"I have also been working on the large canvas for a few months. and it has turned into a cavalry charge, which I hope for sure to be able to exhibit in Spring. (translation from the original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek)"

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version in original Dutch (citaat van Breitner's brief, in het Nederlands:) 't Groote doek heb ik ook eenige maanden onderhanden gehad. en 't is veranderd in een charge van ruiterij, die ik hoop en gegrond in 't voorjaar te kunnen exposeeren. — Quote of Breitner in his letter to A.P. van Stolk, 6 Oct. 1883; from RKD-Archive, The Hague; as cited in the master-thesis Van Gogh en Breitner in Den Haag, Helewise Berger, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, p. 57 — After his return from Paris Breit