Sketching Locations

Vincent sketched several locations in and near Etten. Do these places still exist? And how do the existing places look today?

A t Etten-Leur a few locations that Vincent sketches still exist. In his letters he calls those places by name. However most of these locations have disappeared: the old rectory, the windmill at the Roosendaalseweg, the pollard-willows at the Leursestraatje, the moors are all gone. And in the Liesbos (a wood) and at the Pagnevaart the location where he made his drawings no longer exist. At this moment there are only three places to recognize where Vincent surely sketched: The Leursestraatje, seen from the Kaufmannhouse, with a view on the Catholic Saint Lambert church, the Moeierboom (a big tree) on the marketplace, and the Protestant Church.

the Leursestraatje (now Stationsstraat) « enlarge »

the Moeierboom   « enlarge »

the protestant church « enlarge »