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Charcoal drawing of two cloaked figures in misty grey light; the figure on the right has a halo and reaches out a hand.

Unidentified representation: Rembrandt and Christ (?)

Johan Braakensiek

Engraving of goddesses on clouds with a winged figure holding a flower basket, a lion, and a fruit-filled basket.

Ceres, Cybele and the followers of Flora on the clouds

Bernard Picart, 1713

Engraved ornamental panel with Hercules beside a stag and a boar, flanking a central relief of arms and armor.

Relief flanked by Hercules with the Arcadian stag and Hercules with the boar of Erymanthus

Louis Surugue, 1713

Engraving of three crowned muses in a wooded landscape, one reading sheet music and one playing a large viol.

Melpomene, Erato and Polyhymnia

Gaspard Duchange, 1740

Engraving of a laurel-crowned woman playing a lyre under a tree, framed by an oval garland of leaves and ribbons.

Calliope

Bernard Picart, 1740

Engraving of Urania, a seated woman in classical dress with a star crown beside a celestial globe under a tree.

Urania

Bernard Picart, 1740

Engraving of a classical woman seated beside a harp under a tree, framed by a garland of leaves and ribbon bows.

Terpsichore

Bernard Picart, 1740

Engraving of a winged female figure above a curved classical cornice with flower garlands and ornamental panels.

Followers of Flora

Louis Surugue, 1713

Engraved relief design with muscular Hercules figures flanking a central framed cartouche, a bull, a horse, and a cherub.

Relief flanked by Hercules with the Bull of Crete and Hercules with a Horse of Diomedes

Louis Surugue, 1713

Engraved print of a long relief with Hercules, a lion, a winged sphinx, garlands and architectural friezes, dated 1714.

Relief flanked by Hercules with Cerberus and Hercules with an Apple of the Hesperides

Louis Surugue, 1714

Engraved panoramic print of a ceiling design with mythological scenes of Hercules, framed by garlands and cartouches.

Ceiling with the apotheosis of Hercules

Matthijs Pool, 1718

Black and white print of a Dutch country house with a gabled roof, framed by trees, with the title Rustenwerk in a scroll.

View of country house Rust en Werk

Adriaan Willem Weissman, 1850

Etching of a rocky mountain ridge with trees and shrubs under a cloudy sky.

Mountains in Seelisberg

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of a steep mountain valley with cliffs, a rocky path and distant peaks under a pale sky.

Mountain landscape near Lauterbrunnen

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of snow-capped mountain peaks above a dark hatched foreground slope under a cloudy sky.

Urirotstock

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of a cemetery with a tall white cross, two walking figures, and a steep shadowed mountain behind.

Cemetery in Muotathal

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Sepia etching of a snow-covered mountain peak flanked by dark, hatched rock cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Snow-covered mountain peak

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of snow-capped mountains rising above a lake, with a dark wooded slope in the right foreground.

View of Urisee

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of a stormy mountain landscape with dark peaks, billowing clouds and dense hatched shading.

Storm in the mountains near Seelisberg

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of a mountain valley with a village of houses and a church steeple beside a stream, under steep slopes.

View of the monastery of Saint Joseph in Muotathal

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of a dark mountain slope above a rippled lake under hatched storm clouds, with distant peaks on the right.

View of Lake Lucerne in a storm

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of oak trees on a sandy dune ridge under a pale sky, with hatched shading and loose branch lines.

Oak trees in the dunes

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of a lake seen from steep wooded cliffs, with small boats on calm water and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View of Lake Lucerne seen from Axenstein

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Etching of several windmills along a flat waterway with reeds and a broken wooden fence in the foreground.

Mills on the Rotte

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of sailing boats, a steamboat and a rowboat with two figures on a wide river under a pale sky.

Ships on the Meuse

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of sailing boats and rowing boats on calm water with a faint shoreline and smoke on the horizon.

Rowing boats and sailing ships on the Meuse

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of the church and ruined tower at Egmond-Binnen with a spire, trees, and small figures in the foreground.

Tower of the Abbey Church at Egmond, intact, 1798

Hendrik Schwegman, 1799

Etched print of collapsed church tower ruins at Egmond beside a standing spire and arched nave under a cloudy sky.

