"..I wish the Great Master [Nature] will always continue to provide you with benefit. In the meantime, I am assured that you will spent every moment to collect your studies. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
— Willem Roelofs

January 1, 1970

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(original Dutch: citaat over Willem Roelofs in het Nederlands:) ..ik wensche dat die Groote Meester [de Natuur] u altoos ter baat zal blijven verstrekken. Intusschen ben ik verzekerd dat ieder oogenblik door u zal gebezigd worden om studiën te verzamelen. — Quote from a letter of Roelofs' teacher Van de Sande Bakhuyzen, 23 Oct. 1840’; in Rijksprentenkabinet Archive, Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam