# A Landing in the Moldau River

- By: Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen (Utrecht, ca. –ca.)
- Date: in or after 1604 - 1609
- Medium: paper, ink
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 120 mm x width 136 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1978-68(R)--9863ed14499b58ae2a0ce22ce8afae5b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/tSAbo/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In the past there were wooden landings along the banks of the Moldau River where it flowed through Prague’s town centre. Using a lever, the inhabitants could draw buckets of clean water from these landings. The water nearer the bank was polluted by sludge and waste. The outline of the Prague Fortress can be vaguely discerned in the left distance.