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IDENTITY

Hymn 56:1,4,9

Religion / Bible

Work Summary

Hymn 56:1,4,9 is a hymn associated with Dutch Protestant hymnal tradition. A group of stanzas from a Dutch Protestant hymn associated in Van Gogh's correspondence with trust in God as Father and with the refusal to despair. The hymn presents divine care as a source of steadiness through difficulty and uncertainty.

Evidence Summary

Used within devotional correspondence and sermons.

No visual-art connection inferred from hymn use.

CONTEXT

Author / Source

Dutch Protestant hymnal tradition

Work

Hymn 56:1,4,9

Years / Period

1877

Van Gogh Relation

Quoted / Copied

EVIDENCE

Key Quotation

CONNECTIONS

Evidence Trail

1877 — Letters 103, 111, 117

Quoted / Copied · Quoted / copied / alluded to

Van Gogh quotes or alludes to Hymn 56:1,4,9; the scholarly notes identify the hymn number.

Response: Used within devotional correspondence and sermons.

Connection: No visual-art connection inferred from hymn use.

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