Collapsed tower of the Abbey Church at Egmond, 1799

Hendrik Schwegman, 1799

Engraving of drifting ice floes on a river before the town of Tiel, with ships, a windmill, a church tower and dark clouds.

Drifting ice near Tiel, 1799

Reinier Vinkeles, 1799

Engraving of a stormy flood before a riverside town, with lightning, a rowing boat with figures, and bent trees.

Storm off Nijmegen, 1799

Reinier Vinkeles, 1799

Engraving of villagers fighting a flood through a dike breach, with bare windswept trees and storm clouds overhead.

Dyke breach near Doornik, 1799

Reinier Vinkeles, 1799

Engraving of a dike breach at Millingen with flooded fields, fleeing villagers, cattle and sheep, and thatched cottages under

Dyke breach near Millingen, 1799

Reinier Vinkeles, 1799

Engraving of a night flood with submerged thatched cottages and people struggling in the water in the foreground.

Flooding near Haarsteeg, 1799

Reinier Vinkeles, 1799

Etching of villagers, cattle and a cart fleeing rising flood water past a dike under a stormy sky, 1799.

Inhabitants of Hedikhuizen in flight, 1799

Reinier Vinkeles, 1799

Engraved 1799 map of the Batavian Republic with departments, ring diagrams, decorative cartouches and laurel wreaths.

Map of the Batavian Republic, 1799

Cornelis van Baarsel, 1799

Engraving of a kneeling woman before an armored commander in a draped interior, with soldiers and a severed head on a shield.

Judith before Holofernes

Philips Galle, 1564

Portrait of Édouard Fétis

Auguste Danse, 1896

Engraved portrait of an elderly balding man in a dark coat seated beside a bookcase, hands resting on a folded paper.

Portrait of Édouard Fétis

Auguste Danse, 1874

Engraved bust portrait of an older bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, with a signature below, 1872.

Portrait of Édouard Fétis

Auguste Danse, 1872

Medal with portrait of Erasmus from 1519

Auguste Danse, 1881

Portrait of Louis Gallait

Auguste Danse, 1888

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of an unknown man, possibly Degand

Auguste Danse, 1884

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a dark jacket and bow tie, signed Auguste Danse, 1884.

Portrait of an unknown man

Auguste Danse, 1884

Black and white ink design for a title page with symmetrical scrolls, Greek key motifs and the word Charivaria in bold letter

Design for title page of Charivaria, 2nd volume

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Symmetrical black and grey ink decorative design with arched forms, cartouche motifs and a dark central shape in a black bord

Decorative design with four coats of arms

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Ink and wash design for a symmetrical ornamental bookplate with a central vase form and scrolling borders.

Design for ex libris of D.J. Goedkoop

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil sketch of three vertical decorative panel designs with scroll and stepped geometric ornament on graph paper.

Three decorative designs

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Engraved oval bust portrait of Hugh Capet, bearded and wearing a jeweled crown, with French inscriptions below.

Portrait of Hugh Capet

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Engraved portrait of René Descartes with long hair and a dark cloak, inside an ornate frame with French inscriptions.

Portrait of René Descartes

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Portrait of John Calvin

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Portrait of Charles VIII

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a collar, with a French inscription identifying Annibale Carracci below.

Portrait of Annibale Carracci

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Portrait of Charles V, King of France

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Portrait of Charles IV, King of France

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Portrait of Charles III the Simple, King of France

Étienne Desrochers, 1726

Poster of a crouching naked toddler playing with a paper boat on stylized green and blue waves, with Dutch lettering.

Children's stamps & children's postcards for the benefit of 't Bescherming- en hulp - Behoevende kind 1927-1928

Tjipke Visser, 1927

Etching of four caricatured elderly women in fancy dress, one playing a lute, with Italian captions and verse below.

Four old women in love

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1680

Engraving of a nude female allegory seated on a fallen armored figure, with a Latin inscription and a distant landscape.

Allegory of virtue conquering violence

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590

Etching of a horseman on a rearing horse with a lance, beside onlookers and horses under a cloudy sky, 1666.

