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Pen drawing of a Dutch calligraphy writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes and decorative initials.

Design for a writing sample: Honorable wise provident (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with flourished letters, scrolls and a dedication text in Dutch, by Jan van de Velde, 1605.

Design for a writing sample: The honorable pious Hans vanden Velde (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Design for a writing sample: To Mons. Jean vande Veke (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved writing model with flourished calligraphic border framing French dedicatory text and a large decorative signature.

Design for a writing sample: To very expert (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with French text beside an alphabet, framed by large swirling pen flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Nothing avails men (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Ink calligraphy specimen with looping flourishes, a dedication to H. Gout, and a tall ornamental penwork column at right.

Design for a writing sample: To mons H. Gout (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with flourished script lines and large looping ornamental swashes on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: To my singular friend (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Ink drawing of a 1605 writing sample with flourished capital letters and cursive text framed by looping scrollwork.

Design for a writing sample: Keepe my wordes (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of looping calligraphic flourishes surrounding a block of 17th-century English script text.

Design for a writing sample: Some man keepeth silence (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with German text framed by elaborate looping flourishes and decorative capitals.

Design for a writing sample: Es ist (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pencil drawing of a young couple in 18th-century dress sharing a sheet of music, the man leaning close to the woman.

Singing couple

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Tavern interior with two men at a table, one smoking a pipe and one raising a glass, a woman nursing near the hearth.

The Tavern

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Drawing of a woman as Diana with crescent moon tiara, laurel wreath and bow, rendered in chalk and watercolour on grey paper.

Diana

Abraham Delfos, 1795

Pencil drawing of a seated elderly woman in a white head cloth holding a knife, with a wooden spoon on the floor.

Seated woman with knife

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Woman in a blue fur-trimmed jacket spinning at a wheel beside a sleeping dog, in a wood-panelled interior, colour drawing.

The Spinner

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Watercolour drawing of a lecture with a man touching a skull under a floating pink balloon before a seated audience.

Intermezzo from the comedy 'De min in het Lazarushuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1807

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing man in a long coat and tall boots holding a top hat, with a handwritten note below.

Christiaan Andriessen takes off his hat for his friends

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of women with a parasol and a man in a top hat crossing a dim passage toward a bright doorway.

Christiaan Andriessen and his family leave De Fransche Tuin at one o'clock at night

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Sepia wash drawing of a schoolroom with young women in period gowns seated at benches and a man in a long coat by tall window

Pupils of Miss Zeydelaar's girls' boarding school wish master Christiaan Andriessen a pleasant fair

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of visitors entering a fairground tent, with a performer in a pointed hat on a balcony.

Visitors stream into a fair tent

Christiaan Andriessen, 1808

Watercolor interior with figures in shadow watching a woman in white at a glowing doorway beneath a chandelier.

Poffertjes stall at the fair with a man with a barrel organ

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Night street scene of a vendor with a wheelbarrow of shells, lit by a candle lantern, in brown wash drawing.

Street vendor selling window ashes from his wheelbarrow in the evening

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen sketch of a blindfolded violinist and a hurdy-gurdy player in a top hat with a woman in a cloak on a street.

Three street musicians of whom the violinist is blindfolded

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor in a tall hat raising a lottery ticket and calling out to passersby.

Street vendor sells lottery tickets for the lottery

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing maid watching a kneeling woman with a basket beside stone steps and a grid-paned wind

Maid watches while ribbon is measured

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman by a canal railing, with a standing woman, a child and potted plants at right.

Woman with child buys a Palm Sunday stick

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of four children on a flat boat by a canal, looking up at trees and a building behind a fence.

Four children look from a barge at a sparrow's nest

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a heavyset man with a cane facing a woman in a pink skirt and flying scarf.

Police officer and a woman who tries to seduce him

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly man in a tricorn hat and long coat leaning on a cane beside a railing.

Man with cane and tricorn hat from the Diaconie Oude Mannen en Vrouwenhuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of a woman walking between two men in tricorn hats and long coats along a railed path beside a tree.

Woman is brought to the Workhouse by two guards

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Red chalk drawing of a man wearing a beret and high collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Self-portrait with beret: B-1-1, March 5

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil drawing of a man's face in close-up, looking sideways with a strong nose and dark swept-back hair.

Self-portrait: B-1-1, March 11

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Pencil drawing of a young man with swept-back hair and a knit collar, looking toward the viewer, dated September 1942.

