Damned! Another 'town under white clouds'.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

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Quote of Jacob Maris, in: De Hollandsche Schilderkunst in de 19e eeuw, G. H. Marius; Martinus Nijhoff, s-Gravenhage, 1903/1920, p. 246; as cited in Van IJs naar Sneeuw - De ontwikkeling van het wintergezicht in de 19de eeuw, Arsine Nazarian July 2008, Utrecht University; student-no. 0360953, p. 70 | Maris had more ordered paintings with such motifs than he liked

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Damned! Another 'town under white clouds'.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

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