Road in Etten, 1881, Chalk, pencil, pastel, watercolor. Underdrawing in pen and brown ink. , 15 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (39. 4 x 57. 8 cm), Drawings, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853?1890 Auvers-sur-Oise), 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