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13,729 works

Pencil sketch of a standing draped woman with a child beside her, shown as a sculptural group on pale paper.

Beeldengroep van een vrouw met kind

Pieter Idserts, 1708

Pencil sketch of a seated figure with turned head and hands in lap, on pale paper above a blank panel.

Seated Female Nude

Pieter Idserts, 1708

Grey wash drawing of dunes with seated figures, a church spire on the horizon, and birds flying under a cloudy sky.

Duinlandschap met enige figuren

Pieter Idserts, 1708

Watercolor of a city square with a brick gatehouse, clock tower, theatre café and townspeople in 19th-century dress.

Gezicht op de Leidsepoort en de stadsschouwburg

Eduard Alexander Hilverdink, 1856

Watercolour of a tree-lined road by a canal with a domed gatehouse, windmill, brick house and small figures.

Gezicht op de Tweede Muiderpoort te Amsterdam

Hendrik Keun, 1775

Watercolor of a windmill behind houses and a wall, with a man leading a goat and a woman at laundry on a street.

Gezicht op de molen aan het einde van het Funen

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1885

Sepia watercolor of a canal with an arched bridge, gabled houses, moored barges with crates, and a distant church tower.

Gezicht op het Spui gezien over het Rokin naar de Grimnessesluis

Pieter Godfried Bertichen, 1856

Watercolor of a canal with a stone bridge, carriage, townhouses, trees and a rowing boat on the water.

Gezicht op de Herengracht bij het Koningsplein

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1757

Pencil drawing of a canal harbor with sailing boats, a bridge, gabled houses and an overcast sky.

Gezicht op de Kraansluis

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1847

Zittende beladen kameel

George Antoine Prosper Marilhat, 1821

Charcoal sketch of a boy in a cape examining a small object in his hands, beside a girl in a pinafore looking aside.

Jongen en meisje, ten halven lijve

Adrien Marie, 1858

Small etching of a young boy in a cap walking left, carrying a bottle and a loaf of bread, on a cream sheet.

Lopende jongen naar links, een fles in de rechterarm, een brood (?) onder de linker

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1825

Drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a baby near a latticed window, with a cradle beside her.

Zittende vrouw met baby bij een open raam

Jean-François Millet, 1824

Pencil sketch of an artist's studio with three men at left, a posing nude model at right, easel and framed paintings on walls

Drie kunstenaars in een zeventiende-eeuws interieur

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1835

Pencil sketch of a boy carrying a basket on a ledge above a girl in a long dress, with loose hatching.

Studiebeeldjes van een jongen met een mand en een meisje

Adolphe Mouilleron, 1830

Studie van een jongen met een pak aan een touw

Adolphe Mouilleron, 1830

Pencil sketch of a standing man seen from behind in a cape and cap, carrying a small wooden box.

Schoenpoetser, naar links

Adolphe Mouilleron, 1830

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a rocky Breton coastline with green cliffs and turquoise sea water.

Côte rocheuse en Bretagne Bretonse kustlandschap

Maxime Maufra, 1871

Watercolor caricature of a grinning standing man in a striped waistcoat, tan coat and grey trousers, on a pale ground.

Karikatuur van een staande heer

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1809

Watercolor drawing of five butterflies, a wasp and two flies on cream paper, by Pieter Withoos, 1680.

Blad met vijf vlinders, een wesp en twee vliegen

Pieter Withoos, 1680

Watercolor of a speckled purple-grey spotted crake with yellow bill and legs standing on grass beside shrubs and a tree.

Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) ?

Pieter Withoos, 1687

Watercolor of a branching stem with double yellow buttercups and a small black and yellow insect beside it.

Dubbele gele ranonkel en insekt

Pieter Withoos, 1674

Watercolor drawing of seven insects including beetles, a grasshopper and two flies on a cream background.

A Sheet with Seven Different Insects

Pieter Withoos, 1680

Watercolor of a common snipe with a long bill standing on a grassy bank beside water, signed lower left.

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Pieter Withoos, 1687

Botanical drawing of a white trumpet flower with purple-edged petals on a reddish stem with green leaves.

Indian Thornapple (Datura metel)

Alida Withoos, 1680

Watercolor of a narrow-leaved lupin with pink and white flowers on a tall stem above green palmate leaves.

Narrow-leaved Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius)

Alida Withoos, 1680

Watercolor of a pink and white striped Gallic rose with green leaves and a thorny stem on a pale background.

Gallic Rose (Rosa gallica L. ‘Versicolor’)

Pieter Withoos, 1686

Watercolor botanical drawing of a branch with green leaves, white flower clusters and red berries on cream paper.

Nandina

Alida Withoos, 1680

Pen drawing of a harbor town with gabled houses, a quay, moored sailing boats and two figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op Oudeschild te Texel

Abraham Willaerts, 1639

Pen drawing of a hilly landscape with a shepherd, sheep, shrubs, ruined walls and village houses.

Italiaans landschap met herder

Pieter de With, 1650

Brown ink drawing of an Italian street with weathered buildings, arched windows, column fragments and small figures.

