“How are you doing, make a good, simple [and] true thing, for example… I believe I have found a good place for it. Namely, I spoke Mr. about you and he expressed his wish that you should show him something good..”

—  Anton Mauve

(translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018, version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Anton Mauve, in het Nederlands:) Hoe gaat het met je werk, maak vooral een goed eenvoudig [en] waar dingetje.. ..ik geloof er een goed plaatsje voor te hebben. namelijk ik sprak den Heer over jou en hij drukte de wensch uit dat je hem iets goeds moet laten zien..
Quote of Mauve in his letter to painter , 1866; as cited in Archive P.A. Scheen, collectie RKD Den Haag http://delamar.bntours.nl/!mad1832-bronnen.html
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