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133,117 works

Etching of an elderly beggar in a wide hat warming his hands over a chafing dish, with a walking stick beside him.

Beggar seated warming his hands at a chafing dish

François Vivarès, 1719

Hand-coloured engraved map of Suriname with insets of Curaçao, the Caribbean islands and the Guinea coast.

Map of Suriname with Caribs, Curaçao and West Africa

Daniël Veelwaard, 1776

Engraving of six circular roundels, each showing a star-shaped geometric polyhedron rendered in fine hatched lines.

Six polyhedra based on a dual tetrahedron

Jost Amman, 1568

Etched view of the Port-Royal Saint-Sacrement monastery church facade in Paris, with a courtyard, walls and small figures.

View of the church of the abbey of Port-Royal du Saint-Sacrement in Paris

Matthäus Merian, 1655

Engraved view of the Palais du Luxembourg facade with a central dome, flanking wings, a coat of arms and small figures in the

View of the facade of Palais du Luxembourg

Matthäus Merian, 1655

Engraving of six geometric stellated polyhedra inside circular medallions and ornamental frame, with hatched shading.

Six polyhedra based on a star tetrahedron

Jost Amman, 1568

Hand-coloured 1860 map of Suriname with an inset plan of Paramaribo and an allegorical ship cartouche.

Map of Suriname

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1860

Etching of an explosion over riverside buildings at Heusden, with terrified figures fleeing in the foreground and a bare tree

Explosion of the powder tower at Heusden, 1680

Simon Fokke, 1779

Etching of townspeople in a night street gazing up at a comet over a church tower and gabled houses.

The comet of 1681

Simon Fokke, 1779

Engraving of a crowd before a fortified city gate, with a preaching friar on the balcony and soldiers at left.

Preaching and miraculous healing by the Capuchin Marcus of Aviano in Antwerp, 1681

Gaspar Bouttats, 1681

Etching of a flood with a boat of people crossing water, figures on a rooftop, bare trees and a distant church steeple.

Flood in 1682

Simon Fokke, 1779

Etching of people, horses and carts struggling with sandbags against a flood breaching a dike, with ships on a stormy sea.

Flood in the year 1682

Jan Luyken, 1687

Engraved title page with an arched gateway, a tree-lined courtyard, two seated women and a banner with the book title.

Title page for: Johan Cornelisz van Bleiswijk, Een buurlijk bagyne-boek, dienstig voor alle katholijcken, 1682

Emrik & Binger, 1877

Engraving of a crowd in a grand arcaded town hall hall, with columns, tall windows and figures in period dress.

Freed Christian slaves thank the mayors of Amsterdam for their liberation, 1683

Jan Luyken, 1684

Etching of a procession of freed slaves and clergy with banners and trumpeters before a walled city with church spires.

Procession of 42 French Christian slaves ransomed in Tunis in Paris, 1635

Jan Luyken, 1684

Engraving of a sailing boat near a spouting whale on rough waves, with a windmill and village on the distant shore.

The discovery of the whale, 1682

Abraham de Blois, 1682

Etching of a boat towing a whale across choppy sea, with a windmill and village on the distant shore.

The whale is caught, 1682

Abraham de Blois, 1682

Engraving of fishermen on a beach pulling a stranded whale, with sailing boats and a windmill in the background.

The whale is seen by fishermen, 1682

Abraham de Blois, 1682

Print of Daniel praying among lions in a rocky cave, with a skull and stone ruins in the background.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1809

Etching of a river landscape with cows, a farmhouse, a large tree, and a farmer on horseback near the water.

River landscape with farmer and cows near farm

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etching of cows on a riverbank with a sailing boat, a church tower, a tall tree and a thatched farmhouse under a cloudy sky.

Title print with river landscape with cows

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etched landscape with a large tree, figures by a river, an arched stone bridge, and a castle on hills.

Hilly landscape with castle on river

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etched river landscape with two seated men, a large tree on the right, a dirt road and farm buildings across the water.

River landscape with resting men on bank

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etched river landscape with a windblown tree, a castle tower on the left, a boat on the river and hills in the distance.

River landscape with castle

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etched rural landscape with thatched farmhouses, a large tree at right, and three figures walking on a dirt road.

Landscape with farm

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etching of a river landscape with cows resting by a gnarled tree, farmhouses and a windmill in the distance.

River landscape with cows

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etching of a hilly landscape with a castle with towers, a large tree on the right, and two resting travelers in front.

Hilly landscape with castle and resting travelers

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etching of cows grazing by a river with a large tree, a farmhouse, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

River landscape with grazing cows

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etching of a river landscape with a ferry carrying a cow, a farmhouse with cattle on the left bank, and sailboats in the dist

River landscape with ferry

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1769

Etching of a village inn with travelers, horses and wagons under a cloudy sky, with a distant church spire.

