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Grey wash drawing of two sailing boats on choppy water with a distant village and church spire on the left.

Ship under sail on the Meuse, in the distance the villages of Oud and Nieuw Beijerland

Nicolaas Wicart, 1758

Etching of a sailing boat and rowboat on a calm, reflective sea with distant sails on a misty horizon.

Boats on a misty and calm sea

Arthur John Trevor Briscoe, 1925

Engraved seascape with several sailing ships on choppy water and figures with barrels on a shore at left.

Seascape with various sailing ships

Gerrit Groenewegen, 1793

Engraving of a winged horse flying over a walled city, with a serpent-tailed sea monster in the foreground.

Flying winged horse and sea monster

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Etching of a seated man in a cap in a dim cabin, lit by a hanging lamp at upper right, with deep shadow on the left.

Ship captain in his cabin at evening

Arthur John Trevor Briscoe, 1925

Woodblock triptych of naval officers on a warship deck firing at a burning enemy ship in rough seas.

Kabayama, head of the naval command, attacks an enemy ship with the Seikyô Maru

Adachi Ginkô, 1894

Japanese woodblock triptych of a naval battle with warships, explosions, smoke and sailors struggling in turbulent sea waves.

Special edition of September 20: the fierce battle near an island in the ocean

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1894

Grey wash drawing of workers and onlookers at a stone dry dock construction site with scaffolding and a wooden bridge.

Work on the sea lock and dry dock at Hellevoetsluis, ca. 1802

Balthazar Jooss, 1802

Watercolor of ruined houses and rubble along a Leiden canal after an explosion, with people on the quay and a church spire be

View of the ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the explosion of the gunpowder ship on January 12, 1807

Jan Willem Pieneman, 1807

Engraving of nude sea nymphs surrounding an ornate ship as a helmeted warrior stands on deck, with sailing ships behind.

Aeneas' fleet surrounded by sea nymphs

Jacob Folkema, 1743

Hand-coloured 1634 nautical chart of the Flemish coast with ships, sandbanks, compass rose and town vignettes.

Map of the Flemish coast between Dunkirk and Gravelines

Pieter Codde van Enchuysen, 1634

Hand-colored 1658 sea chart of Ireland and surrounding coasts with compass roses, rhumb lines and sailing ships.

Sea chart of the sea west of Ireland

Hendrick Doncker, 1658

Hand-coloured 17th-century sea chart of the Bay of Biscay with compass roses, rhumb lines, ships in battle and decorative car

Sea chart of the Bay of Biscay

Frederik de Wit, 1675

Grey wash drawing of a sailing boat on a river beside a farmhouse and distant church tower under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with river and sailing ship

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Line and wash print of a reclining nude figure on the shore, with a sailing ship and birds over blue-green sea.

Sleeping naked woman by the sea

Raoul Dufy, 1887

Engraved 1707 map of the northern French coast with sailing ships, towns, roads and sandbanks.

Map of the North French coast, 1707

Jacobus Harrewijn, 1707

Pencil drawing of a two-masted sailing ship moored at a quay, with rigging, sails and small figures on deck.

Sailing ship at a quay in Dordrecht

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1885

Watercolor of three sailing vessels on blue sea, two brown-sailed boats in front and a masted ship at right.

Three ships: two speronaras from Scilla and a tartane

Louis Ducros, 1778

Etching of three sailing ships on calm water under a cloudy sky, with birds and a distant windmill on the shore.

Sailing ships on calm sea

Paul Parmentier, 1864

Etching of moored peat barges with masts on calm water, a hazy city skyline with church spires in the distance.

Peat ships in the IJ

Willem Witsen, 1910

Etching of a large wooden ship tilted on its side at a dock, masts angled, with workers and onlookers on the quay.

The caulking of a mirror ship

Jakob Haig, 1897

Cartoon-style print of a man in a fur hat pouring a kettle on ice, with ships and steam on a canal behind him.

Man melts the ice on the North Sea Canal

Roeloffzen & Hübner, 1891

Hand-colored print of a woman and children greeting a returning boy by a stone house on a coastal cliff with sailboats.

Child returning from sea

Frédéric Charles Wentzel, 1850

Colourful design for a stained glass dome with symmetrical scrolls, dragon forms and geometric borders in red and gold.

Design for a stained glass dome for the music room of the ship J.P. Coen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Engraving of Dutch warships firing cannon off a town shore, with a cherub holding a title scroll above.

Capture of Cochin by Dutch V.O.C. ships

Coenraet Decker, 1682

Etching of sailing barges with dark sails at anchor on calm water, a windmill on the distant shore at right.

Sailing ships at anchor near Dordrecht

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1877

Etching of a calm sea with dark-sailed boats, a large ship on the right, and figures in a rowing boat near shore.

Seascape with sailing ships

Willem Gruyter jr, 1832

Engraving of a large ship at a quay with people boarding rowboats and a crowd with horses near a stone tower.

James II boards a ship to France in Waterford, 1690

Pieter Pickaert, 1691

Etching of a sailing boat on calm water with the words LA HOLLANDE on its sail, windmills on the distant shore.

Sailing ship on the Meuse

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of a river with moored sailing boats, a wooden jetty and house, and a rowing boat with figures in front.

