| Description | 'Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of March 5th, unfortunately we know very little about the picture of Haller. The information in regard to Stoppelser is derived from a memorandum written in ink on a wooden cross-bar at the back of the picture, which reads thus: "C.V. Stoppelaer Pinx. 1765". Below is written (also in ink) - "The above is a fac-simile of the writing on the back of the original canvas".' |