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  1. 3 Jan. 1877 1877
     - 2 May 1877

Vincent lived in Dordrecht for three months and worked in a bookshop there.

He arrived in the city in January 1877 to work for Blussé & Van Braam. Vincent did not enjoy the job; he longed to be a minister and was preoccupied by thoughts of Christianity and his future. He worked long days in the shop and spent his scant free time walking through the city, conversing with his housemate and reading the Bible in his room. He lodged with Pieter Rijken and his wife, Maria Aelmans, who kept a boarding house above their grocery store. Vincent’s religious fanaticism was so intense that he attended services at three different churches every Sunday. His 13 preserved letters from Dordrecht are packed with biblical references. Vincent’s desire to receive holy orders grew steadily and he looked into studying theology. He left Dordrecht in May 1877 to prepare for his training in Amsterdam.

Made here

Windmills at Dordrecht (Weeskinderendijk), 1881

Windmills at Dordrecht (Weeskinderendijk), 1881

Mixed media on paper, 25,7 x 59,8 cm

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Windmill 'De Oranjeboom', 1881

Windmill 'De Oranjeboom', 1881

Mixed media on paper, 34,8 x 59,9 cm

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

    Seen here

    Any Scheffer, Christus in Gethsemane, 1893

    Any Scheffer, Christus in Gethsemane, 1893

    Oil on canvas, 140 x 98 cm

    Dordrecht Museum

    Ary Scheffer, The Moaning of the earth rise up to heaven and change into Hope and Bliss, 1847-1858

    Ary Scheffer, The Moaning of the earth rise up to heaven and change into Hope and Bliss, 1847-1858

    Oil on canvas, 219 x 141,5 cm

    Dordrechts Museum

    Ary Johannes Lamme, The smaal of Ary Scheffer, Rue Chaptal 16, 1850

    Ary Johannes Lamme, The smaal of Ary Scheffer, Rue Chaptal 16, 1850

    Oil on canvas, 60 x 73,6 cm

    Dordrechts Museum

    Andreas Schelfhout, Winterlandschap in Holland

    Andreas Schelfhout, Winterlandschap in Holland

    Oil on canvas, 66,3 x 85,8. cm

    Dordrechts Museum

      Relevant letters from Vincent

      1. No relevant letters found so far.

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      1. M.J. Brusse

        Onder de menschen: Vincent van Gogh als boekverkoopersbediende I-III
        In: Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant 31 mei 1914, 2 juni 1914, 4 juni 1914 (later opgenomen in Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Verzamelde brieven, 1973)
      2. E.H. Cossee

        Vincent van Gogh en kerkelijk Dordrecht
        In: Kwartaal & teken 6- 1 (1980), pp. 1-5
      3. Herinneringen van C. Görlitz

        Brief aan Frederik van Eeden, Nijmegen, 3 februari 1891
        (te raadplegen in: documentatiemap ‘Dordrecht’ in het Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
      4. Ad Molendijk

        Vincent van Gogh in Dordrecht
        In: Kwartaal & Teken 16-2 (1990), pp. 3-10