492A. The potato eaters, 1885. Pen and black ink, 5 x 8.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
492B. Man and woman planting potatoes, 1885. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 6.5 x 9 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
492C. Two women working in the fields, 1885. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 6 x 8.5 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
493A. The potato eaters, 1885. Pen and black ink, lithographic chalk, 11 x 18 cm. Present whereabouts unknown
587A. The Langlois bridge with walking couple, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 8.3 x 13.2 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
589A. The Seine with the Clichy bridge, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 3 x 2.6 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
592A. Corner of a frame, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 1 x 1.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
597A. Three orchards, 1888. Pen and purple ink, 5.7 x 12.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
597B. Small pear tree in blossom, 1888. Pen and purple ink, 8.5 x 5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
599A. Orchard with pear trees in blossom, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 9.2 x 7.5 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
602A. The Yellow House, 1888. Pen and black ink, 4 x 6 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
609A–B (top to bottom). Farmhouse in a wheatfield, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 4.5 x 7 cm (image). View of Arles with irises in the foreground, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 6 x 10.7 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
611A. Still life with coffee pot, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 7.3 x 10.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
615A. Album of drawings, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 3 x 8 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
622A–B (top to bottom). Cottage in Saintes-Maries, 1888 (image). Pen and black ink, 2.5 x 6 cm. Woman with a parasol, 1888. Pen and black ink, 7.3 x 8.5 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
622C. Row of cottages in Saintes-Maries, 1888. Pen and black ink, 14.2 x 17.9 cm. Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
622D–F (left to right, top to bottom). Fishing boats at sea, 1888. Pen and black ink, 9.5 x 13.2 cm (image). Landscape with the edge of a road, 1888. Pen and black ink, 6.5 x 4.3 cm (image). Farmhouse in a wheatfield, 1888. Pen and black ink, 2.5 x 4.3 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
622G. Fishing boats on the beach at Saintes-Maries, 1888. Pen and black ink, 9 x 17.8 cm. Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
622H. Still life with coffee pot, 1888. Pen and black ink, 9 x 17.8 cm. Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
628A. Sower with setting sun, 1888. Pen and black ink, 11.4 x 14.5 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
628B–C (top to bottom). Wheatfield with setting sun, 1888. Pen and black ink, 10.8 x 16.2 cm (image). Leg of an easel with a ground spike, 1888. Pen and black ink, 3.2 x 5.5 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
638A. Cicada, 1888. Pen and black ink, 5.5 x 5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
655A. Oval, 1888. Pen and black ink, 1.2 x 0.9 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
660A. Quay with sand barges, 1888. Pen and black ink, 6.2 x 9.3 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
689A. The public garden (‘The poet’s garden’), 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 13.5 x 17 cm. Auction, Sotheby’s New York, 13 November 1997
691A. Crescent moon and star, 1888. Pen and black ink, 1.4 x 1.8 cm (image). Private collection
691B. The Yellow House (‘The street’), 1888. Pen and black ink, 13.4 x 20.6 cm. Private collection
691C. Starry night over the Rhône, 1888. Pen and black ink, dimensions unknown. Private collection
703A. The Tarascon diligence, 1888. Pen and black ink, 8 x 13.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
703B. The public garden with a couple strolling (‘The poet’s garden’), 1888. Pen and black ink, 6 x 9 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
