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Brown ink and wash drawing of the Pietà, with the dead Christ held across the lap of the Virgin among mourning figures.

Piëta

Biagio Puppini, 1521

Brown ink drawing of Rome with a bell tower, round temple, stone bridge and a small boat on the river.

Gezicht op de S. Maria in Cosmedin, de Vesta tempel en de Ponte S. Maria te Rome

Michiel van Overbeek, 1699

Brown ink drawing of a park with tree lines, a horseman, walkers, grazing animals, and clouds above.

Hydepark te Londen

Michiel van Overbeek, 1699

Black chalk drawing of a reclining male nude seen from behind, legs twisted upward, on grey paper with red handwritten inscri

Liggend mannelijk naakt

Willem Doudijns, 1680

Engraving of Mercury, nymphs, a satyr and cupid in a landscape with classical ruins and an obelisk.

Mercury tells the story of Pan and Syrinx

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Etching of two men seated at a table with bread and a cup, one gesturing expressively, in a dimly hatched interior.

Christus verdwijnt voor ogen van twee leerlingen tijdens maaltijd in Emmaus

jonkheer Isaac Lambertus Cremer van den Berch van Heemstede, 1821

Engraving of Hercules binding Diomedes's hands while a horse rears beside them in a rocky landscape with trees.

Hercules bindt de handen van Diomedes

Gerard van der Gucht, 1725

Hand-coloured 1588 bird's-eye map of the fortified city of Tournai with walls, bastions, rivers and a numbered key.

Plattegrond van Doornik

Frans Hogenberg, 1588

Dusky harbor with mooring posts, a rowboat with one figure, masted ships and a domed building on a brown paper.

Schemering in de haven van Cuxhaven

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of floating figures, grotesque creatures and cats in a dark night sky above a small village.

Zwevende mensen, fantasiewezens en katten

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881

Woodcut of a man in work clothes bending over a shovel beside a wooden fence, under a stormy sky.

Dijkwerker

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881

Etching of pine branches with curving needles and cones, with a distant town on a flat horizon at right.

Bloeiende den

Roelf Gerbrands, 1901

Woodcut print of a standing nude woman with raised arms, framed by flowing ornamental lines and two small faces.

Staande naakte vrouw met geheven armen

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1922

Drawing of a standing male nude raising a stick overhead, rendered in chalk on grey paper by Jacob Smies, 1803.

Staand mannelijk naakt met een stok boven het hoofd

Jacob Smies, 1803

Ink and pencil design with openwork ornaments, two heraldic shields with crowns, a stork, and a decorative border strip.

Ontwerp voor een boekband met het wapen van Den Haag en Amsterdam

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Watercolor still life of pink roses, green leaves, purple heather and wild oats on a grey background.

Rozen

Margaretha Roosenboom, 1853

Pencil landscape drawing of a stone arch bridge over a stream beside rocks, trees and rising hills.

Gezicht op de brug bij Broar

Frances Waring, 1803

Charcoal drawing of a long-haired figure cradling a small creature, walking across a rocky hill under a stormy sky.

De gelijkenis van het verloren schaap

Frans Smissaert, 1872

Watercolor interior of a hall with period-costumed figures at a platform and a 19th-century crowd watching on the right.

Vondelviering op het Muiderslot, 1867

Charles Rochussen, 1867

Drawing of a standing nude man with one arm raised and hand on his head, in chalk on tan paper.

Staand mannelijk naakt, van voren gezien (2e prijs 1811)

Willem Grebner, 1811

Watercolor drawing of a woman guiding a small boy through a doorway into a rustic interior with a table and chair.

Woman lets a little boy go outside

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Etching of a seated Buddha statue in a temple niche, with a small kneeling child before stone steps at lower left.

Mendoet

Marius Bauer, 1926

Repeating wallpaper pattern of umbel flowers, leaves, vines and insects such as butterflies and dragonflies in olive and ochr

Behangpapier met schermbloemen, vlinders en libellen

Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1876

Hand-colored anatomical plate showing red muscles and pale bones of legs, feet, and a forearm on a dark ground.

Anatomische spiermodellen van de scheenbenen en de voeten

Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, 1746

Pen and brown wash drawing of a couple in period dress at a festivity, watched by a crowd of onlookers in hats.

Feestscène

Gérard ter Borch, 1612

Engraving of a fisherman with a net and a woman beside fish on a table, with a river town and fishers in the background.

Water

Crispijn van de Passe, 1580

Engraved oval portrait of a seated balding man holding a quill beside an inkwell and paper, with inscribed border.

Portret van Wilhelm Benedict op 50-jarige leeftijd

Johann Oertl, 1688

Hand-coloured engraving of a crowded tavern scene with witches, grotesque figures, a fireplace, a dicing table and a windmill

Keisnijder of de heks van Mallegem

Pieter van der Heyden, 1595

Sepia engraved bust portrait of a man in a wrapped head covering and cloak, titled Pierre-Joseph Verhaghen.

Portret van Pieter Jozef Verhaghen

Léon-Louis Chapon, 1864

Charcoal sketch of an orangutan's head facing forward, with heavy-lidded eyes and soft shading on tan paper.

Kop van een orang-oetang

August Le Gras, 1874

Hand-colored woodcut of a kneeling woman anointing a seated man's feet while men in turbans sit at a table nearby.

Christus gezalfd door Maria Magdalena

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1520

Hand-colored woodcut of the Last Supper with Christ at a table surrounded by apostles in colorful robes under arches.

Laatste Avondmaal

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1520