# The Langlois Bridge with Road [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOGH, Vincent van]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Pen, reed pen, ink and graphite on paper, 305 x 475 mm ## Commentary <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/database/glossary/note02.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=400'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">Catalogue numbers:</a> 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. ## Related artworks - [A Cottage on the Heath and "The Protestant Barn"]() - [A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles]() - [A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul]() - [A Pair of Leather Clogs]() - [A Pair of Shoes]() - [A Pair of Shoes]() - [A Workman's Meal-Break]() - [Agostina Segatori in the Café du Tambourin]() - [Almond Tree in Blossom]() - [Apricot Trees in Blossom]() - [At Eternity's Gate \("Worn Out"\)]() - [Avenue of Plane Trees near Arles Station]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()