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Engraving of a harbor with ships, bales and barrels, merchants shaking hands, and a notary writing beside a city wall.

Lie and Deceit disrupt a business transaction

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of allegorical figures walking in procession, led by a blindfolded Cupid, with a town in the distance and text belo

Litigation follows Blind Desire

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a litigant ascending courthouse steps with allegorical women carrying bags, a town street behind, Dutch and Lati

He who litigates must be shameless, patient and rich

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a litigator and women in an interior, with a beast devouring goods and a Latin and Dutch caption warning against

Litigating devours money and property

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a man awake in bed by candlelight, a rooster nearby, and two women dancing in a tiled room with verse below.

He who litigates has sleepless nights

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a woman attacked by swordsmen on a city street, with allegorical labels and Dutch and Latin verses below.

Good Cause is threatened

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Black and white lithograph of a crowded beach with carriages, riders, and sailing boats on the sea under clouds.

Departure of Charles II from the beach of Scheveningen to England, 1660

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1818

Engraving of a crowned woman on a kneeling camel holding a censer, with a battle, elephants and a giraffe behind her.

Asia

Adriaen Collaert, 1586

Engraving of soldiers looting a temple, carrying a menorah while a mounted commander watches over fallen bodies in a city str

Antiochus Epiphanes plundering the temple of Jerusalem

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of a violent street scene with armed men, fallen figures, and fleeing townspeople before a city gate.

Mattathias kills a Jew and an envoy of the king

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of robed men in a columned temple, gathered around a fiery altar under a domed ceiling, with Latin text below.

New altar consecrated

Johannes Wierix, 1572

Engraving of soldiers with swords attacking figures among rocks, bodies on the ground, Latin text below.

Army of Antiochus Epiphanes kills Israelites

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Sepia architectural elevation drawing of an ornate multi-story building with sculpted reliefs and flanking trees.

Portrait of Lourens Alma Tadema

Lock & Whitfield, 1881

Engraving of a harvest festival with peasants, a bagpiper, a dancer and buffalo pulling an ox cart on open ground.

Harvest festival

Paolo Mercuri, 1831

Grey wash drawing of rubble from a fallen church tower in Westzaan, with workers among stones and a brick church behind.

Depiction of the ruins of the tower in Westzaan that collapsed on January 1, 1843, by which disaster a house with man…

Herman Thepass, 1843

Pen drawing of a crowd marching in a Hague street carrying banners reading Volk, Vrijheid, Vaderland, with a dog in the foreg

Popular demonstration in The Hague, 1848

J.C. Wendel, 1848

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 five men in a paneled interior, one writing at a table, a dog in the foreground, a man in an open doorway.

Five men in interior

Jan Striening, 1837

Grey wash drawing of a battle scene with infantry firing muskets, a mounted officer, a fallen horse, and a flag among smoke.

Capture of the Russian General Hermann during the Battle of Bergen, 1799

Dirk Langendijk, 1799

Watercolor and pencil drawing of green wooden houses with red tiled roofs and shrubs under a cloudy sky.

View of houses in Nieuwendam

Anthonie van Teijn, 1928

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

Brown wash drawing of a stone church with a domed bell tower and arched windows, flanked by trees, dated 1723.

The church at Ankeveen

F. Berhuyzen, 1723

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky river gorge with steep cliffs, pine trees, a small waterfall and birds in the sky.

Landscape with river between rocks

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Reddish-brown chalk drawing of a forest path lined with tall trees and dense foliage.

Forest landscape

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Engraved print of a man in a wide hat and a woman in a headscarf and patterned skirt, in Zeeland traditional dress.

Zeeland traditional costume

Henry Brown, 1840

Etched natural history plate with numbered skulls, bird heads, feathers, fish, insects, shells and coral arranged in rows.

Encyclopedic representation of animals

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Engraved plate with panels of fossils, crystal forms, snowflake designs, and furnaces with laboratory apparatus.

Encyclopedic representation of fossils, geometry, ice crystals and ovens

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Engraved print of warships at sea above a cutaway view of a ship's interior decks, guns and hull, dated 1774.

Encyclopedic representation of warships

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Horse

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraving of a reclining woman as Venus Victrix on an ornate couch, with Italian title and dedication text below.

Pauline Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix

Domenico Marchetti, 1816

Engraving of a reclining nude woman beside a winged cupid playing a lyre, with an Italian verse caption below.

Naiad

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Etching of a crowned king and queen in an interior with attendants, a kneeling figure, and an armored guard.

