As far as I can remember, it was about 25 or 26 years ago that Breitner [his pupil then] painted with me in 'Huize Rozenburg' [The Hague]... There I had a large garden where he painted his dragoons with horses, posing there in front of him.. (Willem Maris)

As far as I can remember, it was about 25 or 26 years ago that Breitner [his pupil then] painted with me in 'Huize Rozenburg' [The Hague]... There I had a large garden where he painted his dragoons with horses, posing there in front of him..

Willem Maris

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