Van Gogh Museum Journal 1996(1996)– [tijdschrift] Van Gogh Museum Journal– Auteursrechtelijk beschermd Inhoudsopgave Director's foreword Review July 1994 - December 1996 [The Museum Mesdag in perspective] The Museum Mesdag: a short history Ronald de Leeuw On the occasion of the reopening of the Museum Mesdag Henri Loyrette Hendrik Willem Mesdag and the artistic life of The Hague John Sillevis Cousins and colleagues: the lives of Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Lawrence Alma-Tadema Hanna Pennock Theodoor Colenbrander and Hendrik Willem Mesdag Christien Smits [Van Gogh Studies] ‘As it came into my pen’: a new edition of the correspondence of Vincent van Gogh Hans Luijten ‘Dark and dreary days’: dating Van Gogh's letters from Drenthe Wout Dijk In love: Vincent van Gogh's first true love Elly Cassee Strands interlacing: colour theory, education and play in the work of Vincent van Gogh Laura Coyle [The collection in context] ‘Une beauté sauvage’: Prosper d'Epinay's Head of Medusa Andreas Blühm René Princeteau's Dragoon and the depiction of the Franco-Prussian War Rachel Esner The Exhausted maenads: Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Carel Vosmaer J.F. Heijbroek Documentation Catalogue of acquisitions: paintings and drawings 1994-1996 colour plates Catalogue of acquisitions: paintings and drawings July 1994 - December 1996 Catalogue of sculptures 1963-1996 colour plates Catalogue of sculptures 1963-1996 Catalogue of Colenbrander ceramics in the Museum Mesdag Christien Smits Works on loan to the Van Gogh Museum 1973-1996 Exhibitions in the Van Gogh Museum July 1994-December 1996 Van Gogh works on paper acquired by museums worldwide 1970-1996 Index The Van Gogh Museum staff as of 1 December 1996