# Boatmen Moored on the Shore of an Italian Lake

- By: Adam Pijnacker (Schiedam, ca. –1673)
- Date: 1650 - 1670
- Medium: canvas, panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 97.5 cm x width 85.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-321--238f9406901785ff94c486093ddfa65e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/YBsRY/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)

Dark tree trunks in the foreground frame the softly lit scene in the centre. Our attention is drawn to two boatmen busy loading and unloading their boats. A mother and her child are seated on the shore: her yellow jacket partly open, the woman is about to breastfeed the fussy infant.