Solomon and the queen of Sheba

David van der Kellen

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

Engraved print of a shaggy dog chained beside a wooden kennel, with a village and church steeple in the distance.

Dog

Pieter de Mare, 1768

Engraved view of a formal Italian garden with tree rows, balustrades, a classical villa, and a rowing boat on the water.

Garden of Coco Valmarana in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved 18th-century view of the Piazza del Duomo in Vicenza with a domed church, tower and strolling figures.

Piazza del Duomo in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of a Vicenza street with palazzi, a crowd, a tall decorated column procession, and a cart with horses.

Porta del Castello in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of a Vicenza square with palazzi, carriages, pedestrians and a church tower, framed by a rococo border.

Isola Tolta in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of Vicenza with a church, a bridge over a river, strolling figures and a rococo decorative border.

Chiesa di S. Biasio and surrounding buildings in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of the church on Monte Berico near Vicenza, with a long arcaded portico, a large tree and a town below.

The Beata Vergine Maria church on the Monte Berico near Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Pastel drawing of women sewing at long tables in a bright workshop, with a standing supervisor and tall windows behind.

Garment workshop in the Amsterdam Pijp

Hendrik Jan Wolter, 1920

Engraved city view of Vicenza with horsemen, strolling figures, a palazzo with garden statues, and a distant bell tower.

The Quartiero district in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Etching of a bull standing in shallow water with cattle grazing on a grassy bank and hills in the distance.

Bull standing in shallow water

Adriaen van de Velde, 1657

Engraved view of smoldering ruins after a fire in Rotterdam, with moored boats and crowds along the harbor quay in 1779.

Ruins after the fire in the Pottebakkerssteeg in Rotterdam, 1779

Robbert Muys, 1779

Etching of the Last Judgment: Christ in clouds above, trumpeting angels, naked resurrected figures, and demons driving the da

The last judgment

Willem Basse, 1640

Engraving of the English Episcopal church in Rotterdam beside a canal, with a windmill, drawbridge and boats.

View of the English Church in Rotterdam

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1786

Engraved street view of a town hall and market square with a church tower, figures in period dress, and a dog.

View of the Old Town Hall in Schiedam

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1786

Engraving of a flooded sluice at Delfshaven under a stormy sky, with crowds on the quays and ships along the canal.

Flooding of the sluice in Delfshaven, 1775

Noach van der Meer, 1775

Monochrome print of the Drachenfels ruined castle above a terrace restaurant with guests and stairs, by Ernst Roepke.

Reproduction of a print of a view of the Drachenfels in Germany

Ernst Roepke, 1870

Sepia print of an imagined ruined classical landscape with a lion statue, carved capitals, urns and inscribed stone tablets.

Architectural fantasy with antique elements

Friedrich von Gärtner, 1818

Engraved siege plan of a star-shaped fortified town with bastions, siege lines, redoubts and a legend cartouche.

Siege of Aire, 1710

Matthijs Pool, 1714

Engraving of a carriage and boat capsizing in stormy water, with rescuers in small boats and a town along the shore.

Drowning of Johan Willem Friso, 1711

Matthijs Pool, 1714

Hand-colored 1630 map of the Utrecht province by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, showing rivers, towns and the Zuyder Zee.

Map of the province of Utrecht

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1630

Engraved 1630 map of Gelderland and Zutphen with rivers, towns, a decorative cartouche, compass rose and sailing ships.

Map of Gelderland and Zutphen

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1630

Hand-colored 1740 map of the county of Zeeland with islands, towns, waterways and a decorative title cartouche.

Map of Zeeland

Reinier Ottens, 1740

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

Engraving of two peacocks, a rabbit and a parrot beside a basket, cage and jugs, with a kneeling child at left.

Peacocks, rabbit and parrot

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1611

Engraving of two storks beside a wicker basket and tree stump among reeds, with foliage in the foreground.

Storks

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1611

Etched river landscape with tall trees on the right, a standing figure, a small boat on the water, and a brown wash over the

River view near Maarsseveen

Roelant Roghman, 1637

Engraved view of a white country house behind a formal garden with a patterned parterre, tree rows and strolling figures.

View of Doornburgh house

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Engraved view of a crowded Paris stock exchange hall with men in top hats around a circular railing under tall arches.

Stock exchange in Paris

Édouard Coste, 1744

Engraving of formal garden at Gansenhoef with clipped hedges, statues, a reflecting pond and strolling figures under cloudy s

View of the country estate Gansenhoef

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Engraving of the Hoogevecht country estate with a tree-lined avenue, canal boats, carriage and figures in the foreground.

