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Painting of shepherds, cattle, goats and sheep near a thatched hut with a tree and rolling hills beyond.

Arcadian Landscape with Shepherds and Cattle

Jan van Gool, 1710

Dark still life of dead birds, hanging songbirds, a red powder flask and a game bag on a draped table.

Still Life with Birds and Implements of the Hunt

William Gowe Ferguson, 1684

Painting of two herdsmen driving cattle and sheep along a dirt road beside trees, a river, and distant hills under a warm sky

Landscape with Cattle Drivers

Jan Hackaert, 1660

Painting of shepherds with cattle, sheep and goats at a fountain beneath trees, with a statue and hilltop ruins behind.

Italian Landscape with Shepherds and Animals at a Fountain

Jean Louis Demarne, 1780

Painting of soldiers and mounted officers around a white horse beside thatched buildings under a cloudy sky.

The Prince of Orange changing his Wounded Horse during the Engagement at Boutersem

Cornelis Kruseman, 1837

Loose oil sketch of a black-and-white cow, goats and sheep with herders in a field under a cloudy sky.

Farmyard with Cattle

Eugène Fromentin-Dupeux, 1849

Oil painting of cows, goats and sheep resting by a thatched barn under trees, with a cloudy sky and distant village.

Landscape with Animals

Monogrammist IL, 1700

Half-length portrait of an elderly bearded man in black with a large white lace collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1639

Woman in red hat and blue dress leans over a wooden box as a bird escapes beside her, with a landscape behind.

Escaped Bird: Allegory of Chastity

Frans van Mieris, 1676

Painting of cattle, sheep and goats resting in a grassy landscape beside a large tree and a river under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cattle

Albert Jansz Klomp, 1665

Painting of cows grazing by a stream with two figures drawing water, trees and a thatched barn at right, and a distant villag

Landscape with Cattle

Jan Kobell, 1804

Painted pale blue sky with clouds and many small birds flying across the canvas, some in flocks, one large bird central.

Dolls-house Ceiling-Painting of a Cloudy Sky with Birds

Nicolaes Piemont, 1690

Oil painting of cattle and sheep crossing a river by ferry, with herders, a rider on a grey horse, and a tower under cumulus

The Cattle Ferry

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1700 - 1799

Hunter kneeling on a riverbank aiming a gun, with sailing boats, a heron and a distant town under a pale sky.

A Bird Hunter on a Riverbank

Arent Arentsz, c. 1625 - c. 1630

Two eagles tearing at a dead duck on rocky ground under a cloudy sky, oil painting.

Eagles on the Cliffs

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1857

Chalk drawing of a sleeping polar bear lying on its side, with a faint pencil study of the head above.

Studies of a Recumbent Polar Bear

John Macallan Swan, 1903

Watercolor of a wooded pasture with cattle, sheep and a herdsman resting beneath large trees, dated 1797.

Landscape with two Herdsmen and their Cattle

Pieter Gerardus van Os, 1797

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated dog with a collar, turning its head, resting on a stone pedestal.

Sitting Dog

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1775 - c. 1795

Painting of a red lily stem with several open blooms, buds, and green leaves against a dark background.

Lily

F. L. Hoffmann, 1775

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a horse's head in a bridle, turned to the right, inscribed Pluto.

Head of Pluto the Horse

Wouter Verschuur jr, 1851

Drawing of Venus kneeling with Cupid aiming a bow, two swans in reeds below, a carriage in a forest to the left.

Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Roelant Savery, 1586 - 1639

Brown ink sketch of a man on horseback being helped by a second figure beside the horse.

A man helps a rider on horseback

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640 - c. 1641

Watercolor landscape with large oak trees, a rider, grazing cattle, a village church and a windmill under a pale sky.

Spring, morning and earth Summer, afternoon and air Autumn, evening and water Winter, night and fire

Jacob Cats, 1797

Painting of a red ibis standing beside an egg on sandy ground, with a curved black beak, against a plain background.

Red ibis with an egg

Dorothea Maria Gsell, 1699 - 1701

Watercolor of a flower wreath with passion flowers and lilies around a heraldic coat of arms beneath a crown, with butterflie

Alliance Coat of Arms of Cornelis Calkoen and Maria van der Merct

Maria Moninckx, 1694

Pencil drawing of antlered stags and other deer in a forest clearing beneath a large tree, by Paulus Potter, 1647.

Group of deer in the forest

Paulus Potter, 1647

Gouache drawing of a grey tapir wading in a river, with rocks, trees and a farmhouse in the landscape behind.

Tapir in the water

Willem Hendrik Wilhelmus van Royen, 1706

Drawing of a snarling lion stepping forward with lowered head, raised tail and shaded mane, in brown wash and chalk.

Lion

Cornelis Saftleven, c. 1620 - c. 1630

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd couple with cattle, sheep and a horse beside a thatched shed under a tree.

A Shepherd Couple with Cattle near a Shed

Adriaen van de Velde, 1646 - 1672

Watercolor on parchment of a pink rose and stem with a dragonfly, butterfly, bumblebee, damselfly and fly around it.

