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Small panel painting of a haloed saint holding up a hanged man on a gallows, with armed men and a walled city behind.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saves a Hanged Man

Zanobi Machiavelli, 1470

Reclining nude woman on white silk bed with rose petals, green drapery, and women playing music in a window-lit room.

Reclining Venus

Lambert Sustris, 1540

Brown monochrome painting of a muscular nude man seen from behind, pushing against columns, with a small figure below.

Simson verbrijzelt de zuilen van de tempel

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Sepia painting of a muscular man tearing open a lion's jaws, head thrown back, with faint figures behind him.

Simson verscheurt de leeuw

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Painting of a farmhouse with red roof among green trees, with a moored sailing boat at left under a pale sky.

Boerenhofstede

George Hendrik Breitner, 1880

Sepia drawing of Hercules in a lion skin grappling with the centaur Nessus, arms raised, in a tall vertical format.

Hercules vernietigt de centaur Nessus

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Muscular nude Neptune thrusts a trident downward toward a snarling sea creature, rendered in brown monochrome.

Neptunus doorsteekt met zijn drietand een zeepaard

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Painting of a stone arched bridge over a river with a tower and hilltop town, in muted beige and grey tones.

Brug bij Toledo

Marius Bauer, 1903

Brown watercolor of a Gothic church interior with vaulted ceiling, pointed arches, and a small standing figure.

Interior of the Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem

Johannes Bosboom, 1851

Painting of a young herdsman seated among resting cows under a tree, with a ruined tower and cloudy sky in the distance.

Landscape with cows and young herdsman

Aelbert Cuyp, 1650

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered crimson coat holding a cane, with a coat of arms on the wall.

Portrait of Dirk van Cloon, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Hendrik van den Bosch, 1733

Painted interior of a long hall with wooden vaulted ceiling, green table, seated man at ledger, and portraits on walls.

Interieur van de zaal van het genootschap 'Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkregen' te Leiden

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1780

Painting of a barefoot man leading cattle through a hilly landscape with village houses and a distant church spire.

Hercules steelt de kudde van Geryones

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1590

Saint Jerome dozes beside a candle, holding a skull, with a red cardinal's hat and open book nearby.

Saint Jerome

Aertgen van Leyden, 1520

Winter canal scene in Leiden with damaged buildings, debris, crowds on the bridge, a church tower and bare trees under a grey

Het Rapenburg in Leiden

Carel Lodewijk Hansen, 1807

Painting of figures in 18th-century dress walking a tree-lined forest path with a dog and a wooden signpost.

The Herepad in the Hague Forest

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1778

Gold-ground painting of a bearded saint with a halo holding a red book and quill, in a blue robe and orange mantle.

St. Matthew

Gherardo Starnina, 1407

Gold-ground panel of haloed Saint Lawrence on a fiery grill, with two nuns, two executioners, and a figure in clouds above.

Het martelaarschap van Sint-Laurentius, met twee benedictinessen

Jacobello del Fiore, 1425

Group portrait of a seated man, a young girl in blue, and a woman in white with a green shawl, with a river landscape behind.

Hermanus Boerhaave (1668-1738). Hoogleraar in de geneeskunde te Leiden met zijn vrouw Maria Drolenvaux (1686-1746) en…

Arent de Gelder, 1720

Interior with a standing woman in white, a man playing violin, and a seated woman with a guitar beside an open door.

The Music Lesson

Louis Moritz, 1810

Painting of a crowded arched banquet hall with men in white turbans seated at tables and servants on a patterned carpet.

De maaltijd aangeboden aan ambassadeur Cornelis Calkoen

Jean Baptiste Vanmour, 1727

Painting of a sultan on a gilded throne receiving a European ambassador amid courtiers in a red and blue interior.

Ambassadeur Cornelis Calkoen op audiëntie bij sultan Ahmed III

Jean Baptiste Vanmour, 1727

Painter in orange robe and yellow turban at easel with palette and brush, surrounded by studio props including a skull and st

Self-portraitAlternative title(s): Portrait of a Painter, perhaps the Artist Himself

Aert Schouman, 1730

Grisaille allegory in an arched niche: seated woman with fruit branch, putti with coins, cornucopia, and garlands above.

Allegory of Wealth.

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Grisaille allegory of the arts with a woman holding a palette, a laurel-crowned seated woman, and cherubs.

Allegory of the Arts.

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Painting of a farmyard path lined with tall trees, a man with a staff walking past a wooden barn and whitewashed wall.

Farmyard

Andreas Schelfhout, 1820

Grisaille allegory showing a winged figure blowing a trumpet above a seated woman with a globe and putti.

Allegory of Fame.

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Painted seascape of sailing warships and a rowing boat in a bay beside a rocky coast under a cloudy sky.

Een Frans eskader bij een rotsachtige kust

Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois, 1640

Two oval panels: Neptune and a nude woman flank a ship and weapons; right, a red shield with lions and the word Batavia.

De wapens van de VOC en Batavia

Jeronimus Becx III, 1651

Painting of soldiers marching over a stone bridge in a canal town, with gabled houses and a Dutch flag on a boat.

Hollandic troops passing through the fortified city of Dendermonde

Petrus Groenia, 1820