Road in Etten

Vincent van Gogh

1881 · Chalk, pencil, pastel, watercolor. Underdrawing in pen and brown ink. · Robert Lehman Collection

In 1881 van Gogh briefly resided in Etten, where he produced a number of drawings of local peasants and laborers performing routine, humble tasks. This masterful work, in which a man with a broom is seen sweeping a street lined with pollard willows, is a characteristic example.

Artist

Vincent van Gogh

Date

1881

Medium

Chalk, pencil, pastel, watercolor. Underdrawing in pen and brown ink.

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975