A Rose and Five Insects

Christoffel van den Berghe, 1618

Charcoal and watercolor studies of four parrots, three white cockatoos with yellow crests and one green parrot perched on a b

Four Studies of Cockatoos

Jan Weenix, c. 1650 - c. 1719

Grey wash drawing of musicians in an interior with a violinist, a keyboard player, a monkey, a parrot and dogs among instrume

Musicians in an Interior

Leonaert Bramer, 1606 - 1674

Pen and brown ink study of a rearing horse with rider, a horse head, and additional horse legs on paper.

Studies of a Horseman and the Head of a Horse

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1617 - c. 1621

Hand-colored woodcut of a seated dog with a chain collar and a seated cat on a checkered floor, with Dutch captions.

This dog does not bark. / This cat does not steal

erven weduwe Cornelis Stichter, 1715

Print with 24 small hand-colored vignettes of comic figures and animals such as a cat, swan, unicorn, rooster and jester.

Comical figures and animals / Grotesque scenes

Philippus Jacobus Brepols, 1800

Printed sheet with 25 small animal illustrations in labelled grid, some hand-tinted, including camel, zebra, hippopotamus and

Alphabet with animals

Erven H. Rynders, 1800

Hand-colored sheet with twenty-four small comic figures and animals, including a cat, swan, peacock, rooster, unicorn and mon

Comical postures and animals / Postures comiques et animaux

Folkert Holtkamp, 1800

Dog's head

Johannes Tavenraat, 1819

This beautiful horse very brave to run / Is ready for everyone's service, / And boys eager want to buy this horse: /…

Erven H. Rynders, 1551

Etched sketch of a helmeted soldier with a rifle walking past two barking dogs under a cloudy sky.

Two barking dogs chasing a soldier

Pencil drawing of a procession with a crowned queen on a canopied cart, winged torch bearers on horseback, and walking men.

Rhetoricians' procession with a horse-drawn cart with queen, 1620

S. van Zanten, 1800

Hand-coloured print of two uniformed horse artillery soldiers, one with a trumpet, standing on grass with sabres and plumed s

Gunner and Trumpeter, on foot, Horse Artillery

Dirk Sluyter, 1823

Engraving of Justitia with sword and scales falling from a rearing horse above a rocky landscape with ruins.

Justitia falling from a rearing horse

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1611

Woodcut sheet of animals in framed panels around a large hippopotamus, with Dutch verses beneath each image.

The animals, children! that these prints show you, And inhabit water, earth or air, Being called bisexual, deserve in…

Johannes Bouwer, 1805

Brown wash drawing of a young man with a peepshow box and a dog on a sandy path under a cloudy sky.

A Young Man with a Peepshow and a Dog

Cornelis Dusart, 1670

Grey wash drawing of a pale dove perched on a branch beside a tree stump, with grass in the foreground.

Bird in landscape

Krüger jr, 1772

Etching of an archer drawing a bow at a bird in flight, with wading figures and a domed building behind him.

Archer shoots a water bird

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1882

Hand-colored print of a rider in red tumbling over a leaping brown horse at a fence, with a hound running below.

Horseman falls forward from jumping horse

Henry Alken, 1815

Etching of a seated harlequin in a crown and ruff on a block, with a small dog standing beside him.

Harlequin and dog

Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1939

Etching of a resting male lion with a full mane lying on flat, open ground under a pale sky.

Lion

Eugène Verboeckhoven, 1828

Pencil landscape of a large gnarled tree beside a river, with a thatched hut, horse and cart, and two figures on the left.

Landscape with a tree and hut with horse and cart and two figures

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Engraved bird's-eye view of a symmetrical palace with formal gardens, avenues of trees, carriages and figures on the road.

Palace Honselaarsdijk in bird's-eye view

Daniël Stopendaal, 1682

Pencil sketch of several tall wading birds with long necks and legs, one bending down to feed among grass.

Six birds

Lucien Pissarro, 1873

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental title frame with animals, a horseman with hounds, birds and fish around an empty panel.

Title page with animals and horsemen

Jan van der Straet, 1596

Two engraved bird's-eye views of Slot Zeist showing formal gardens, long tree-lined avenues and fields under cloudy skies.

View of Zeist Castle and the surroundings in bird's-eye view / View from Zeist Castle of the village and the surround…

Daniël Stopendaal, 1682

Etching of a woman riding a horse past a city wall, with a winged figure above and onlookers and a child below.

Cloelia escapes on the back of a stolen horse

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Dark cross-hatched drawing of a dog's head with pointed ears and open mouth showing tongue, on a tan background.

Dog Cees

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

Etched landscape with a shepherd and cattle near a stone trough, large trees on both sides, and resting sheep in the foregrou

Landscape with shepherd and cattle

Auguste Numans, 1833

Line drawing in fan shape of a cat on a window ledge overlooking a landscape with mountain and fields.

Cat in the window

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bird of prey with spread wings and yellow talons perched on a rock above waves.

Bird of prey on rock

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Grey wash ornament panel of acanthus scrolls and vine leaves with four birds, signed Johannes Beretta 1791.

Ornament of leaf scrolls and birds

Johannes Beretta, 1791

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

Horse

Domenico Marchetti, 1790