The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Road in Etten

Date:: 1881
Culture:: Dutch
Medium:: Chalk, pencil, pastel, watercolor. Underdrawing in pen and brown ink.
Dimensions:: 15 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (39.4 x 57.8 cm)
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number:: 1975.1.774

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Description

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.
Provenance

L. Oosterijk, Etten; J. Oosterijk, Etten; J.B. (Minus) Oosterijk, Etten; Jan de Visser, Etten; [Myrtil Frank, The Hague]; [Dr. Fritz Nathan und Dr. Peter Nathan Kunsthandlung, Zurich]. Acquired by Robert Lehman from Fritz and Peter Nathan in February 1962.
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Who
Vincent van Gogh (26)
What
Ink (28,428)

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When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,488)
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