province of North Brabant. His father, Theodorus, was pastor of a small Dutch Reformed

Church. Vincent's mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was a similarly mild and uninspired

soul. It is common for biographers to dismiss Van Gogh's parents with a wave of the

hand. Vincent had two brothers and three sisters.

At the age of twelve Vincent was sent to boarding school in the village of

Zevenbergen, fifteen miles away. At sixteen he left school. Through the influence of

Uncle Cent a place was found for him in the office of Goupil and Cie at The Hague.

Goupil's was a conservative house, specializing in well-made reproductions of famous

paintings. When he was twenty Vincent was transferred, with a fine recommendation, to

the London branch of Goupil's. He found a room in the home of Mrs. Loyer, who with

her daughter Ursula, and therefore began the first of his several disastrous encounters

with women. He fell in love with the girl, but evidently did not bother to tell her. When

Vincent shared his feelings with Ursula, he discovered that the thought of loving him had

If he could not alleviate the hard life of the poor Dutch peasant, at least he could show his

severe one. Had it not been for the presence of the guards he might have killed himself,

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