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Johan Braakensiek

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Caricature of two men shaking hands, watched by a classical woman with a laurel wreath and a uniformed officer in a spiked he

[Herman Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow and the Emperor, caricature]

1891

Caricature of European rulers as Olympian gods on clouds watching a smoky battlefield below, 1912 print by Johan Braakensiek.

[European powers as Olympic deities, caricature]

1912

Caricature of a woman in uniform reaching into a Morocco tree beside a German officer in a spiked helmet.

[Germany's and France's claims to Morocco, caricature]

1911

Caricature of a startled John Bull facing an Egyptian officer in embroidered coat and fez, with a seated nurse beside them.

[England and France, caricature]

1893

Black and white caricature of uniformed men in a columned hall with arches and a reflective tiled floor.

[Birthday of Wilhelm II, caricature]

1909

Three-panel 1892 caricature by Johan Braakensiek showing men beside a table of bowling pins, satirizing a French ministry.

President Sadi Carnot, caricature

1892

Caricature of a smiling uniformed guard passing a Moabit prison gate while a bearded prisoner looks out from a barred window.

Political caricature

1892

Caricature of an elderly woman labelled Moeder Europa carrying a steaming pot into a bedroom with a sleeping figure.

European-Moroccan relations, caricature

1911

Caricature of a man clutching a Tripolis sack at night while shadowy figures with lantern and loot sacks look on.

Colonialism, caricature

1911

Caricature of a chimpanzee in a star-spotted top hat watching a cat pull chestnuts from a kitchen fireplace.

United States and Holland, caricature

1908

Satirical lithograph of a grieving uniformed man on steps, a veiled woman approaching, and officers watching at right.

Tsar Nicholas II and France, caricature

1905

Caricature of a horse-drawn sleigh fleeing wolves through a snowy forest, with a man holding up a figure in a sash.

[Western powers, caricature]

1909

Caricature of Death, a skeleton in a robe, speaking to a seated woman with an oversized head in a parlour, 1913.

[Balkan War 1912-1913, caricature]

1913

Caricature of a fairground crowd at night, with a torch-bearing woman and a crowned seated figure in the foreground.

[Crowd entertainment, caricature]

1892

Satirical lithograph of a winged caricature in a long coat with sword and flag, looming over a uniformed man below.

[Otto von Bismarck and Leo von Caprivi, caricature]

1892

Satirical 1894 cartoon by Johan Braakensiek showing a large John Bull figure with a finger to his lips among anarchists with

[John Bull]

1894

Caricature of a bull charging a horseman in an arena, with banners reading Barcelona, Rif and Kloosterbrand, by Johan Braaken

[Spain and Catalonia, caricature]

1909

Ink cartoon of a dove flying past a ship's prow toward sailors peering from a deck hatch under a dark sky.

[Dove of peace]

1912

Caricature of a Chinese imperial funeral procession with Western men in top hats and a mandarin in robes, 1908 print.

[Western powers, caricature]

1908

Caricature of a classical messenger holding a balloon labeled BOYCOTT as a stout John Bull in a top hat looks on.

[Caricature of England]

1901

Caricature of sailors boarding a steamship as men on the quay wave and cheer, with rough sea behind.

[Recruitment for the Dutch navy, caricature]

1917

Caricature of European men and Chinese figures with pigtails carrying money sacks, drawn in sepia ink, 1891.

[Europe and China, caricature]

1891

Pen-and-ink style sketch of costumed guests at a festive garden party with bunting, a windmill, and trees.

[At Fredensborg Castle]

1892

Caricature of a uniformed ruler stranded in a marsh as a club labeled Constitutie rises above a crowd, 1905 lithograph.

[Caricature of Tsar Nicholas II]

1905

Caricature of two men in wicker beach chairs by a seaside building, labelled Bülow and Clemenceau, by Johan Braakensiek, 1909

[Georges Clemenceau and Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow, caricature]

1909

Lithograph caricature of uniformed men and a woman seated on a sofa in an ornate interior, by Johan Braakensiek, 1892.

