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Engraved print of a tall funerary monument with an angel relief, standing allegorical figures, and a Dutch inscription tablet

Grafmonument van Balthasar Bekker

Jan Goeree, 1742

Comic-strip print of an old soldier and a mischievous boy in sixteen panels, with Dutch captions, in muted colours.

Vader Houwdegen

Monogrammist G.J., 1894

Colored Dutch comic-style sheet of nine panels showing a boy taken by gypsies, a performing bear at a fair, and a family reun

De Roma

Monogrammist G.J., 1894

Colour comic-strip print of twelve panels showing riders, an inn, a tavern fight and horseback chases.

De roovers van het bosch

Twelve-panel colour comic sheet titled De witte dame showing a soldier, a ghostly white-veiled woman, and a castle legend.

De witte dame

J. Gielens, 1894

Engraved diamond cartouche with Latin text surrounded by scrolling ornament, flaming urns and masks on a printed page.

Cartouche met een tekst van Valerius Maximus

Frans Huys, 1557

Colour comic sheet with twelve panels of a boy imitating his father, plus illustrated Dutch proverbs with captions.

Zooals papa / Verbeterde spreekwoorden

Engraving of Cupid with bow driving a horse-drawn chariot in a procession, with Jupiter, robed attendants and a hilltop templ

Triomf van de liefde

Philips Galle, 1563

Twelve-panel colour comic strip with Dutch captions showing a nobleman, a gypsy woman, robbers and a royal coronation.

De juweelen der koningin

J. Gielens, 1894

Engraving of a triumphal chariot procession with a veiled figure labeled Pudicitia, a round temple, and figures in a landscap

Triomf van de kuisheid

Philips Galle, 1563

Caricature of two 1880s men, one holding a "Burgerplicht" protest sign beside a top-hatted companion with a cane.

Spotprent op de verkiezingen voor de Provinciale Staten in augustus 1880 te Amsterdam

Piet Hein Testas, 1880

Lithograph of a seated bronze statue of Baruch de Spinoza in a wooden chair, with captions about the 1880 unveiling.

Baruch de Spinoza (...) Het bronzen beeld onthuld te 's Gravenhage 14 September 1880

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1880

Printed 1880 map of the Amsterdam and Nieuwer-Amstel border area with canals, streets, polders and tan coloring.

Ontwerp - grensregeling Amsterdam - Nieuweramstel. October 1880

Albertus Barend Hendrik Braakensiek, 1880

Lithograph title page with a robed allegorical woman holding a torch, surrounded by caricatures and a crowd, banner reading D

Titelblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, nr. 1, 1860

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1860

Satirical 1850 print of a music festival with caricatured musicians, choir, audience, organ, and fireworks around a central p

Spotprent op het Algemeen Muziekfeest te Haarlem, 1850

Paul Tétar van Elven, 1850

Educational print with a map of North Holland and three engraved views of buildings, with Dutch text below.

De provincie Noord-Holland. 424,000 inwoners

Willem Bal, 1842

Printed children's history sheet with six small scenes of Batavian life and Roman conflict, each with Dutch verse captions.

Voorstellingen uit het leven der Batavieren

Jan Schuitemaker, 1842

Four-panel 1842 Dutch children's print showing a carpenter, bricklayer, blacksmith and shoemaker at work in their workshops.

Hier ziet gij, lieve jeugd! den timmerman, den metselaar, den smid en den schoenmaker werkzaam. Wat heeft ieder wel t…

Antoine Franciscus Cornelis Hoffmann, 1842

Four-panel woodcut print with scenes of rain in a garden, a windmill in wind, a storm, and a solar eclipse, with Dutch text.

Regen, wind, onweer en een zonsverduistering

Jan Schuitemaker, 1842

Woodcut sheet with six scenes of early religion and Christian missionaries in the Low Countries, each with Dutch captions.

Vroegere godsdienst der bewoners dezer landen

Jan Schuitemaker, 1842

Printed educational sheet with a map of Zuid-Holland and four engraved views of Dutch landmarks and text columns.

