Editors
Leo Jansen
Hans Luijten
Nienke Bakker
With contributions by
Wouter van der Veen
Elly Cassee
Chris Stolwijk
With the assistance of
Monique Hageman
Mirjam Koelewijn
Harold Koninckx
Renske Suijver
Head of Research, Van Gogh Museum
Chris Stolwijk
Research group leader, Huygens Institute
Annemarie Kets-Vree
Translation
General editor
Michael Hoyle
Letters in Dutch
Lynne Richards
John Rudge
Diane Webb
Letters in French
Sue Dyson
Imogen Forster
Annotations
Imogen Forster
Lynne Richards
John Rudge
Diane Webb
Essays, Chronology and lists
Michael Hoyle
Lynne Richards
Web edition
Project leader
Peter Boot, with the assistance of Marianne Peereboom
Development
Huygens Institute development group:
Bram Buitendijk (lead programmer)
Ronald Haentjens Dekker (team lead)
Bas Doppen (usability advice)
Meindert Kroese (programmer)
Ramona Land (project assistant)
Design
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Picture research
Lieve Compernolle
Geri Klazema
Fieke Pabst
Map design
Geert Verscheure
Colour separations
Die Keure, Bruges
Colour proofing
Tijdsbeeld & Pièce Montée, Ghent: Hannelore Duflou, Ronny Gobyn, Bregje Provo, Kristin Van Damme
Van Gogh Museum: Louis van Tilborgh
Digital photography Van Gogh letters
Bureau Metamorfoze, The Hague
Colour proofing Van Gogh letters
Kleurgamma, Amsterdam
This web edition is part of the Van Gogh Letters Project executed under the auspices of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Huygens Institute (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), The Hague.
The Van Gogh Museum would like to express its heartfelt thanks to the following supporters for their contributions to the Van Gogh Letters Project:
Vincent van Gogh Foundation/Stichting
Turing Foundation
International Music & Art Foundation
Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
Linea d'Ombra
Metamorfoze
Shigeru Myojin and Sherif Nadar
Orentreich Family Foundation
Ernst Nijkerk, a donation in memory of Inge Nijkerk-von der Laden
Rabobank
Samsung
KPN
Noortman Master Paintings
Bob P. Haboldt
Colnaghi
City of Amsterdam
Amsterdam Partners
Mondriaan Foundation
Photographic credits
All works of art are reproduced by kind permission of the owners. Specific acknowledgements are listed below.
Alinari Archives, Florence: Ill. 2745
Artothek, Bayer & Mitko: Ill. 2937
Artothek, Blauel/Gnamm: Ills. 117, 2472, 2703, 2781
Alain Basset: Ills. 1233, 2214
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris: Ill. 684
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz SMB
Jörg Peter Anders: Ills. 151, 1932, 2366, 2814
Ursula Gerstenberger: Ill. 2141
Elke Walford: Ill. 1134
Bridgeman/Alinari Archives, Florence: Ill. 2766
Martin Bühler: Ills. 2544, 2932, 2940
Ebbe Carlsson: Ill. 1448
Comune di Milano: Ill. 2761
Courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: Ills. 102, 226, 2144, 2145, 2419, 2624, 2671, 2676, 2826, 2880, 2903, 3053
The Detroit Institute of Arts, 2007: Ills. 2552, 2673
C. Devleeschouwer: Ills. 253, 1722
Lars Engelhardt: Ill. 1004
English Heritage Photo Library: Ill. 441
Denis Farley: Ill. 1135
Foundation Johan Maurits van Nassau: Ill. 1671
Patrick Goetelen, Geneva: Ill. 2838
Erik Gould: Ill. 1384
Grafisch Buro Lefevre: Ill. 2495
Robert Hashimoto: Ill. 2887
Ole Haupt: Ills. 283, 497, 579, 2143, 2547, 2796
Robert Hellebranth: Ill. 42
Luiz Hossaka: Ills. 2882, 2893
Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College: Ills. 1309, 2177, 2423, 2619, 2695, 2715
Instituut Collectie Nederland, Tim Koster: Ill. 1732
Frédéric Jaulmes: Ills. 67, 72, 74, 76, 666, 729, 730, 732, 1272, 1366, 1401, 2266, 2267, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2288
Pernille Klemp: Ill. 2242
Kunsthaus Zurich, 2008: Ill. 2593
Michel Lacanaud: Ills. 2246, 3064
Jacques Lathion: Ills. 1421, 2618
Daniel Lefebvre: Ill. 1235
Lefrancq, Mons, 2005: Ill. 2328
Moreau-Nélaton: Ill. 2273
Musée d'Orsay, Paris: Ill. 1747
Musée de Roubaix, Arnaud Loubry: Ill. 324
Musées d'Angers, Pierre David: Ill. 1761
The Nelson Gallery Foundation, 2007, Jamison Miller: Ill. 2819
Reproductiefonds/Lukas: Ills. 33, 142, 442, 446, 480, 517, 540, 623, 627, 629, 695, 800, 825, 831, 855, 890, 982, 1002, 1022, 1024, 1052, 1098, 1173, 1188, 1220, 1293, 1297, 1299, 1300, 1303, 1304, 1313, 1314, 1403, 1411, 1607, 1848, 1849, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2168, 2172, 3008, 3041
Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne: Ills. 377, 1063, 2518, 2553, 2605
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague:
Ills. 185, 1295, 1952
RMN: Ills. 1292, 1406, 1712, 1725, 1753, 2158, 2239
Daniel Arnaudet: Ills. 870, 1750
Jean-Gilles Berizzi: Ills. 68, 73, 1425, 1707, 1734
Gérard Blot: Ills. 60, 347, 405, 439, 443, 604, 1417, 1708, 1760, 2207, 2744, 2827, 2913, 2914, 2931
Gérard Blot/Christian Jean: Ill. 1755
Harry Bréjat: Ill. 1666
Agence Bulloz: Ill. 71
Béatrice Hatala: Ill. 147
Christian Jean: Ill. 1697
Hervé Lewandowski: Ills. 99, 103, 114, 145, 227, 313, 315, 354, 371, 567, 664, 677, 683, 685, 922, 983, 1608, 1691, 1710, 1711, 1715, 1723, 1751, 1758, 2102, 2160, 2161, 2209, 2248, 2299, 2698, 2710,
2723, 2845, 2862, 2884
Thierry Le Mage: Ills. 469, 1709, 2282
René-Gabriel Ojéda: Ill. 66
Jacques Quecq d'Henripret: Ill. 2312
Franck Raux: Ills. 1661, 1726
Jean Schormans: Ill. 1891
The Royal Collection © 2007 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: Ills. 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1813, 1814
Sotheby's Amsterdam: Ill. 1856
Speltdoorn, Brussels: Ills. 138, 139, 140, 447, 630, 1146, 1150, 2208
Stichting Vrienden van het Mauritshuis: Ills. 372, 406, 1886, 1901, 2162
John Stoel: Ills. 202, 462, 3037
Tate London 2008: Ills. 263, 1700, 2123, 2465
Claude Thériez: Ill. 1714
Trustees of Princeton University, Bruce M. White: Ills. 59, 2733
James Via: Ill. 1670
Katherine Wetzel: Ill. 2335
Joseph Zehavi: Ill. 2631
O. Zimmerman: Ill. 1748
Every effort has been made to trace and credit all known holders of copyright or reproduction rights in the pictures; the publishers apologize for any errors or omissions and welcome these being brought to their attention. Interested parties are requested to contact the Van Gogh Museum, Publications Department, P.O. Box 75366, 1070 AJ Amsterdam, publications@vangoghmuseum.nl.
October 2009