Avenue of Poplars
by GOGH, Vincent van, Pencil and ink, 540 x 390 mm
Catalogue numbers: F 1239, JH 464.
Van Gogh was familiar with the tradition in Dutch art to depict country lanes and tree-lined roads. He had studied famous examples, such as Hobbema’s The Alley at Middelharnis, in the National Gallery in London during his stay there in the 1870s.