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[[preprinted]] HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOGG ART MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. [[/preprinted]] ^[[checkmark]] March 13, 1922 Mr. Jacques Seligmann, 705 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Dear Mr. Seligmann: A letter from your son to Mr. Sachs written on February 20 has been called to my attention. The painting of Justus de Gand which you refer to is a picture that interests the Fogg Museum very much. Our funds are limited but we have some rich and influential benefactors. I write to ask whether instead of taking the picture to Europe you would consider lending it to the Fogg Museum, in the hopes that while it is here I could interest someone sufficiently to buy it. As you know, we are doing the best we can to get a collection of great masterpieces on a limited amount of money and we depend on the generosity of our friends. If you feel like making such a low price on this picture that it may be within reach of some of our benefactors, you would not only yourself be doing a service to the cause of art education in America, but would help to put someone else in a position to do likewise. If this matter interests you I hope you will let me know, and if you like I can come to New York to see you. Yours sincerely, [[signature]] Edward W. Forbes [[/signature]]