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Dutch & Flemish

143,256 works

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

Johan Braakensiek, 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

Johan Braakensiek, 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

Johan Braakensiek, 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

Johan Braakensiek, 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)

Johan Braakensiek, 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)

Johan Braakensiek, 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)

Johan Braakensiek, 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)

Johan Braakensiek, 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…

Johan Braakensiek, 1924

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and mustache, wearing armor and a sash, with French inscription bel

Portrait of Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia

Jacob Houbraken, 1725

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armour with curly hair and moustache, captioned Petrus de I ste, on a stone plinth.

Portrait of Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia

Jacob Houbraken, 1752

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat and dark cloak, labeled Philippe II, by Jacob Houbraken, 1777.

Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain

Jacob Houbraken, 1777

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet, white ruff and chain, within a decorative stone frame.

Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain

Jacob Houbraken, 1771

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain, labeled Filips de Tweede, Koning van Spagne.

Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain

Jacob Houbraken, 1773

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a white collar and ornate chain, within a decorative rectangular border.

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain

Jacob Houbraken, 1747

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a lace collar and embroidered costume, with caption Filips de Vierde, Koning van Spagne.

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain

Jacob Houbraken, 1749

Engraved oval portrait of Benedict Pictet in a curled wig and dark gown, with an inscription band around the frame.

Portrait of Benedict Pictet at the age of 52

Jacob Houbraken, 1708

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark robe, with an inscription naming Harmen Henrik van de Poll.

Portrait of Harmen Henrik van de Poll

Jacob Houbraken, 1772

Engraved oval portrait of a man with white hair and dark coat, within a decorative frame and empty cartouche below.

Portrait of Jan van de Poll

Jacob Houbraken, 1749

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, within an ornamental frame with a blank cartouche below.

Portrait of Pieter van de Poll

Jacob Houbraken, 1749

Engraving of putti playing hopscotch on a hill while a child flies a kite near a tree, with French verse below.

Nine Men's Morris and Kite flying

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1657

Engraving of four naked children playing skittles beside a brick wall and tree, with French verse below.

Skittles

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1657

Etching of five nude children performing handstands and tumbles on a grassy hill, with French verse caption below.

Hielebillen or Standing-on-one's-head

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1657

Lithograph of student types: central library scene with three men at a table, surrounded by vignettes of students in leafy bo

Leaf from Utrecht student almanac, 1862

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1862

Satirical pen drawing of men fighting over a boundary post in a street, with dogs, chickens and a couple watching on the righ

Caricature on the municipal borders of Nieuwer-Amstel, 1882

Bob, 1882

Bird's-eye engraving of the 1883 Amsterdam colonial exhibition with halls, a fountain, a gateway and crowds of visitors.

The International Colonial and Export Trade Exhibition in Amsterdam in 1883. Bird's-eye view, drawn by J.C. Greive Jr.

Tilly, E. & A., 1883

Lithograph of two men beside a wall chart of eight scenes, one pointing with a stick, the other holding a top hat near a ques

Student of the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam points out scenes on a wall chart

Nicolaas de Roever, 1875

Watercolor portrait of a smiling blond man in a grey coat and white cravat, with a removable hair piece at the top of his hea

Portrait of Daniel Dijlius with cut-out, removable hair

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1806

Sixteen-panel woodcut sheet with moralizing animal and human scenes, hand-coloured in orange and blue, with Dutch verses.

Look young youth / here you can learn / How one must behave in the world

Johannes Kannewet, 1725

Sixteen hand-colored woodcut scenes of soldiers, burning houses and violence, arranged in a grid with Dutch captions.

Behold this print with attention all / You there the cruelty will find

Johannes Kannewet, 1725

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

Johan Braakensiek, 1887

Lithograph of a showman presenting a hydra, hyena and bear to a shocked audience on a stage.

Shocked public in front of an exhibited hydra, hyena and bear

Willem Steelink, 1887