I take advantage of a painting that I now have at the Paris' exhibition. 3 orphan girls who are sewing in an interior room. I have sold [it] there for a nice price and have heard some interesting reviews published about it. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I take advantage of a painting that I now have at the Paris' exhibition. 3 orphan girls who are sewing in an interior room. I have sold [it] there for a nice price and have heard some interesting reviews published about it. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)" in the context of "version in original Dutch (citaat van Jozef Israëls' brief, in het Nederlands): Ik heb nogal plaizier van eene schilderij die ik thans op de parijsche tentst. Heb. 3 weesmeisjes die in een binnekamer zitten te naaijen. Ik heb [het] daar voor een mooije prijs verkocht en hier en daar interessante kritieken over hooren uitbrengen.
 • In a letter to A.C. Vosmaer, June 1866; ARA - Tweede afdeling, Archief Vosmaer, input no. 249" to mean that wisdom is timeless.