703C–D (top to bottom). The viaduct, 1888. Pen and black ink, 7 x 13.5 cm (image). The Trinquetaille bridge, 1888. Pen and black ink, 12.2 x 13.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
706A. The bedroom, 1888. Pen and black ink, 9 x 14.2 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
709A. Row of cypresses with a couple strolling (‘The poet’s garden’), 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 9 x 13.4 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
718A. Example of a simple frame, with The red vineyard, 1888. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 2 x 2.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
756A. Orchard in blossom with a view of Arles, 1889. Pen and black ink, 13.5 x 20.9 cm (image). Private collection
756B. La Crau with peach trees in blossom, 1889. Pen and black ink, 8.4 x 13.4 cm. Private collection
776A. Triptych with ‘La berceuse’ and two versions of ‘Sunflowers in a vase’, 1889. Pen and black ink, dimensions unknown. Present whereabouts unknown
776B. Trees with ivy in the garden of the asylum, 1889. Pen and black ink, dimensions unknown. Present whereabouts unknown
776C. Giant peacock moth, 1889. Pen and black ink, dimensions unknown. Present whereabouts unknown
790A. Three cicadas, 1889. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 20.1 x 17.8 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
798A. Field with a ploughman, 1889. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 8.4 x 11 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
822A–B (top to bottom). Sketch after Emile Bernard, Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour, 1889. Pen and black ink, 3.5 x 8.5 cm (image). Sketch after Emile Bernard, Red poplars, 1889. Pen and black ink, 4.8 x 3.4 cm (image). Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
863A–B (top to bottom). Large brush, 1890. Pen and black ink, 0.4 x 3.8 cm (image). Brush, 1890. Pen and black ink, 0.5 x 3.6 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
868A. The garden of the asylum with dandelions and tree trunks, 1890. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 5.2 x 12.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
877A. Doctor Gachet, 1890. Pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 4 x 3.5 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
879A–B (left to right). Marie Ginoux (‘The Arlésienne’), 1890. Pen and black ink, 6.8 x 6.8 cm (image). Sketch after Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Inter artes et naturam (Between art and nature), 1890. Pen and black ink, 4.8 x 10.3 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
896A–C (left to right, top to bottom). Girl against a background of wheat, 1890. Pencil, pen and ink (discoloured to brown), 16 x 10 cm (image). Couple walking between rows of poplars, 1890. Pencil, 7.5 x 17 cm (image). Wheatfields, 1890. Pencil, 10.2 x 20.9 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
902A. Daubigny’s garden, 1890. Pen and black ink, 7.3 x 21.8 cm (image). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
902B. Wheatfields, 1890. Pen and black ink, 17 x 21.8 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
902C. Thatched cottages and figures, 1890. Pen and black ink, 17 x 21.8 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
902D. Wheatfields, 1890. Pen and black ink, 17 x 21.8 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Index of Names
This index lists all people mentioned specifically by name in this anthology. Please refer to www.vangoghletters.org for people mentioned otherwise than by name. See also “Note to the Reader” in the present volume. Names are indexed by letter number.
A
Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852–1911), American artist, 348, 354, 358, 359
Adler, August Carl (1835–1907), clergyman in Amsterdam, 143
Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), Adriana (1851–after 1883), daughter of Jan Aertsen, 117
Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), Cornelia (1837–after 1910), daughter of Jan Aertsen, 117
Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), Johannes (Jan) (1805
–1877), farmer in Rijsbergen, 117
Aeschylus (525 BC–456 BC), Greek playwright, 155, 358, 822
Aimard, Gustave (1818–1883), French writer, 672
Albertien. See Brugsma, Albertina Ludovica
Allan, Henry (1865–1912), Irish art student at the Antwerp academy, 569
Allebé, August (1838–1927), Dutch artist, 120
Andersen, Hans Christian (1805–1875), Danish writer, 66, 291