[Emperor Franz Joseph and Wilhelm II, caricature]

1892

Political caricature of three men in period dress confronting a crouching demon at a stone archway, with bare winter trees be

[Emperor Wilhelm II and Prussian politicians, caricature]

1892

Satirical lithograph of a man in military uniform beside a woman in armour and crown, with slippers on the floor.

[Emperor Wilhelm II, caricature]

1892

Cartoon print of a sad winged figure seated by a hearth while a woman reads a Nobel Prize newspaper in a room.

[Nobel Prize, caricature]

1912

Satirical 1905 drawing of a Dutch woman in classical dress, a man in a white suit, and a woman in batik skirt holding hands.

The departure of Bouwmeester to the Indies

1905

Pen drawing of a chained Prometheus-like man on a rock, with an eagle labeled Nederland overhead, titled De Kunst in banden.

Art in bonds

1910

Caricature lithograph of a papal figure, a seated bearded man and a standing mustached man in a room, 1892.

[Charles de Freycinet, Pope Leo XIII and Georges Clemenceau in caricature]

1892

Caricature of a distressed man in bed surrounded by pale ghostly figures, with a sword and hourglass beside him.

[Balkan War 1812-1813, caricature]

1912

Satirical 1908 Braakensiek print of a crowded Sinterklaas evening interior with caricatured figures, puppets, and a toy lion.

[Leaders of the Western powers, caricature]

1908

Lithograph of a winged allegorical figure above a panicked crowd with exploding shells and fallen people.

[Grenades exploding among a crowd, political satire]

1893

Caricature of five uniformed soldiers in helmets, one reclining on a bed at right, drawn in black ink on cream paper.

[Soldiers, caricature]

1892

Caricature of two eagles labeled Triple Alliance and Triple Entente guarding a militarism nest on a cliff above doves.

[Countries of the Entente and the Triple Alliance, caricature]

1914

Two-panel 1892 caricature of two men beside a Popularitets Bonbons box, with a toy ship in a basin below the table.

[Leo von Caprivi and Emperor Wilhelm II, caricature]

1892

Caricature of a vaulted Balkan bazaar with merchants and a bowler-hatted visitor, with Dutch caption text below.

[Balkan War 1912-1913, caricature]

1912

Drawing of three men at a tea table in an ornate parlor with draped curtains and upholstered chairs, 1892 caricature print.

[In the salon]

1892

Caricature of a bearded Russian officer and a woman on a veranda, with a seated man signing a contract, 1892.

[Caricature of the Russo-French friendship]

1892

Lithograph by Johan Braakensiek showing a skeleton with lantern and scythe pointing at a crescent moon beside a winged angel.

[Allegorical composition with a crescent]

1908

Caricature of a uniformed soldier smoking beside a fallen body, with protest banners on a wall above, 1909 print.

[King Alfonso XIII, caricature]

1909

Political cartoon: Britannia with trident beside a standing man with folded arms, a ghostly top-hatted figure at right.

[British politics, caricature]

1906

Lithograph of a man in a dark suit embracing a woman in a gown in a room with a palm, owl and helmet.

Willem Treub passionately embraces Minerva (Science) in salon

1896

Sketch of a ceremonial procession with men in top hats and a banner, framed by vignettes of Amsterdam university buildings.

The 255th anniversary of the Institution of Higher Education in Amsterdam

1887

Lithograph of conductor Joh. M. Coenen with baton, musicians, a bearded portrait medallion, laurel, mandolin and a wreath bel

Joh. M. Coenen

1889

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with head bowed, right hand pressed to his forehead, bare shoulders visible.

Fragment of an academy study: man with right hand on the forehead

1868

Pencil sketch of two men in caps, half-length, one smiling and one glancing from behind, with a hand at lower right.

Two men, half-length

1868

Pencil drawing of a park with a columnar memorial topped by a bust, with strollers in 19th-century dress.

Memorial for Prince Henry of the Netherlands in the Plantsoen on the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam

1885

Grey wash drawing of two pickpockets robbing a sleeping man in a top hat on a bench, watched by a uniformed guard.