Italiaans stadsgezicht

Thomas Wijck, 1626

Pen drawing of a river landscape with rocks, a sailing boat, a rowing boat, a jetty and a distant ruined tower.

Riviergezicht

Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen, 1590

Grey wash drawing of a wooden windmill beside a canal under a cloudy sky, with a fence and small shed.

Gezicht op de Koenenmolen aan de Nieuwe Meer

A. Goedkoop, 1850

Charcoal drawing of two working men in coats and caps, one gesturing with open hands while the other looks down.

'Mauvais salaire': Twee werklieden

Jan Toorop, 1868

Colored manuscript map of the fortified city of Roermond with star-shaped bastions, rivers and a decorative cartouche.

Map of Roermond, 1705

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1705

Pen drawing of a church interior with an allegorical figure of Faith before a crowd, a ladder, a cross and a pulpit.

Faith

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1559

Pen and wash drawing of a turbaned man and soldiers near a columned round temple, with kneeling figures and a yellow sky.

Alexander de Grote bezoekt de tempel van Jupiter

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior before a tent, with seated bearded men and soldiers beside rocky cliffs.

Alexander de Grote en de gymnosofisten

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield facing a roaring lion among rocky cliffs.

Lysimachus vecht tegen een leeuw

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Ink and wash drawing of a ceremonial marriage scene with a couple clasping hands before a crowned figure and attendants.

Alexander de Grote trouwt met Stateira II te Susa

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Pen and grey wash drawing of soldiers gathered at a table in a columned hall with lattice windows.

Alexander de Grote betaalt de schulden van zijn soldaten af

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Pen and wash drawing of men in a tent camp, several kneeling or seated, one covering his face, under a cloudy sky.

Soldaten van Alexander de Grote vragen vergiffenis

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Grey wash drawing of men tending horses in front of large tents under a cloudy sky.

Alexander de Grote laat de manen en staarten van paarden en muilezels afsnijden

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Grey wash drawing of a dying man in a canopied bed attended by a bearded figure and mourners in a columned room.

Dood van Alexander de Grote

Leonaert Bramer, 1655

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man in a cap, head turned right, with curly hair and soft white highlights.

Zelfportret van Moses ter Borch met muts, naar rechts

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Kop van de berouwvolle Judas

Moses ter Borch, 1653

Drawing of a laughing figure in a cap, seen from the side, in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

Lachend zelfportret, van opzij

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a man with curly shoulder-length hair turned left, on blue-grey paper.

Zelfportret van Moses ter Borch, naar links

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Grey wash drawing of a nude male figure with bound arms standing on a plinth, with Dutch handwriting across the top.

Geboeide, naakte slaafgemaakte man

Moses ter Borch, 1657

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of an elderly woman in a white hood, eyes lowered, head bowed.

Portret van Wiesken Matthijs

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pencil drawing of a young man in a light cap with curly hair, seen from the front, head and shoulders.

Zelfportret van Moses ter Borch met muts, van voren

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman's head in a headscarf, turned left with lowered eyes.

Hoofd van een vrouw met een hoofddoek, naar links

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Wash drawing of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and baggage along a road beneath trees.

De vlucht naar Egypte

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Kop van een oude man

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man seated in a wilderness beside a resting lion, dated 1661.

De Heilige Hieronymus in de woestijn

Moses ter Borch, 1661

Drawing of the descent from the cross with figures on a ladder lowering a body, mourners below, and rays of light.

De kruisafname

Moses ter Borch, 1659

Staande jonge zeeman

Moses ter Borch, 1660

Three-quarter-length Study of a Standing Boy with a Whip, in Profile to the Right

Cornelis Saftleven, 1617

Grey wash drawing of a forest with gnarled trees, a grazing doe and a resting stag on a path.

Bosgezicht met twee herten

Joannes de Bosch, 1760

Grey wash drawing of a canal with stone towers, a city wall, and two women working on cloth on the grassy bank.

Gezicht op de Plompetoren te Utrecht

Joannes de Bosch, 1748

Watercolour of a ship's deck with a striped mainmast, cannons, barrels, rigging and a sailor climbing the ropes.

Dekzicht van een VOC-schip naar de grote mast

Jan Brandes, 1778

Watercolor sketchbook page of sea fish and a squid, including a flying fish, a garfish and a flatfish, with Dutch notes.

Zeevissen

Jan Brandes, 1778

Pencil drawing of a vine branch with serrated leaves and curling tendrils on a pale sheet.

Tak met wingerd

Paul Theodor van Brussel, 1764

Watercolor sketch of a rainbow arching over rough sea, with smaller rainbow studies over green land and handwritten notes.

Regenbogen op zee en op land

Jan Brandes, 1778

Pencil and wash sketches of two hammerhead sharks on a sketchbook page, with handwritten Dutch annotations.

Hamerhaai

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil sketch of a canal with a church tower, a windmill, a crane and moored boats along the quay.

Gezicht op de Nieuwe Vaart met de Oosterkerk en de molen De Gooyer

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Grey wash drawing of a brick warehouse with arched windows beside a canal, with small boats on the water.