Andry, Jean Baptiste Benjamin Luther (1845–1903), clergyman in Wasmes, 154
Angelico, Fra (c. 1395/1400–1455), Italian artist, 856
Anker, Albert (1831–1910), Swiss artist, 17, 267
Anna. See Gogh, Anna Cornelia van
Anne de Bretagne. See Anne of Brittany
Anne of Brittany (1488–1514), daughter of François II, duke of Brittany, 137
Anquetin, Louis Emile (1861–1932), French artist, 620, 625, 628, 642, 669, 698, 779, 822
Antigna, Jean Pierre Alexandre (1817–1878), French artist, 17, 768
Apol, Lodewijk (Louis) Franciscus Hendrik (1850–1936), Dutch artist, 204
Arouet, François Marie. See Voltaire
Artz, David Adolph Constant (1837–1890), Dutch artist, 203, 450
Auerbach, Moses Baruch (Berthold) (1812–1882), German writer, 267
Aunt Bertha. See Gogh, Elisabeth Hubertha van
Aunt Cornelie. See Gogh-Carbentus, Cornelia van
Aunt Fie. See Carbentus-Van Bemmel, Sophie Cornelia Elisabeth
Aunt Leentje. See Haanebeek-Stricker, Leonarda Catharina Adriana
Aunt Mietje. See Gogh-Boon, Maria Johanna van
Aunt Mina. See Stricker-Carbentus, Willemina Catharina Gerardina
Aunt Pompe. See Gogh, Elisabeth Hubertha van
Aurier, Gustave Albert (1865–1892), French writer and art critic, 850, 853, 856, 863
B
Bague, Athanase (1843–1893), art dealer in Paris, 702
Bakhuyzen. See Sande Bakhuyzen, Julius Jacobus van de
Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850), French writer, 170, 193, 250, 267, 274, 288, 310, 359, 550, 651, 655, 672, 678, 768
Bargue, Charles (c. 1826/27–1883), French artist, 137, 158, 160, 164, 170, 172, 877
Barnard, Frederick (1846–1896), English artist, 235, 325, 359
Baron, Henri Charles Antoine (1816–1885), French artist, 288
Barye, Antoine Louis (1796–1875), French sculptor, 726
Bastien-Lepage, Jules (1848–1884), French artist, 515
Baudelaire, Charles (1821–1867), French writer, 628, 651, 822
Baudry, Paul Jacques Aimé (1828–1886), French artist, 515, 561
Beecher Stowe. See Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
Beek, Ardina (Dien) van der (1840–1901), inhabitant of Nuenen, 541
Beers, Jan van (1821–1888), Belgian poet, 11
Beers, Jan Maria Constantijn van (1852–1927), Belgian artist, 484
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827), German composer, 450, 805
Begemann, Amalia Polixena Rosina (1840–1919), sister of Margot Begemann, 469
Begemann, Jacobus Lodewijk (Louis) (1838–1906), brother of Margot Begemann, 469
Begemann, Lutgera Wilhelmina (1834–1906), sister of Margot Begemann, 469
Begemann, Margaretha (Margot) Carolina (1841–1907), girlfriend of Van Gogh in Nuenen, 456, 464, 469, 574
Begemann, Wilhelmina Johanna (1836–1922), sister of Margot Begemann, 469
Begemann-Schröter, Amalia Polixena Rosina (1806–1877), mother of Margot Begemann, 464
Beijeren, Abraham Hendricksz. van (1620/21–1690), Dutch artist, 359
Belinfante, Auguste (1841–1908), bookseller and publisher in The Hague, 377
Bell, Currer. See Brontë, Charlotte
Bellangé, Hippolyte (1800–1866), French artist, 325
Benjamin-Constant, Jean-Joseph (1845–1902), French artist, 515
Béraud, Jean (1848–1935), French artist, 673
Bergh, Arie van den (1817–1879), chemist and distiller in The Hague, 88
Bergh-Stricker, Johanna Ewaldine van den (1820–1887), wife of Arie van den Bergh, 88
Berkel, W.A. van (?–1899), Dutch clergyman, 390
Berlioz, Hector (1803–1869), French composer, 739, 743
Bernard, Emile (1868–1941), French artist and writer, 578, 589, 597, 599, 602, 615, 616, 620, 622, 628, 631, 632, 642, 650, 651, 655, 660, 665, 683, 689, 691, 695, 698, 702, 712, 716, 718, 723, 750, 776, 779, 782, 797, 805, 816, 820, 829, 841, 863
Bernard, Ernest (1841/42–1911), father of Emile Bernard, 822
Bernard-Bodin, Héloïse Henriette (1838/39–1909), mother of Emile Bernard, 723
Bernier, Camille (1823–1902), French artist, 17, 55, 291
Bertall, vicomte d’Arnoux, Charles Albert (1820–1882), French artist, 278
Besnard, (Paul) Albert (1849–1934), French artist, 502, 642, 768, 798
Beyle, Pierre Marie (1838–1902), French artist, 483, 515
Bida, Alexandre (1823–1895), French artist, 123, 155
Bilders, Albertus Gerardus (Gerard) (1838–1865), Dutch artist and writer, 258
Bilders, Johannes Warnardus (1811–1890), Dutch artist, 325
Bing, Siegfried (1838–1905), art dealer in Paris, 642, 672, 686, 768
Bingham, Robert Jefferson (1825–1870), English photographer, 351
Bismarck-Schönhausen, Otto von (1815–1898), German statesman, 650, 686
Blanc, Charles (1813–1882), French writer, 450, 537, 865