Two pickpockets rob a sleeping "Firmant

Charcoal sketch of a café interior with seated men at tables, a standing waiter, and a man drawing.

Terrace of a café-restaurant, with drawing artist

1889

Wash drawing of a woman holding a candle over a bearded man lying in a draped bed in a dim room.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Doux pays (...)

1911

Drawing of a cloaked man in a fur cap walking past a stone sign reading PAPENDRECHT under a moonlit sky.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: 't Juridisch element in de Eerste Kamer

1911

Drawing of a kneeling man raising his arm toward a swirl of caricatured faces floating in a gray-blue sky.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: "Vijf en twintig jaren

Pencil and wash sketch of a woman pointing at a girl, a child at her side, and a man in a top hat leaning on a counter.

Design for a poster (?) to combat alcohol abuse: That is your money!

1868

Charcoal drawing of a pale ghostly figure facing men in dark suits, one bespectacled man gesturing toward it, by Johan Braake

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The forgetting of Schimmel in the New Year's wish of the Municipal Theatr…

1907

Charcoal drawing of two cloaked figures in misty grey light; the figure on the right has a halo and reaches out a hand.

Unidentified representation: Rembrandt and Christ (?)

Satirical cartoon of a top-hatted Englishman leading a small fez-wearing figure before a robed woman, with pyramids behind.

[Politics of England and France towards Egypt, caricature]

1891

Watercolour of a green dragon on a rock beside a Chinol jar, watched by a bearded man holding a brush, with a rainbow over th

Artist with dragon by a jar of Chinol

1868

Charcoal drawing of a man holding a horse before the ABATTOIR gate, with lamps and buildings behind.

Man with horse in front of the entrance to the abattoir

1868

Charcoal drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat arm in arm with a young woman in a pale gown.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: H.M. King Willem III and his youthful spouse Queen Emma, 1879

1904

Charcoal drawing of a robed woman raising a torch beside a cap-wearing figure and uniformed men in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The defeat of Russia at Sea, June 4, 1905

1905

Charcoal drawing of a robed king on a dais as a kneeling man offers a glowing diamond; a bearded man stands in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The gift of the Transvaalers for King Edward

1907

Charcoal drawing by Johan Braakensiek of a helmeted woman with a box camera beside shadowy figures, a cash box and coins.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Speech from the Throne, Sept. 24, 1905

1905

Pen sketch of passengers crowding a steamship deck, with rigging lines and a lifebuoy marked Amsterdam against the sea.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The 2000th issue. Aboard De Amsterdammer

1915

Ink and wash drawing of a cloaked figure raising an arm toward a bright star above fallen bodies on the ground.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Christmas Night of the Rulers of Europe in 1915

1915

Pencil sketch of farmers riding cows and oxen with a crowd behind them, drawn on brown paper.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Farmers riding cows (March 2, 1902)

1902

Pencil sketch of many small irregular mounds and organic forms scattered across a pale ground, studies by Johan Braakensiek.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: three standing men (March 2, 1902)

1902

Pencil sketch of bears near a barrel labeled BRUINE VERF, with a standing bear reaching toward another bear.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: bears painting themselves with brown paint (April 24, 1926)

1926

Sepia drawing of a caricatured dark-skinned figure with a bird-like body hatching from a large egg, eggshell pieces around it

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: a black man crawls out of an egg (April 19, 1930)

1930

Ink drawing of a maid carrying a tray of caricature faces stepping over a ledge marked Verkiezingen, by Johan Braakensiek, 19

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Dutch Virgin as a maid with a tray of glasses stumbles over the step…

1924

Pencil sketch of a standing draped female figure with one arm raised, study for an illustration by Johan Braakensiek.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Justitia (August 28, 1920)

1920

Black and white print of a crowd at folk games on the Amstelveld, with a horse cart, acrobats on a frame and flags.