River view with moored sailing ships

Willem Gruyter jr, 1832

Lithograph of ships tossed by large waves under a dark, stormy sky, with one vessel tilting on a crest in the foreground.

Ships on rough sea

Isodore-Laurent Deroy, 1828

Engraving of a three-masted ship battling waves beside a sea monster, with smaller boats and a distant town in the background

Fable of the ship and the whale

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Etching of sailing ships on rough sea with a man on the shore at right, under a cloudy sky.

Seascape with sailing ships

Willem Gruyter jr, 1846

Sepia engraving of a harbour with boats, men loading cargo, a classical arched gateway and a tower under a cloudy sky.

Harbor view with sunset and Roman gate

Richard Earlom, 1774

Engraved oval vignette of a setting sun over dunes and sea, with a lyre, scroll, swan and decorative letter A in front.

Letter A and a seascape with a setting sun and allegorical objects

Etching of a stormy sea with sailing ships, a fishing boat, and a figure with a pole on the shore.

Seascape with sailing ships

Willem Gruyter jr, 1844

Sepia engraving of a harbor with classical arches, moored sailing ships, a rowboat with figures, and barrels on the quay.

View of a seaport by rocky coast with Roman structure

Richard Earlom, 1774

Engraving of three scenes showing boats hauled over land and along water, with a horse, a large wheel, and figures.

Ships pulled across land and a overtoom

Giovanni Battista Falda, 1677

Etching of a sailing boat and rowboat near a shore, with fishermen on the bank and a distant ship under cloudy skies.

Sailing ship on the coast

Willem Gruyter jr, 1832

Sepia mezzotint of a harbour with a classical arch, tall ships, rowing boats and workers loading cargo near the shore.

Harbor view with Roman structure and fountain at sunset

Richard Earlom, 1774

Lithograph of a ship tilted in a stormy sea, with two figures on deck and a swimmer in the waves.

Ship in distress during severe storm

Charles Rochussen, 1824

Etching of fishing boats with tall sails moored together on calm water, with two distant sailboats on the horizon.

Fishing boats on calm sea

Engraved 1849 nautical chart of the Chinese coast and Formosa, with coastlines, islands, soundings and a compass rose.

Sea map of the Strait of Taiwan or Formosa Strait

P.C. Tesch, 1849

Watercolor of sailing boats and a steamboat on a choppy waterway with a city skyline and church towers under cloudy skies.

View of ships on the IJ, looking towards the Kamperhoofd

Petrus Josephus Lutgers, 1870

Etching of a sea scene with sailing boats on choppy water, a steamship on the right, and distant ships on the horizon.

Seascape with sailing ships

A.J.J. Bond, 1900

Pencil drawing of a sailing boat in the foreground with moored ships and low hills across calm water.

Sailing ship with ships at anchor in the background

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Engraving of a three-masted ship heeling in rough seas under a cloudy sky, with distant vessels on the horizon.

Sailing away of the ship Prins Willem, 1781

Reinier Vinkeles, 1781

Pen drawing of several three-masted ships on a calm sea, sketched as studies across one sheet of paper.

A sheet of studies of three-masters in a calm sea

Willem van de Velde, 1693

Grey wash drawing of a rowing boat with figures and two sailing barges on calm water near a distant shore.

Some barges near a coast

Jacobus Luberti Augustini, 1763

Etching of an explosion on a city canal with flying debris, a leafless tree, a fleeing man, and a church tower.

Explosion of the gunpowder ship in Leiden

Joannes Bemme, 1807

Etching of a harbor shore with a sailboat, two walking figures and a distant town skyline with church spires.

View of the outer harbor of La Rochelle

Gustave Leheutre, 1904

Engraving of Vlaardingen harbor with moored sailing boats, gabled houses, a church tower, and figures on the quay.

View of a part of the harbor of Vlaardingen

Jan Caspar Philips, 1746

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

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

Engraved view of Vlaardingen harbour with stepped gable houses, a church tower, moored boats and a drawbridge on the right.

View of a part of the harbor of Vlaardingen

Jan Caspar Philips, 1747

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

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

Etching of moored sailing ships with masts along a quay, figures on the bank, and low houses across the water.

Moored sailing ships by a quay

Jan van Rhijnnen, 1869

Engraving of sailing boats and a large ship on rough water at the harbor of Brielle, with a church tower and windmill on the

View of the harbor of Brielle

Mathias de Sallieth, 1779

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

Etching of a canal harbor with a brick tower, gabled houses, masted boats and a standing figure beside the water.

The harbor at Leerdam

Willem Wenckebach, 1899

Engraving of the Vlaardingen harbor with sailing boats, rowing boats, windmills and a church tower under cloudy skies.

View of the harbor of Vlaardingen

Mathias de Sallieth, 1780

Black and white print of Rotterdam harbor with dock cranes, a moored ship bow, and rippling water reflections.

Harbor view of Rotterdam

Johan Hendrik van Mastenbroek, 1925

Etching of a woman in a bonnet carrying a basket and fish, standing before a brick bridge and dune landscape.

Girl from fishing village on the North Sea coast

Gillis van Scheyndel, 1620