IDENTITY
Waar en hoe
Literature
Work Summary
A reflective poem whose title, 'Where and How', frames questions of place, circumstance or the manner in which a meaningful life is to be lived. It belongs to De Génestet's questioning, inward mode of moral and religious poetry.
Evidence Summary
He adapts the poem to criticize dependence on studio formulas and connoisseurship.
Explicit artistic adaptation of remembered literary wording.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Petrus Augustus de Génestet
Work
Waar en hoe
Years / Period
18 Mar 1884
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied, Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
18 Mar 1884 — Letter 439, note 15
Applied / Used for Study · Alluded to / deliberately varied
Van Gogh says the lines are 'in De Génestet, as you know' and deliberately makes a variant about studios and painters.
Response: He adapts the poem to criticize dependence on studio formulas and connoisseurship.
Connection: Explicit artistic adaptation of remembered literary wording.
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