The Langlois Bridge with Road

Catalogue numbers: F 1470, JH 1377.

Between March and May 1888 van Gogh depicted the Langlois Bridge in Arles nine times. It is a subject typically Dutch in character, evoking the memory of small Dutch towns with drawbridges. Van Gogh usually depicted the structure seen from the side, where the raw stone plinth and the drawing mechanism are given the most complex view. However, the present drawing shows the bridge from the road, from the perspective of the pedestrian walking toward it.

Van Gogh rightly called the Langlois Bridge "Dutch in character," since the bridge was built by a Dutch engineer between 1820 and 1830, and it stood until 1935.