View of the country estate Hoogevecht

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Etching of the Gansenhoef estate on the Vecht, with tree-lined road, canal, boats and a manor house under a cloudy sky.

View of the country estate Gansenhoef on the Vecht

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Satirical 1905 drawing of a Dutch woman in classical dress, a man in a white suit, and a woman in batik skirt holding hands.

The departure of Bouwmeester to the Indies

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Engraved floor plan of the first storey of a Genoese villa, showing a loggia, a large sala, chambers and staircases with meas

Floor plan of the first floor of the Villa Grimaldi in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Etching of a crowd watching an execution on a scaffold before a white building, with figures walking on a tree-lined path.

Execution of mayor Cornelis van der Burgh in Leeuwarden, 1789

Rienk Jelgerhuis, 1789

Etching of women spinning yarn outdoors beside a wall, with a mother and infant, a dog, a donkey and a child.

Woman spins yarn

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a village surgeon treating a seated patient in a cluttered interior, with a woman, infant and child watching.

The village surgeon

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a shepherd with staff beside goats, a cow, pigs at a trough, a donkey and a dog under a cloudy sky.

Prodigal son as swineherd

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1658

Etching of a wooded river landscape with a hunter and dog on the bank and ducks swimming on the water.

Landscape with hunter hunting ducks

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1658

Etching of a hunter drinking from a stone fountain beside two dogs, with a woman in a headscarf at right and an inscription.

Hunter drinks from fountain

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a donkey loaded with a goose and household goods, with sheep, goats, a woman and a child in a landscape.

Donkey laden with two geese and household goods

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a shepherd with a staff guiding a flock of sheep grazing across an open field.

Swineherd with herd

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Etching of a valley village beneath steep mountains, with two figures resting in the foreground by a fallen tree.

View of Leukerbad

Etienne Fessard, 1780

Engraved town square with a columned city hall, a horse-drawn carriage, and pedestrians in period dress.

View of the Town Hall Square of Neuchâtel

Iselin, 1800

Etching of a herdsman and cattle grazing by a pond beneath trees, with a light sky above.

Shepherd with herd of cows along the water's edge

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Etching of two men playing cards at a wooden table in a rustic interior with beamed ceiling and hanging lamp.

Interior with card players at a table

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Etching of three figures walking past a wooden hut in a rural field, with logs in the foreground and a cloudy sky.

Three figures and a pig near a hut

Charles Émile Jacque, 1846

Small etching of a swineherd walking among pigs across an open field under a streaked sky.

Title print with a swineherd with bridle of pigs

Charles Émile Jacque, 1849

Etching of a dense forest edge with a figure beside a grazing cow, trees and undergrowth rendered in fine hatched lines.

Figure with cow at the edge of the Forêt de Fontainebleau

Charles Émile Jacque, 1849

Engraved print of a sea battle with large sailing warships, smoke, flags and choppy waves under a cloudy sky.

Naval Battle at Dungeness, 10 December 1652

Philippus Velijn, 1797

Engraved interior of a church with a crowd gathered around an altar, a crucifix, tall columns and statues, dated 1792.

Administration of confirmation in the Begijnhof Chapel in Amsterdam

Willem Kok, 1792

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

Watercolor of a farmhouse beside a river with figures on the bank and mountains behind under a dusk sky.

Mountain landscape with a house by a river

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Grey wash landscape with figures and two horses on a winding path below mountains and billowing clouds.

Figures and horses along a path in a mountain landscape

Johannes van Reijn, 1845

Grey wash drawing of a winter village with a tower, thatched house, figures, dog and distant church spires.

Winter landscape with tower and figures

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a moonlit mountain lake with buildings on the shore and a sailboat with two figures.

Mountain landscape with lake at night

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a stone house on rocks above a lake, framed by trees and shrubs, reeds in the foreground.

House by a lake

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a castle with a round turret and tower, a dirt path, and leafy trees on the left.

Landscape with a castle

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Watercolor landscape of a river with a footbridge, a thatched cottage, small figures on a rise, and a stormy sky.

Figures by a bridge over a river

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Pencil drawing of a rustic house with an outside staircase, a large tree, and a mountain landscape behind it.

House in a mountain landscape

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Colour postcard of the Nieuwmarkt and Vischmarkt in Amsterdam with market stalls, the brick Waag and crowds of people.

Nieuwmarkt and Vischmarkt, Amsterdam

Jos. M.H. Nuss, 1901

Engraved historical board game with numbered squares showing portraits, battles, cities and emblems, colored ribbon borders.

Jubilee Year of the Peace of Utrecht

Daniel Joannes Langeweg, 1738