Folk games of 1887 on the Amstelveld in Amsterdam

1887

Lithograph of a bearded man reading at a cluttered desk in a study with skylights, framed pictures and stacked papers.

Alberdingk Thijm in his study

1889

Caricature lithograph of a winged Cupid figure between a suited man and a gowned woman, with a uniformed officer holding flow

[Tsar Alexander III and Queen Natalia of Serbia, caricature]

1893

Caricature of European nations as dominoes in a row on a wooden floor, with the Austrian tile leading the line, 1914.

[European countries as domino tiles, caricature]

1914

Caricature of a speaker at a podium before a cheering crowd, with a ghostly naval officer looming behind him.

[Arthur James Balfour, karykatura]

1909

Caricature print of a sailor and a woman in a bonnet dining at a table, with framed portraits and a uniformed man seen throug

[Anglia i Holandia, karykatura]

1907

Satirical cartoon of a seated man with concession bag, a preacher with a Bible, rum barrel and Congo map on wall.

[Polityka kolonialna Anglii i Belgii, karykatura]

1906

Caricature of a saluting mounted soldier, an elderly man in a long coat, and a woman with a bread sack, with cavalry behind.

[Królowa Holandii Wilhelmina, karykatura]

1893

Caricature of a top-hatted man pulling a half-drowned older man from a river while a crowd watches from the bank.

[William Gladstone i Robert-Arthur Salisbury, karykatura]

1892

Caricature of a snowy brick water tower with a man at a window, a barefoot figure with signs, and a man in a fur coat below.

De gang naar Canossa van het Amsterdamsche Gemeentebestuur

1892

Satirical drawing of a sphinx on a stone marked Groot Grondbezit, facing a cloaked man with a staff, with a skeleton in the f

[Bernhard von Bülow, karykatura]

1909

Caricature of a bearded prisoner seated in a stone cell beside a guard, while top-hatted men look on from the left.

[Sułtan Abdülhamid II w celi, karykatura]

1909

Caricature of a top-hatted man on a canal stoop facing a bearded man in a doorway pointing at a sign reading Rechten der Neut

[Niemcy, Stany Zjednoczone i Anglia, karykatura]

1916

Lithograph of a long-haired robed figure resting on a sword before a bright forest clearing with radiating light.

[Kompozycja alegoryczna z postacią wspartą o miecz]

1908

Caricature of two men in barrels paddling on water and two trapeze artists leaping above a circus audience, 1892.

[Internationale Watersport en Luchtsport, karykatura]

1892

Lithograph of a horse-drawn hearse with laurel wreaths and men in top hats following it past a city building.

Spotprent op de terugkeer van Rembrandts Nachtwacht naar het Rijksmuseum, 1898

1898

Pencil-like caricature of a crowned woman with a very long nose standing over Amsterdam harbour and flat land, 1877.

Spotprent op de uitbreiding van het Vondelpark te Amsterdam, 1877

1877

Pencil sketch of a courtroom with seated figures, a standing man holding a paper, and spectators at right.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: een rechtzaal met een man in het beklaagdenbankje (14 Februari 1920)

1920

Pencil sketch of a woman in apron and headscarf facing a stooped man holding out a belt, a design for a magazine illustration

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: een man met een riem staande voor een vrouw op klompen (6 April 1918)

1918

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a rocking chair offering a treat to a begging dog, with a bust portrait on the wall.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: een zittende man houdt een hond een hapje voor (9 Augustus 1919)

1919

Ink drawing of Hercules seated by a tree between a sword-bearing woman and a laurel-holding armored woman in a forest.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: Hercules op de tweesprong voor de keuze tussen Oorlog en Vrede (12 Mei 1…

1917

Pencil sketch of two men talking: one in a bowler hat and overcoat gesturing, the other in a kepi seen from behind.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: Twee pratende mannen (23 December 1906)

1906

Pencil sketch of a flute player leading cows past a signpost reading Duitschland and Nederland.

Ontwerp voor illustratie in De Amsterdammer: fluitspelende rattenvanger lokt koeien uit Nederland naar Duitsland (20…

1916