in 1866 his parents decided to send him to the new and prestigious Willem II College in Tilburg. In March 1868 Van Gogh suddenly returned home. One drawing of two men with shovels (1867) has survived from this period in the life of Vincent van Gogh. A year later, in July 1869, Van Gogh obtained his first job with an art dealer Goupil & Cie in The Hague, through the mediation of his uncle Cent (Vincent van Gogh, 1820-1888), also an art dealer in The Hague. Huijsmans remained an art teacher at the Willem II College until 1877. Later years and death (1879–1886) In 1879 Huijsmans moved to The Hague together with his sister Oda. Huijsmans died in The Hague on 28 November 1886 at the age of 76. Library Huijsmans had built up an interesting library with works from e.g. Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgio Vasari and Karel van Mander, as well as six books by Jan Luyken, and many, mostly French, poetry collections. There are six letters from him to the famous Dutch William Shakespeare translator, Leendert Burgersdijk. They knew each other well and Burgersdijk would regularly ask Huijsmans for comments on the translations. A watercolour and three etchings Notes References "Een schets van C.C. Huijsmans", Ad C.J.M. Willemen, Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis, monumenten en cultuur, jaargang 6, juni 1988. "Vincent van Gogh Special", Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis, monumenten en cultuur, jaargang 8, nr. 2, mei 1990. "Een portret van Constant Huijsmans (1810-1886) op 24-jarige leeftijd", Wilma van Giersbergen, Jaarboek De Oranjeboom, 54, 2001. De kunst is geheel en al bijzaak, de moeizame carrière van C.C. Huijsmans (1810-1886), tekenmeester in Brabant, Wilma van Giersbergen, Amsterdam, 2003. Een zachte aanraking van zijn zieleleven. Over 'ware' en 'valse' mystiek rond 1900, Peter J.A. Nissen, Van Tilt, 2008. Collectie Regionaal Archief Tilburg. Het Landschap, C.C. Huijsmans, published by H.J. Backer, Dordrecht, 1840. Royal Collection/Royal Archives: at Noordeinde Palace, the Hague, C.C. Huijsmans, Grondbeginselen der Teekenkunst, eene theoretische en praktische Handleiding om het teekenen grondig te leeren, uitgegeven door P.N. van Kampen, Amsterdam, 1852. Grondbeginselen Teekenkunst, Theoretische en praktische handleiding, C.C. Huijsmans, (prijs fl 15,50), P.N. van Kampen, Amsterdam, 1852. The works of Vincent van Gogh, his paintings and drawings, J. Baart de la Taille, Amsterdam, 1970. 1810 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters People from Breda Dutch male painters 19th-century Dutch male artists