Self-portrait, September 1942

Cor van Teeseling, 1942

Watercolor of an elegant couple in a park, the man crowning the seated woman with flowers beside a peacock and urn.

Elegant couple in a park

Nicolaes Muys, 1750

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical apotheosis with clouds, winged figures and putti rising above a seated sea god and a volc

Apotheosis of a scion of a noble Neapolitan family

Paolo de Matteis, 1672

Grey and blue wash drawing of the Taj Mahal at night, reflected in a pool with a figure standing at right.

Taj Mahal by moonlight

Marius Bauer, 1877

Ink and wash sketch of turbaned men in animated conversation, with a seated figure on the right, signed M. Bauer.

Group of Orientals in deep conversation

Marius Bauer, 1877

Grey wash drawing of a harbor with a large moored sailing ship, many masts behind, rowing boats and warehouses along the quay

View of the Westerdok

Pieter Idserts, 1708

Grey wash drawing of a domestic interior with a woman, a child, an elderly seated woman, and two children at a table.

Interior with a family with children

Jan Josef Horemans, 1692

Grey wash drawing of a mounted procession with a large banner, armed attendants and clergy approaching a distant city.

Entry of the procession of an emperor and pope in a city

Zeger Jacob van Helmont, 1693

Grey wash drawing of a Roman scene with a seated emperor, attendants, columns, and a helmeted soldier gesturing.

Roman scene with an emperor and a general

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1783

Red chalk drawing of a crumbling stone fountain beneath a large tree, with a river and hills in the distance.

Italian landscape with ruined fountain

Frans Boudewijns, 1700

Pencil sketch of a narrow village lane with cottages, chimneys and a figure standing in a doorway.

Street in a fishing village

Albert Baertsoen, 1876

Red chalk drawing of an Italianate landscape with a tall tree beside a rock, a hilltop tower, and a river.

Italian landscape with a tree by a rock

Frans Boudewijns, 1700

Graphite drawing of a nude toddler seen from the side, leaning forward with one arm raised, signed with a monogram and dated

Portrait of Edouard de Block-Loor as a child of two

Eugène François de Block, 1866

Pencil drawing of a woman seated on a chest, seen from behind, wearing a bonnet and full skirt.

Woman sitting on a chest, seen from the back

Eugène François de Block, 1845

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse with a large tree, a wooden shed and fence, on a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of a farm

Eugène François de Block, 1845

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman with a violin beside a doorway, two figures in shadow behind her.

Sitting street musician with a violin

Eugène François de Block, 1822

Faint pencil sketch of a seated woman on beige paper, with white chalk highlights on the upper body.

Sketch of a sitting woman

Eugène François de Block, 1822

Sitting woman doing handicrafts

Eugène François de Block, 1822

Pencil sketch of a sleeping giant draped over a throne above small crowds of figures on a ground line.

Sleeping giant on a throne and several small figures

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of six standing figures in long robes and caps, one gesturing with a raised hand, on pale paper.

Six standing professors

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of two muscular giant figures working, one lifting a bundle, the other carrying a load on his shoulders.

Two building giants

Henk Henriët, 1936

Head with a bird in the hair

Henk Henriët, 1913

Pencil sketch of a group of standing figures in hats and robes, with fainter sketched heads around them.

Group of standing figures

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil study sheet with caricatured male heads in hats and a standing male figure, on tan paper.

Several figures with hats

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of embracing giant figures with a small figure below, drawn on grey paper.

Giants embracing each other and a small figure

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch on beige paper of a woman's upper body and a larger study of her head, by Henk Henriët, 1913.

Upper body and head of a woman

Henk Henriët, 1913

Grey wash drawing of a cathedral with tall towers and spires above riverside houses and a stone bridge.

Cathedral of Lyon

Karel Dujardin, 1655

Pencil sketch of a reclining giant with an open mouth, small figures beside it, and three old faces in the lower right.

Reclining giantess with an open mouth and three heads of old people

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of four large seated giant figures beside a tiny standing figure, drawn in loose overlapping lines on pale pape

Four giants and a small figure

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of a baby with dark hair and a serious expression, shown from the chest up on pale paper.

Baby

Henk Henriët, 1913

Pencil sketch of a large reclining woman on a bed with five small hooded figures around and on her body.

Large reclining woman on a bed next to and on whom stand five small figures

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a feathered hat raising a cup, beside two sketched upper bodies of men.

Standing man and two upper bodies of men

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of a large figure in a plumed hat and ornate collar, with three small heads and tiny standing figures.