De provincie Zuid-Holland. 526,000 inwoners

Willem Bal, 1842

Page of four woodcut scenes showing a confectioner's shop, a baker at an oven, a windmill, and a farmer plowing with horses.

Daar hebt gij, lieve jeugd! iets over den koek- en banketbakker, den broodbakker, den korenmolenaar en den landman; o…

Jan Schuitemaker, 1842

Printed sheet with four scenes: an erupting volcano, a waterfall, a rainbow over a bridge, and a falling star over a church.

De Vesuvius, de Rheinfall, een regenboog en een vallende ster

Willem Bal, 1842

Printed sheet with six small engravings of domestic animals, including a cow, sheep, goat, pig, horse and donkey, with Dutch

Tamme dieren

Jan Schuitemaker, 1844

Engraved Gothic church interior with a kneeling bishop in the foreground, stone staircase, and figures in the nave.

Interieur van de Sint-Jan van Lateranen te Rome

Jan van Londerseel, 1601

Engraved portrait of a young boy in a fur-trimmed coat beside a crown, cushion, and putto with an open book.

Portret van een jonge Lodewijk dauphin van Frankrijk

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1697

Engraving of five costumed figures gathered around a stone parapet, with French verse printed in two columns below.

Gezelschap van vijf acteurs bij een parapet

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1735

Engraved portrait of Jean Thierry in a powdered wig and cloak, holding a tool, with a statue beside him.

Portret van Jean Thierry

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1697

Engraving of a Harlequin and Colombina seated under a tree beside a statue, with companions and text below.

Harlekijn en Colombina zittend onder een boom

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1725

Engraving of a guitar-playing Mezzetin figure in striped costume surrounded by five onlookers before classical columns.

Mezzetin met een gitaar omgeven door vijf figuren

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1697

Engraving of a guitar-playing Mezzetin character in striped costume surrounded by five figures beneath a stone arch.

Mezzetin met een gitaar omgeven door vijf figuren

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1735

Engraving of a brick almshouse with a central pediment beside a canal, with carriages, a rider, pedestrians and boats.

Gezicht op het Gebouw van Barmhartigheid te Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1787

Engraved 1673 map of Dordrecht and surrounding polders with rivers, field plots, ships and an ornate decorative cartouche.

Kaart van Dordrecht en omliggende polders

Bastiaen Stopendael, 1673

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant beside a draped bed and cradle, with a Latin and French inscription below.

Maria geeft het Christuskind de borst (Maria lactans)

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1697

Engraving of fishermen hauling a net from two boats while kneeling women and robed men watch from the shore.

Wonderbare visvangst

Simon Thomassin, 1665

Engraving of a melancholic woman resting her head beside a skull, with books, an armillary sphere and a dog in a stone interi

Melancholie

Simon Henri Thomassin, 1729

Etching of a gabled Amsterdam building facade with figures walking past an iron railing on the street.

Gezicht op het rooms-katholieke Maagdenhuis te Amsterdam

Carel Lodewijk Dake, 1887

Engraving of armed men restraining a swordsman beside a reclining woman, with a fountain and mountains behind them.

Herodes wordt door zijn volgers ervan weerhouden zichzelf te doden

Jan Luyken, 1704

Etching of a bearded seated prisoner being mutilated in a vaulted stone prison while armed guards stand watch.

Hyrkanus de oren afgesneden in de gevangenis

Jan Luyken, 1704

Printed game board showing a seated man with dice at a table, surrounded by numbered medallions and rules text, 1818.

Het nieuw vermakelyk spel / Genaamd de Jood

Jan Oortman, 1818

Engraving of an executioner raising an axe over a kneeling man as armored soldiers and a crowd watch before a city.

Antigonus op bevel van Antonius onthoofd

Jan Luyken, 1704

Engraving of a reclining man on a couch being served a cup by an attendant, with a standing woman and draped curtains behind.

Herodes op zijn rustbed

Jan Luyken, 1704

Engraving of a chariot race in a large arena with a crowded arched colonnade and horses racing across the sand.

Renspelen te Jeruzalem

Jan Luyken, 1704

Etching of richly robed men on a bank watching figures drowning in water, with a palm tree and distant castle.

