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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

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

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

Pencil drawing of a neo-rococo table with carved scroll legs and an eight-candle candelabra on top.

Table in neo-rococo style with a candelabrum with eight candles on it

Jules Fossey, 1850

Pencil design drawing of an ornate metal book cover with scrolling foliage, circular medallions and a central sunburst.

Metal-fitted bible binding, with the lamb on the book with the seven seals

Jules Fossey, 1840

Pencil and wash design drawing of a pendant with a round watch and three stylized floral blossoms on an orange sheet.

Design for a Pendant with a Watch

René Lalique, 1900

Design drawing of a lorgnette with a floral-decorated handle beside an oval pair of eyeglass frames on tan paper.

Design for a Lorgnette

René Lalique, 1900

Design drawing of two pendants with blue hydrangea flowers, gold leaves and blue enamel or stone drops on tan paper.

Design for Two Pendants

René Lalique, 1900

Pencil sketch of two loosely drawn human figures on tan paper, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Two human figures

Fik Abbing, 1911

Still life of grapes, peaches, plums and white flowers in a woven basket on a stone ledge, with a walnut in front.

Still life with flowers and fruit in a basket

Anthony Oberman, 1791

Watercolor of a canal-side street with gabled white houses, red roofs, walking figures and their reflections in still water.

Slum in Ghent

George Hendrik Breitner, 1911

Brown wash drawing of a river with a windmill on the left and a sailing boat with a large sail on the right.

River view with sailing ship

Johannes Bosboom, 1846

Watercolor of a brown-sailed boat in shallow water with a second boat and seagulls under an overcast sky.

Bomschuit being pulled onto the beach

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1841

Ink calligraphy model with looping flourishes, a large decorative initial, and lines of Dutch handwritten text on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: Marcus Curius (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing sample with dense Dutch text and elaborate looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Highly learned Wise (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with Dutch text surrounded by large looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: The Mayors (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes framing handwritten Dutch text.

Design for a writing sample: To S. Jaques Olis (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

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