Blok, Jozef (1832–1905), bookseller in The Hague, 199
Blommers, Bernardus Johannes (1845–1914), Dutch artist, 214, 361, 363, 534
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375), Italian writer, 683, 689, 695, 853
Boch, Anna (1848–1936), Belgian artist, 673, 721, 875
Boch, Eugène Guillaume (1855–1941), Belgian artist, 638, 650, 657, 669, 673, 678, 683, 695, 721, 801, 875
Bock, Théophile Emile Achille de (1851–1904),
Dutch artist, 196, 204, 250, 291, 312, 325, 361, 367
Bodmer, Karl (1809–1893), Swiss artist, 17, 37, 55, 66, 235, 507, 798, 801
Boetzel, Ernest Philippe (1830–c. 1920), French artist, 235, 325, 392
Boissière, Countess Clara Levaillant de la (c. 1857–?), acquaintance of Van Gogh in Asnières, 611
Boissière, Eugénie Jeanne (c. 1874–?), daughter of Countess Clara Levaillant de la Boissière, 611
Bokma, Dirk Rochus (1831–1911), director of the Flemish college in Brussels, 148
Boks, Mari(n)us (Martinus) (1849–1885), Dutch artist, 307, 394
Boldini, Giovanni Giusto (Jean) (1842–1931), Italian artist, 291
Bonger, Andries (André or Dries) (1861–1936), friend of Theo in Paris, brother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger, 615, 728, 732, 750, 801, 872, 879
Bonger, Hendrik Christiaan (1828–1904), father of Jo van Gogh-Bonger, 732
Bonger, Hermina (Mien) (1858–1910), sister of Jo van Gogh-Bonger, 732, 801
Bonger, Johanna Gezina. See Gogh-Bonger, Johanna Gezina van (Jo)
Bonger, Willem (Wim) Adriaan (1876–1940), brother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger, 732, 836
Bonger-Van der Linden, Anne (Annie) Marie Louise (1859–1931), wife of Andries Bonger, 732
Bonger-Weissman, Hermine Louise (1831–1905), mother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger, 798
Bonheur, Marie-Rosalie (Rosa) (1822–1899), French artist, 55
Bonington, Richard Parkes (1802–1828), English artist, 17, 37, 244
Bonnat, Léon (1833–1922), French artist, 288
Borch (the Younger), Gerard ter (1617–1681), Dutch artist, 515, 651
Borchers, Egbert Rubertus (1849–1932), civil servant in The Hague, 46, 66, 83, 88, 133, 148
Bosboom, Johannes (1817–1891), Dutch artist, 123, 148, 204, 534, 703
Botticelli, Sandro (1444/45–1510), Italian artist, 632, 683, 695, 726
Boudin, Eugène Louis (1824–1898), French artist, 17
Boughton, George Henry (1833–1905), E
nglish artist, 11, 17, 99, 164, 170, 235, 267, 348, 354, 358, 359, 394, 400, 484
Bouguereau, Adolphe William (1825–1905), French artist, 515, 555, 660
Boulanger, Georges Ernest Jean Marie (1837–1891), French general and politician, 642
Boulanger, Louis (1806–1867), French artist, 645
Boussod, Etienne (1857–1918), art dealer in Paris, son of Léon Boussod, 896
Boussod, Léon (1826–1896), art dealer in Paris, 645, 896
Boussod, Valadon & Cie, art dealers in Paris, successors of Goupil & Cie, 584, 615, 650, 721. See also Goupil & Cie
Boyer, Jean Marie (1850–after 1906), frame maker in Paris, 592
Braat, Frans (1852–1888), employee at Goupil & Cie in Paris, 440, 801
Braat, Pieter Kornelis (1823–1888), manager of the Blussé & Van Braam bookshop in Dordrecht, 102
Bracquemond, Joseph Auguste (Félix) (1833–1914), French artist, 531, 877
Braekeleer (the Elder), Ferdinand de (1792–1883), Belgian artist, 11, 17
Braekeleer, Henri de (1840–1888), Belgian artist, 11, 17
Braun, Adolphe (1812–1877), French publisher of reproductions, 160
Breitner, George Hendrik (1857–1923), Dutch artist, 204, 207, 211, 214, 237, 307, 361, 363, 592, 740
Breton, Emile Adélard (1831–1902), French artist, 17, 55, 61, 235, 278, 288, 291
Breton, Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis (1827–1906), French artist and poet, 17, 55, 61, 133, 143, 158, 164, 193, 235, 278, 288, 307, 400, 431, 439, 464, 483, 514, 515, 534, 537, 550, 559, 602, 768
Breton-De Vigne, Elodie (1836–1909), wife of Jules Breton, 439
Briët, Arthur Henri Christiaan (1867–1939), Dutch art student at the Antwerp academy, 569
Brinkman Jr, Carel Leonhard (1853–1938), bookseller and publisher in Amsterdam, 133
Brion, Gustave (1824–1877), French artist, 17, 55, 143, 267, 291, 402, 798
Brochart, Constant-Joseph (1816–1899), French artist, 645
Brontë, Charlotte (pseudonym: Currer Bell) (1816–1855), English writer, 170
Brooke, Edmund Walpole (?–?), Australian artist, 896
Browne, Henriette (pseudonym of Sophie de Saux-De Bouteillier) (1829–1901), French artist, 381
Bruegel the Elder (Peasant Bruegel), Pieter (c. 1525/30–1569), Flemish artist, 148, 252
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