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Matthijs Balen

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Etching of a spectacle seller offering glasses to an elderly woman at a rustic doorway, with a child and basket nearby.

Brillenverkoper en een oude vrouw

1694

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak, hand on chest, with a name cartouche and coat of arms below.

Portret van Karel Reyniersz

1714

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with cows, a stone monument, figures by water, and a distant bridge and hills.

Landschap met op de voorgrond een monument en koeien

1694

Sepia drawing of a classical building with a columned balcony beside water, a fishing boat, and distant hills.

Gezicht op een gebouw aan het water

1694

Brown wash drawing of a columned pavilion on a terrace beside a river, with a fisherman, trees, hills and clouds.

Galerij aan het water

1694

Grey wash drawing of a satyr watching a sleeping nude woman beside trees, with Dutch verse written above.

Jupiter en Antiope

1694

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a seated man, a woman holding an infant, and a draped canopy among tree trunks.

Sater met vrouw en kind

1722

Grey wash drawing of a woman reading a book by lamplight in a dark rocky niche.

Vrouw leest bij kaarslicht

1694

Grey wash drawing of goddess Diana on clouds, a cupid above, sleeping Endymion below with a globe and a cupid with bow.

Diana en Endymion

1694

Grey wash drawing of Christ crucified between two thieves, with men on ladders and a horseman in the scene.

Kruisiging van Christus en de twee dieven

1694

Grey wash drawing of Leda reclining beside a swan under a tree, with two putti and a pond in an arched frame.

Leda en de zwaan

1694

Brown wash drawing of two women standing by a curtain while a man reclines on a bed in a draped interior.

Sara stelt Hagar voor aan Abraham

1694

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man seated in a room, a woman with a dish gesturing toward him, and a seated woman with a book

Christus in het huis van Marta en Maria

1694

Grey wash drawing of a woman gazing upward beside an open book and a candle in a holder, dated 1722.

Vrouw met boek bij kaarslicht

1722

Grey wash drawing of a woman in an arched niche holding fish on a tray and one raised in her hand.

Visverkoopster

1694

Grey wash drawing of a startled man and a grieving woman beside an arched doorway and a column in an interior.

Geschrokken man naast een verdrietige vrouw

1694

Grey wash drawing of a courtyard with an elderly seated man, a woman on a balcony, and two younger men near an arched doorway

Binnenplaats met oudere man, vrouw en twee jongere mannen

1694

Grey wash drawing of a landscape with trees, a calm river, sailing ships on the water, and a distant cliff under a cloudy sky

Vergezicht met water en schepen

1694

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a tall tree on the right, rocky cliffs and a small tower in the distance.

Rivierlandschap

1694

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a tower ruin, rocky foreground, trees and distant hills under open sky.

Vergezicht

1694

Grey wash drawing of a seated ruler on a throne before soldiers and attendants in a vaulted hall, with a draped curtain behin

Christus voor Pontius Pilatus

1694

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated nude woman with crossed legs and one arm across her body on pale paper.

Naakte vrouw

1694

Grey wash drawing of a seated nude woman bathing in a garden pool while two elders watch from behind trees.

Susanna en de ouderlingen

1694

Grey wash drawing of two allegorical women, one holding scales among clouds and one seated with a quill, book and sun.

Rechtvaardigheid en Waarheid

1720

Red chalk drawing of a smiling man in a cap and ruff collar holding a wine glass.

Tronie van een man met hoed en wijnglas

1694

Red chalk drawing of a smiling man wearing a tilted cap, with loosely sketched hands and a buttoned shirt.

Tronie van een man met hoed

1694

Red chalk portrait drawing of a man with curly hair and a cravat, turned to the right, on cream paper.

Portret van een man

1694

Red chalk drawing of a woman's head in three-quarter view, wearing a headdress, with a faint smile on pale paper.

Portret van een vrouw

1694

Grey wash drawing of a seated young woman with an elderly woman in a headscarf beside a stone urn and tree.

Vertumnus en Pomona

1694

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of soldiers with spears mocking a robed figure in an arched hall with a column.

Bespotting van Christus

1694

Grey wash drawing of a classical building with columns, two figures on a balcony and a crowd of onlookers below.

Ecce homo

1694

Grey wash drawing of an angel pointing upward from clouds toward a kneeling woman in a headscarf.

Annunciatie

1694

Red chalk drawing of a rock face with arched cave openings, a leaning ladder, and scrubby vegetation below.

Groeve in rotswand

1694

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man with curly hair and a direct gaze, shown head and shoulders on cream paper.

Portret van een man, mogelijk zelfportret

1694

Red chalk drawing of a young man with wavy hair and an open collar, turned slightly to one side.

Portret van een jonge man

1694

Grey wash drawing of the Judgment of Paris: a seated shepherd offers an apple to a nude goddess beside a cherub, with a peaco

Oordeel van Paris

1694

Grey wash drawing of an elderly man on a canopied bed blessing a kneeling man, with a veiled woman standing nearby.

Isaak zegent Jakob

1694

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree, with hunting dogs, spears, and cherubs among clouds above.

Venus en Adonis

1694

Pen and ink sketch of a family group with a seated woman, children, and a bearded man at left on pale paper.

Saterfamilie

1694

Grey wash drawing of a winged old man drawing back a curtain to reveal four small scenes of figures in landscapes.

Tijd laat vier schilderijen zien achter een gordijn

1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated mother holding a child and raising a flower in her right hand.

Moeder met kind en bloem

1694

Grey wash drawing of a nude hero wrestling a bull with lowered horns, with a lion skin on the ground nearby.

Hercules en de Kretenzische stier

1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman gesturing toward a birdcage with a bird on top.

Vrouw met vogel op zijn kooi

1694

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a rose wreath pouring liquid from a glass into a dish on her lap.

Vrouw schenkt vloeistof uit een glas op een schaal

1694

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man in a cap warming his hands over a steaming bowl beside a bare tree and fence.

Man met muts warmt zijn handen

1694

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman with upswept hair playing a violin with her bow arm extended.

Vrouw met viool

1694

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged wind god flying over clouds, with a lion, ram and archer on a ridge above.

Windgod met de sterrenbeelden leeuw, ram en boogschutter

1694

Grey wash drawing of two figures walking past a castle at night, with a moon, trees, and astronomical instruments below.

Twee mensen wandelen 's nachts langs een kasteel en bekijken de hemel

1728

Grey wash drawing of a laughing bearded man's bust on a pedestal, framed by a brown ruled border.

Buste van Democritus

1694

Grey wash drawing of a draped bearded bust of a man on a pedestal, within a ruled border.

Buste van Heraclitus

1694

Pen sketch of a nude man thrusting a spear at a rearing lion, with another figure at the left edge.

Schets van een man die vecht tegen een leeuw

1694

Grey wash drawing of a landscape with a building wall, trees, ruined arches and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landschap met gebouwen

1694