Landscape with inn and resting horses and wagons and horsemen

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Etching of a river landscape with fishermen, nets, a wooden platform, a sailboat and cloudy sky within an oval frame.

River view with fishermen with fykes and nets

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Etching of a river scene with a church tower, gatehouse, rowing boat and sailing vessels under a cloudy sky.

River view with gatehouse and church on bank

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Etching of a river with a castle tower, stone walls, an arched gateway, sailing boats and a rowing boat under a cloudy sky.

River view with castle on bank

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilly landscape with a tall tree at left, travellers on a path, and distant mountains.

Mountainous Landscape with Travellers

Jan Ruyscher, 1677

Ink drawing of a bearded fisherman in a robe holding a net and lifting a fish, on pale paper.

Fisherman with landing net

Ichirakasai, 1800

Ink sketch of seated figures conversing in an interior with low tables, a screen, and a pine tree outside.

Scholars in conversation

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Brown ink drawing of a wide river landscape with trees, small figures and distant hills under a pale sky.

Panoramic Landscape with River Logging

Jan Ruyscher, 1677

Self-portrait with bow tie

Leo Gestel, 1891

Engraved writing exemplar with flourished calligraphy, a decorative initial letter, and a block of Dutch handwritten text.

Writing example

Jan van de Velde, 1578

Hand-coloured print of a Zeeland peasant woman in bonnet and striped skirt beside a seated man with a walking stick.

Farmer and female farmer from Zeeland

Monogrammist ED, 1858

Black and white print of a young couple in traditional dress standing close together on a wooden bridge over water.

Young man and woman from Walcheren

Coen Metzelaar, 1855

Hand-colored print of a peasant woman in a straw hat with a basket, accompanied by a dog beside a wooden fence.

Female farmer from Zuid-Beveland

Jean Baptiste Madou, 1825

Engraved page of decorative objects: carved cabinet, gabled building, horse carriage, vessels, weapons and pendants.

Objects in the collection of the Royal Antiquarian Society, 1877

Frits Orloff, 1870

Engraving of Noah and his family leading animals onto the ark, with elephants, lions and birds in the sky.

Noah boards the ark with his family and the animals

Cornelis Cort, 1558

Engraving of Noah and his family leaving the ark with animals while kneeling figures look up toward a radiant divine name.

Noah thanks God for saving the ark

Cornelis Cort, 1558

Black and white line print of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed coat, labeled Willem I.

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange

Rombertus Julianus van Arum, 1835

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed cloak, with a coat of arms below.

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange

Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, 1840

Engraving of a stone memorial in a forest clearing, surrounded by iron railings and a group of people in 19th-century dress.

Commemorative stone for Coster at 400-year anniversary of the invention of printing, 1823

Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1824

Engraving of the god Mercury in a winged helmet, leaping above clouds, holding a caduceus and a letter.

Mercury

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Vulcan seated at an anvil with a shield, while two workers hammer at a forge inside a cavern.

Vulcan

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Mars seated with spear, shield, axe and helmet beside a tree, labeled MARS.

Mars

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraved print of the goddess Venus standing nude with a cupid among clouds, within an ornate diamond-shaped floral frame.

Venus

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of the god Jupiter seated on a cloud with lightning bolts and an eagle beside him, within an arched frame.

Jupiter

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of the goddess Diana seated under a tree, holding a spear, with a crescent moon above and a garland frame.

Diana

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of the goddess Ceres seated with a sickle and wheat sheaves, framed in an arch with a landscape and temple behind h

Ceres

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Minerva with spear and helmet seated on a stone, two putti beside her, drafting tools and a bust below.

Minerva

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of a seated classical woman holding a cornucopia of fruit, within an oval frame with a caption reading Vesta, ou Ci

Vesta

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of winged Saturn holding an infant beside a scythe and column, with a garden landscape behind.

Saturn

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Apollo seated under a tree playing a lyre, with a winged horse in the background, inside an ornate frame.

Apollo

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Neptune with trident driving a chariot pulled by three horses through waves, labeled Neptune on a numbered page.

Neptune

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a dark beret, with a fur-trimmed cloak and chain necklace, gazing to the side.

Head of an old man

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1772

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and studded armor, looking sideways toward the viewer.

Old man in armor

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1722

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hunebed megalithic tomb with large capstones on a flat landscape with distant trees.

Dolmen near Tynaarlo

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1915

Pen drawing of the steamship Marianna with masts, funnel and paddle housing on calm sea, with sailing ships in the distance.