Giant, small figures and three faces

Henk Henriët, 1936

Pencil sketch of two men seated at a table, one raising a cup, the other wearing a hat, on cream paper.

Two men sitting at a table

Henk Henriët, 1936

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted rider on a white horse beside warriors under trees, with an army and river crossing in the di

Military exercises of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1783

Grey wash drawing of thatched huts with men, women and children at work and rest in a rural settlement.

Dwellings and businesses of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a thatched hut, figures at a table, children bathing in a stream, and a forest with running dogs.

Recreations of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1782

Grey wash drawing of soldiers and robed men under a tree, with workers building embankments across a flat landscape.

First embanking by Drusus

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1797

Grey wash drawing of a large towered building beside a river, with men towing a boat and a sunburst sky.

Het Huis te Britten

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1797

Grey wash drawing of putti playing in a garden beside a classical column and tree, by Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1782.

Design for title page for: Aloude Staat der Verenigde Nederlanden

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a street scene with men in tricorn hats, a woman on a balcony, a tree and a wheelbarrow.

Street scene

Abraham Frena, 1700

Grey wash drawing of a river with sailing boats, a farmhouse on the right and a church spire in a village on the left.

View of het Kalfje

Engelbert Michaël Engelberts, 1783

Portrait of Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar

Willem Joost Lodewijk Spoor, 1795

Pencil sketch of a water carrier on a rocky slope beside a moored cargo boat with a tall mast, with handwritten notes.

Composition with water carrier and cargo ship

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of figures in a rough interior with a seated man, standing figures, and a rider on horseback below.

Composition with figures in a room with mummies

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Grey wash drawing of two poor people sitting and eating on stone steps by a doorway, with a railing and cobblestones.

Two poor people eating on the stairs of the Diaconie Oude Mannen en Vrouwenhuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Ink and wash drawing of three men on a panorama viewing platform overlooking a hazy city skyline with a church tower.

Christiaan Andriessen and Anthony Andriessen visit the new panorama of Amsterdam

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Ink and wash drawing of three men in cloaks and tricorn hats, two of them helping a third dress, with Dutch inscription below

Three men helping each other dress for the funeral of Caspar Vredenburg

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Ink and grey wash sketch of two standing men in period dress, one holding an umbrella and the other a cane.

Lutheran clergyman J. Tissel and his son

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a woman in a cloak talking to a man in a top hat by a railing, with other figures behind them.

Conversation on the Hogesluis, possibly about the length of the skirt of the woman in the foreground

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Watercolor sketch of two 18th-century men in red and black coats gesturing in conversation, one holding a walking stick.

Two main characters from the opera Doktor und Apotheker by Karl Ditter von Dittersdorf

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a family group in an interior, women in empire gowns and bonnets admiring a fur-trimmed coat.

Family admires the new coat of the sister of Christiaan Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a white headscarf and blue patterned blouse holding a bowl.

Portrait of the sister of the Frisian painter C.J. van Baar van Slangenburgh

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Ink and wash drawing of a nursemaid with a parasol walking with two children in long dresses.

Babysitter with two children under a broken umbrella

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolour sketch of figures battling wind and rain on a street, with a woman in a bonnet and a man with an umbrella

Maid with a very long sunbonnet, a funeral caller and Christiaan Andriessen brave wind and rain

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of two men in long coats walking along a canal promenade lined with trees.

Adult orphan boys from Haarlem walking along the Amstel

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Line drawing of a tobacco field with leafy plants in the foreground and small figures working among the crops.

Tobacco fields

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Grey ink drawing of a dragon head with bulging eyes and whiskers emerging from swirling dark and pale clouds.

Dragon and clouds

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Pen sketch of a seated samurai in armor with a sword across his lap, with red preliminary lines visible.

Samurai in armor

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Pen sketch of a crowd of Japanese figures in robes and topknots on a street, with several overlapping studies.

Street scene, including a man with a fan

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink sketch in a frame of three bust-length figures, two in women's roles with elaborate hairstyles, one with a bald head.

Bust portrait of three actors, two of whom in female roles

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink sketch of two folded lotus leaves with radiating veins on a pale sheet, mounted within a light border.

Sketch page with folded lotus leaves

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Small sketch sheet with grey ink strokes, red inscriptions and a yellow wash, attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige I.

Sketch page

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Sketch of a palanquin with a curved roof resting on carrying poles, with a figure seated inside, drawn in grey ink.

Sketch sheet with sedan chair

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807