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Posted on December 8, 2023February 22, 2024

Silly Bergotte and his little patch of yellow wall

He repeated to himself: “Little patch of yellow wall, with a sloping roof, little patch of yellow wall.”

What is it about the death of Bergotte, poor Bergotte, that makes me love him so much? Yes, it’s his indigestion, and his silly little mantra about the patch of yellow wall. in Vermeer’s View of Delft. Continue reading “Silly Bergotte and his little patch of yellow wall”

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