"The miracle has come. So suddenly and so directly that I still cann't comprehend it myself. I'm engaged. My girl is the pastor of and her name is Annie Zernike. You will get to know her and then you will realize what a great and delicious thing this means to me. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
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Jan Mankes
Jan Mankes (Meppel, 15 August 1889 – 23 April 1920, Eerbeek) was a Dutch painter. He produced around 200 paintings, 100 drawings and 50 prints before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 30. His main motifs were self-portraits, landscapes, birds and animals.
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