# Boat with a Pollard Willow

- By: Matthijs Maris (The Hague, 1839–1917)
- Date: 1863
- Medium: panel, paper, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 23 cm x width 30 cm
- Credit line: C.D. Reich Bequest
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2993--760f2d7afe3b9acd95c8f9ea4ed05ba6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/625960f9e86dbc2ed57f081078f94711.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This small painting was probably executed en plein air, much as the artist in this boat is doing. A piece of paper is clipped to the lid of his paintbox. He uses a maulstick as a support while painting. The brilliant backlighting creates a powerful light-dark contrast in this painting. A striking element of the composition is the diagonal placement of the pollard willow, which blocks the view of the landscape.