# The Docking Basin in the Barge Canal in Leidschendam

- By: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue (The Hague, 1729–1782)
- Date: 1756
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 7 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4937--df76cc6d828055be755358f1c5ecf2c1)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/5da294d82ae49c92f7a17c24a163a175.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A good public transport system by water existed in the west and north of the Netherlands from the middle of the 17th century. Horse-drawn barges were crucial to this system. An extensive network of canals crisscrossing the flat, watery countryside made it possible to travel easily and inexpensively.