Gezicht op 's Lands Zeemagazijn aan de IJgracht

Abraham de Haen, 1717

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical building beside a canal with rowing boats, a bridge, and people on the quay.

Gezicht op het Paleis van Justitie aan de Prinsengracht

Augustus Wijnantz, 1805

Pencil drawing of a canal house facade on the Herengracht with two trees in front and reflections in the water.

Gezicht op Herengracht 495

Tinus de Jongh, 1895

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a railed bridge, tall trees, townhouses, a windmill and small boats on the water.

Gezicht op de Spiegelgracht

Gerrit Lamberts, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a Dutch street with townhouses, a horse and rider, pedestrians and trees.

Gezicht op de Herengracht, hoek Spiegelstraat

Willem Hekking jr., 1835

Grey-toned drawing of a nude woman with flowing hair embraced by a draped figure in a stormy, moonlit sky.

De geesten van Malvina en Oscar

Anne-Louis Girodet, 1816

Watercolor of a river valley with poplars, a distant town, hills and pale blue mountains under a cloudy sky.

Landschap met een rivierdal in Zuid Frankrijk

Henri Harpignies, 1861

Pencil sketch of a harbor with moored sailing boats, a quay, waterfront buildings and small figures under an open sky.

Gezicht op een Normandische stad

Charles Louis Mozin, 1816

Watercolor of dark rocky cliffs above a sandy beach with scattered boulders and a cloudy sky under a pale blue sky.

Les Roches noirs, bij Villers

Paul Huet, 1813

Watercolor interior of the Hagia Sophia with a golden dome, striped arches and worshippers on a patterned carpet.

Interieur van de Aya Sophia met geknielde en staande Turken

George Antoine Prosper Marilhat, 1821

Pencil drawing of a shepherdess leaning on a staff beside sheep, with dark trees and an open field behind her.

Schaapherderin, leunend op een stok

Jean-François Millet, 1860

Drawing of a fishing boat with full sails tossed by stormy waves, with white highlights on a brown paper ground.

Vissersschuit in een storm

Eugène Isabey, 1865

Watercolor of white houses and red roofs below wooded hills, with a ruined tower and misty mountains behind.

Landhuizen aan de voet van de bergen, hooggebergte in het verschiet, La Turbie

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1875

Kwak (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Watercolor drawing of a grey-brown water hen with green legs and orange bill, with handwritten labels on a manuscript page.

Waterhoen (Gallinula chloropus)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Pencil study of 18th-century figures, including a man in a tricorn hat and a woman in a feathered headdress.

Studie voor het vertrek van Willem V naar Engeland, 18 januari 1795

Dirk Langendijk, 1795

Pencil sketch of a rider in a hat on horseback, with loose construction lines and light foliage in the upper right.

Ruiter te paard

Dirk Langendijk, 1758

Brown wash drawing of a herdsman with a staff riding an ox, with cattle, sheep and a dog in a rocky landscape.

Herder met koeien en schapen

Philipp Jacques Loutherbourg, 1708

Chalk portrait drawing on blue paper of a smiling woman with curled hair, shown from the shoulders up.

Portret van een mejuffrouw Swiers geboren Moleneyser

Mattheus Verheyden, 1710

Pencil drawing of a single pale egg with a soft cast shadow on aged paper, with handwritten labels below.

Duivenei

Jan Brandes, 1770

Pencil sketch in side view of an ornate sleigh with curved body and long runners on a pale sheet.

Arrenslee

Jan Brandes, 1787

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded old man in a robe and cap, raising one hand in gesture.

Zittende oude man met opgeheven linkerhand

Jan van den Bergh, 1596

Watercolour of two armoured knights on horseback with lances and heraldic shields, one red and white, one yellow with red sta

Ridders met de familiewapens van Brandes en Hirschman

Jan Brandes, 1770

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a tricorn hat, a reclining cloaked figure, and a standing figure beside a tree.

Het vertrek van Willem V naar Engeland, 18 januari 1795

Dirk Langendijk, 1795

Pencil sketch of the Brandes family coat of arms with a crown and bee motifs, with handwritten Dutch explanatory text on the

Familiewapen van Brandes

Jan Brandes, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a drawbridge over a canal, with riders, pedestrians, tree-lined street and buildings beyond.

Het Gouverneurshuis te Batavia

Dirk Langendijk, 1758

Chalk portrait of a woman turned left, with curled upswept hair, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Portret van een vrouw, naar links

Mattheus Verheyden, 1710

Watercolor of uniformed officers meeting on marshy ground in misty fields, with mounted soldiers and horses on the right.

Ontmoeting van Franse officieren in Holland, 1793

Charles Rochussen, 1867

Oval drawing of a carriage and riders crossing a stream through a stormy forest with lightning overhead.

Koets die een beekje wil doorwaden

Charles Rochussen, 1824

Sepia drawing of a family strolling a wooded path in summer, with a wicker pram, a dog, and a distant church spire.

De Zomer

Charles Rochussen, 1824