Steamship Marianna

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1852

Red chalk academy study of a muscular male torso seated with head tilted back, shaded against a hatched background.

Academy study: torso

Arnoldus Dirk Felix Tavenraat, 1856

Pen and watercolor landscape of a sandy road lined with trees, leading to a small red-roofed building under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a building in the distance

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1904

Brown wash drawing of a tall waterfall over rocks, framed by trees and ferns, with small figures at its base.

Waterfall

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1855

Watercolor of dunes at dusk with a distant city silhouette of church spires and domes under an orange sky.

Landscape with the silhouette of a city in the distance

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1886

Engraving of the rear facade of a triumphal arch with allegorical figures, armored statues, and small figures passing beneath

Triumphal arch of Milan (reverse side), 1594

Pieter van der Borcht, 1594

Engraved allegorical pageant with sea gods, nereids and a river god pouring water beside a sea monster, dated 1594.

Scene with the liberation of the Scheldt, 1594

Pieter van der Borcht, 1594

Engraving of a bearded man seated in a chariot pulled by two horses, with attendants and a classical building behind.

Return of the master

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1565

Engraving of guards binding a nude man in a stone dungeon with chains, a sword, and a grated drain on the floor.

Bad servant thrown into a dark dungeon

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1565

Satirical pen drawing of men in a blindman's-buff game, one headless figure grasping papers labeled Tarief and Staatsregeling

Caricature of the Ministry of Finance without a minister, 1861

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1861

Two circular medal design sketches: umbrella-holding figures shelter seated people; a man with a bundle stands by papers and

Caricature of the intention to mint a medal on charity after the flood, 1861

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1861

Etched ornamental urn topped with a winged griffin, decorated with garland and a face, on a plain pedestal.

Vase with griffin, female head and garland

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraved print of an ornate urn with two mermaid figures forming its handles, standing on a hatched base.

Vase with two mermaids

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornate urn with two seated figures on top and carved faces among garlands on its body.

Vase with two sphinxes and female heads between garlands

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraved print of an ornate vase with a central mask and two mermaid handles on a fluted pedestal.

Vase with mascaron and two mermaids

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornate urn with a lion head and two mermaids clinging to its sides, on a plinth.

Vase with two young mermaids and a lion's head

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etched print of an ornate urn on a pedestal with mask handles and clinging figures, signed J. Saly, 1746.

Vase with two mascarons and two sphinxes

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraved print of a covered urn with two eagle handles and a veiled female bust rising from its body.

Vase with two eagles and a female bust

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornate urn with two satyrs at the handles and a mermaid seated in its center, on a pedestal.

Vase with two satyrs and a mermaid

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraved ornamental vase with a central mask and two owls perched on the handles, on a stepped base.

Vase with mask and two owls

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornamental ewer on a plinth with a mermaid handle and a grotesque mascaron head, by Saly, 1746.

Jug with mermaid and mascaron

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornate classical urn with reliefs of Pan and Syrinx and mask handles, on a pedestal.

Vase with Pan and Syrinx

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Study of various heads and hands

Willem de Zwart, 1884

Lithograph of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak holding a walking stick on a rocky hillside.

Spanish man with hat and walking stick

Ignacio Zuloaga, 1890

Woman in profile

Willem de Zwart, 1884

Etched portrait of a man with a mustache and hood, framed by dense dark hatching, signed in the lower right corner.

Man with chain mail

Willem de Zwart, 1884

Etching of a woman sleeping on her side in a bed with rumpled sheets and pillows, with hatched shading.

Sleeping woman

Willem de Zwart, 1884

Etching of a dim farmhouse interior with large cooking pots, a kettle on a stand, and a small window in the back wall.

Fireplace in a farmhouse

Willem de Zwart, 1884

Etching of a dim farmhouse interior with large cooking pots, a bowl, a hearth, and a small lit window in the back wall.

Fireplace in farmhouse

Willem de Zwart, 1884

Etching on one sheet: two cats, one lapping from a plate above, a seated tabby cat drinking from a dish below.

Print with two cats, one drinking from a plate and a print with a drinking cat

Willem de Zwart, 1885

Etching of two cats on a table, one bending to drink from a plate, with loose hatched shadows across the surface.

Two cats, one drinking from a plate

Willem de Zwart, 1885

Etching of a farmhouse among dark trees under a cloudy sky, with an open field in the foreground.

Farmhouse between trees

Willem de Zwart, 1885

Etching of a farmhouse half hidden by large trees, with a grassy field and winding path in the foreground.

Landscape with farmhouse

Willem de Zwart, 1885