Herodes doet Aristobulus verdrinken

Jan Luyken, 1704

Etching of a seated ruler under a canopy receiving two gesturing men, with courtiers watching in a columned hall.

Alexander en Aristobulus verantwoorden zich voor keizer Augustus

Jan Luyken, 1704

Hand-colored woodcut sheet of sixteen panels showing animals with human faces and Dutch captions, by D. Lijsen, 1836.

Wel kinderen! wat zoudt gij nu meer wenschen? / Deez' beesten lijkenen hier wel menschen

D. Lijsen, 1836

Engraving of soldiers with torches and robed onlookers in a vaulted hall, with a bright light burst near a tomb opening.

Graf van David op bevel van Herodes voor de tweede keer geopend

Jan Luyken, 1704

Nine-panel woodcut sheet with coloured tints telling Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood, with Dutch verse captions.

De nieuwe geschiedenis van Klein Duimpje / De nieuwe geschiedenis van Roodkapje

D. Lijsen, 1836

Printed sheet with twelve woodcut panels and Dutch verses retelling Little Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood, hand-coloured in

De nieuwe geschiedenis van Klein Duimpje / De nieuwe geschiedenis van Roodkapje

Hand-coloured print of sixteen caricatures of human faces on animal bodies, with Dutch captions, 1816.

Wel kinderen! wat zoudt gij nu meer wenschen? / Deez' beesten lijkenen hier wel menschen

Hesselink & Zoon, G., 1816

Hand-colored woodcut of sixteen animal bodies with human heads in costume, with Dutch verse captions, printed in Amsterdam 18

Wel kinderen! wat zoudt gij nu meer wenschen? / Deez' beesten lijkenen hier wel menschen

J.J. Bollemij, 1816

Hand-colored print of four royal guard grenadiers in bearskin hats and uniforms, one with a drum and others with muskets.

Grenadiers der koninglijke garde

D. Lijsen, 1836

Hand-colored print with a sun and crescent moon with faces, stars, and five figures in feathered hats below.

Als deze op uw vlieger staan; / Zal hij goed in de hoogte gaan

D. Lijsen, 1836

Hand-colored broadsheet of rows of costumed figures with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza at top left, with Dutch captions.

Den ridder Don Quichot en onze Sanche Pansje, / Met het volkje van Chamacho maker hier een dansje

Monogrammist B, 1816

Charcoal drawing of a country house among trees beside a pond, with sailboats and a distant church spire on the right.

Landschap bij een buiten, op de voorgrond een vijver

Piet Meiners, 1867

Pencil drawing of farmhouses under trees in a flat rural landscape, on grey paper.

Boerenhuizen onder bomen in de omgeving van Velp

Piet Meiners, 1867

Pencil sketch of a rural landscape with trees, a winding path, grazing animals, and a faint distant skyline.

Schets van een landschap met enkele beesten

Piet Meiners, 1867

Hand-colored woodcut sheet of small figure vignettes with Dutch proverb captions, printed by J.J. Bollemij, Amsterdam, 1816.

k schenk , o! Jeugd deez' prent tot loon, / Want nieuwe bzems vegen schoon, / Want hij is toch een wakkre gast; / Die…

J.J. Bollemij, 1816

Grey pencil drawing of a rural road lined with pollarded willows, a farmhouse at right, and a water-filled ditch in the foreg

Landweg met knotwilgen

Piet Meiners, 1867

Grey chalk drawing of a river landscape with trees, a horse-drawn cart, a rowboat, and a flat horizon.

Rivierlandschap

Piet Meiners, 1867

Pencil sketch of the Doornenburg castle gatehouse framed by trees and reeds beside a water channel.

Het kasteel Doornenburg, tussen bomen

Piet Meiners, 1867

Kop van een vos

Joseph Mendes da Costa, 1816

Watercolor of a Dutch village with a red-tiled house, wooden footbridge over a canal, and two women walking past bare trees.

Dorpsgezicht

Theo Mesker, 1872

Pencil sketch on grey paper of trees and shrubs in a landscape, with a blank sky area above.

Schets van een landschap

Piet Meiners, 1867