Horseman participating in a joust with quintain

Louis Chauveau, 1666

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-collared coat and white cravat, on cream paper.

Self-portrait of Jean Antoine Laurent

Jean-Antoine Laurent, 1816

Etching of a sleeping nymph with a satyr holding drapery and a putto beside her, set in a wooded landscape.

Sleeping nymph with satyr and putto

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1748

Print of a bearded face with long curly hair, wearing a crown of thorns, against a dark background.

Vera Icon

Theodor Caspar baron von Fürstenberg, 1656

Sepia print of a coat of arms held by three putti among clouds, one blowing a trumpet with a banner.

The coat of arms of the Fundatie van Renswoude with three putti

Christiaan Josi, 1788

Etched self-portrait of a young man with curly hair, dark coat and white collar, gazing sideways against hatched background.

Self-portrait of Ludwig Emil Grimm

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1813

Etching of a man with curly hair and a high collar, turned to the side, drawn in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Self-portrait of Jean Etienne Liotard

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1730

Etched landscape of a woodland stream with tall trees, rocks, and a seated figure reading in the lower left.

Landscape with philosopher

Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy, 1800

Etched Italian landscape with a river, stone buildings, an arched bridge, trees in the foreground and clouds above.

Italian landscape

Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy, 1800

Engraving of a fountain scene with two figures, a rider and camels, a walled city and castle, framed by birds, fish and flowe

Rebekah and Eliezer at the well

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Engraving of a sleeping man under a tree with angels on a ladder to the clouds, a landscape with city, and floral border.

Jacob's Ladder

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Engraved landscape with women by a river, rock cliffs, a walled town, and a decorative border of animals and flowers.

Moses is found by Pharaoh's daughter

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Etching of three peasants playing cards at a table, one smoking a pipe, with a bat-winged title cartouche above.

Three peasants playing a card game

Salomon Savery, 1630

Engraved print of a woodland scene with children, an old man and a bear, framed by a border of birds, fish and flowers.

Elisha curses annoying children

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Etching of a riverside town with a tower, houses, a rowing boat and figures in the foreground, inside an oval frame.

View of a city on a river

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1765

Engraving of a river landscape with a large tree, figures, a bridge, a boat and a distant city, framed by a decorative border

Parable of the Good Samaritan

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Etching of a dike breach with rushing floodwater, a town skyline with church towers and a windmill, and onlookers on a rocky

Dike breach outside Zutphen, 1784

Mathias de Sallieth, 1784

Engraving of a woman offering a bowl to a child with a headscarf who grimaces, with a dedicatory inscription below.

Mother feeding her child

Pieter de Mare, 1786

Etching of stormy waves breaking on rocks before Nijmegen, with a tall tower on the left and a ruined wall at right.

Collapse of the Lappentoren in Nijmegen, 1784

Mathias de Sallieth, 1784

Engraving of a violent street clash before a Gothic church, with armed men, a crowd, fires, and bare trees, 1784.

Clash between the Ninth Citizens' Company and Orangists in Rotterdam, 1784

Theodorus de Roode, 1784

Engraving of an armed street riot at night in Rotterdam, with musket-bearing men, a torch and townhouses, 1784.

Violence between citizens' company and Orangists in Rotterdam, 1784

Jan Evert Grave, 1784

Watercolour of a green dragon on a rock beside a Chinol jar, watched by a bearded man holding a brush, with a rainbow over th

Artist with dragon by a jar of Chinol

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of a man holding a horse before the ABATTOIR gate, with lamps and buildings behind.

Man with horse in front of the entrance to the abattoir

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat arm in arm with a young woman in a pale gown.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: H.M. King Willem III and his youthful spouse Queen Emma, 1879

Johan Braakensiek, 1904

Charcoal drawing of a robed woman raising a torch beside a cap-wearing figure and uniformed men in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The defeat of Russia at Sea, June 4, 1905

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

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

Pencil sketch of a standing draped female figure with one arm raised, study for an illustration by Johan Braakensiek.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Justitia (August 28, 1920)

Johan Braakensiek, 1920

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