Johanna van Gogh writes that Johannes "was at first a gold-wire drawer like his father, but he later became a Bible teacher and a clerk in the Cloister Church at The Hague."
Johanna van Gogh, Johannes'in "önce babası gibi altın sırma haddecisi olduğunu ancak sonra da İncil öğretmeni ve Lahey'de Kloosterkerk kilisesinde kâtip olduğunu" yazar.