Vincent Van Gogh :
Vincent and Theo
Aersten
First
names
Your grandfather’s name was Vincent...A notable from Bréda...
He had several sons; the eldest was named Vincent...
A rich art dealer... And a younger son, Theodorus... Vincent (called Cent)
and Theodorus are very close... They got married with two sisters... Vincent
married the youngest Carbentus daughters... And your father, Theodorus married
the eldest, Anna-Cornelia... The two brothers often met, and wrote to each
other...
Theodorus’s or Dorus’s children were also called Vincent and Theo...
A year before your birth, a stillborn child comes to the world with the name
of Vincent given by your parents. On his grave, there is your name: Vincent
van Gogh... You had to exist between two births, that of the eldest stillborn
brother... And that of Theo’s child, Vincent... You are replaced, you
no longer have reasons to live...