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The Langlois Bridge
Vincent van Gogh, March 1888

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The Langlois Bridge

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Arles, March 1888

oil on canvas, 59.6 cm x 73.6 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)


The sky was grey when Van Gogh painted this bridge. He worked in the open air more than once in this spot in the southern French city of Arles. Laundry was done in this canal, and linens have been laid out to bleach on the far bank. All that is missing are the washerwomen – who were included in an earlier version.

Van Gogh carefully organised his composition. He chose a place for his easel where he could paint the patch of land with the road in the foreground as a large diagonal leading into the left background. He had seen diagonals of this kind used in Japanese prints. Vincent and his brother Theo had accumulated a joint collection of these prints in Paris.

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  • 1888
  • Arles
  • painting
  • townscape
  • landscape (representation)
  • river landscape
  • Vincent van Gogh

F-number
F0400
JH-number
JH1371
Object number
s0027V1962
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Dimensions
59.6 cm x 73.6 cm, 77.1 cm x 91.0 cm