878.
in original text:
...als die ten minste nog niet gesloten is. Groet Braat & Soek voor mij als gij hen ziet en Ernest. A...
in translation:
...if it isn’t over yet. Give my regards to Braat and Soek, if you see them, and Ernest. Adieu, I...
438 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between about Saturday, 15 and about Wednesday, 19 March 1884.
in original text:
...zien is.– Ik hoor echter dat Uw vriend Braat ziek is geworden – (wat ik hem altijd eigentlijk...
in translation:
...to look around. I hear that your friend Braat has fallen ill, though — (which I always thought he...
in note 1:
At this time Theo was assisting the seriously ill Frans Braat, who worked for Goupil (FR b2962. Letter from Pieter Kornelis Braat to Theo van Gogh, 13 April 1884). Theo and Frans were in lodgings together in 1878 (see...
440 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 20 March 1884.
in original text:
...mij op te geven welk scheldwoord ik in mijn brief over Uw vriend Braat heb ingelascht.– In mijn brief staat zoover ik weet over Braat niets anders dan dat ik tijdens de maanden dat ik bij G&Cie te...
...niemand me kwalijk kan nemen geloof ik.– Doch aangaande Braat, wel verre van dat nu ge er over...
in translation:
...to tell me which term of abuse I used about your friend Braat in my letter. In my letter, as far as I know, there was nothing about Braat except that I thought he was already ill in the months that I...
...nobody can blame me for, I believe. But as to Braat, far from my not wanting to take any special...
in note 3:
Theo must have been upset by the passage about Braat in letter 438.
443 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 28 March 1884.
in original text:
...ik uit Uw brief aan Pa en Moe vernam. Gelukkig dat Braat weer beter wordt – ge zult toch wel gezien hebben...
in translation:
...from your letter to Pa and Ma. Fortunate that Braat is getting better again — you’ll no doubt have...
in note 4:
...Vincent for having written critically about Frans Braat – undeservedly according to Vincent. See letters...
801 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 10 September 1889.
in original text:
...coute – être en pension comme j’ai vu Braat dans le temps – heureusement ce temps est loin...
in translation:
...listen – to be in a lodging-house like I saw Braat back then – fortunately that time is far off...
in note 12:
Frans Braat had been a colleague of Vincent and Theo at Goupil & Cie in Paris. Theo offered him help when he was seriously ill in 1884 (FR b2962). Braat’s recovery was slow; in 1887 he was staying in Nice (FR b909...

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