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Pencil sketch of a cattle market with cows, herders and figures, a church tower and village rooftops behind.

Cattle market

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Study sheet with drawing examples: heads, body parts and animals

Michael Snijders, 1610

Lithograph with three scenes of oriental figures: an ox cart by ruins, a seated camel, and a man and woman with a jar.

Three representations of oriental figures and animals

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Engraved plate of six animals with Dutch labels: hippopotamus, porcupine, sheep, tiger, tortoise and civet cat.

Animals in South Africa

Abraham Zeeman, 1727

Engraved study sheet with eyes, faces, ears and animals including a donkey, fox and chameleon, by Michael Snijders, 1610.

Study sheet with drawing examples: eyes, heads and animals

Michael Snijders, 1610

Sheet of twenty-four hand-colored bird illustrations arranged alphabetically from A to Z, with Dutch labels beneath each bird

All sorts of birds, arranged in alphabetical order

Franciscus Antonius Beersmans, 1866

Engraving of hunters with spears and bows attacking a lion, with elephants, a monkey in a tree, and archers in the background

Hunt for wild animals by the Khoekhoe

Abraham Zeeman, 1727

Engraved study sheet with heads of women and children, a putto with fruit, a dog, and two fighting animals.

Study sheet with drawing examples: heads and fighting animals

Michael Snijders, 1610

Engraving of horse-drawn sleighs travelling through a snowy winter landscape with bare trees and conifers.

Winter landscape with horse-drawn sleighs

Andreas Stöttrup, 1782

Sheet with eight ink sketches of a cat in different resting and sleeping poses, with faint pencil lines beneath.

Sketch sheet with eight studies of a cat

Rik Wouters, 1892

Etched study sheet with portrait heads, a torso, and studies of a lion, horse, hawk, rabbit and squirrel.

Study sheet with drawing examples: heads, torso and animals

Michael Snijders, 1610

Sheet of pencil and watercolour studies of lionesses and lion cubs, including heads, a walking figure, and resting cubs.

Studies of lions

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Lithograph of three flamingos by a pond beside a bucket, with a cat watching from a window.

Three flamingos and a cat

Louise Marie Françoise van der Beek, 1842

Engraved study sheet with skeleton, cherub, draped woman, seated man, flying fish, birds and dog.

Study sheet with drawing examples: animals and various figures

Michael Snijders, 1610

Watercolor and pencil studies of a black and tan dog in sitting, lying and curled poses on a cream sheet.

Study of a dog

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Hand-colored print of nine vignettes showing horses from different countries, including carriage teams, riders, a hunt and a

Horses

Hermann van der Moolen, 1843

Engraved study sheet of numbered fantastic creatures including a centaur, griffin, owl-man and two-headed child.

Study sheet with drawing examples: mythical animals and rarities

Michael Snijders, 1610

Etching of a mare grazing beside water with a foal, willow trees behind, and a large decorative letter E at lower left.

Letter E and a landscape with a horse and a foal

Lithograph of a man in a top hat pointing beside a laughing man in shirtsleeves, with a horse and clogs on a street.

Two coachmen talk about their horses

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1840

Torn engraved print of a reclining lion beside a skull, with a second lion at left and Latin text in a curved band.

Lion

Jacques de Gheyn, 1580

Head of a horse

Floris Croese, 1763

Dog's head

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828

Hand-colored print of a woman riding a white horse at a farm, with a servant woman, a boy with a fruit basket, and a dog.

Lady on a horse visits a farm

Jules Marie Desandré, 1840

Black and white woodcut of two long-tailed birds perched on a branch, one above the other, within a rectangular frame.

Two birds on a branch

Janus de Winter, 1892

Lithograph of a small child standing on a grey horse's back in a dark stable, arm outstretched.

Small child standing on the back of a horse

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828

Lithograph of a noblewoman in pink jumping a wooden fence on a white horse, with a rider and dog in a countryside landscape.

Noblewoman jumps with horse over a fence

Jules Marie Desandré, 1840

Hand-coloured lithograph of a grey Arabian horse with saddle beside wooden posts, a pistol on the ground, and a seated man be

Arabian horse of Godert van der Capellen

Abraham Hendrik Winter, 1842

Engraved print of three ornamental friezes with scrolling foliage, animals, hunters and a figure with a lyre.

Three ornamental friezes with Apollo, animals and hunters

Abraham Helmhack, 1664

Hand-colored print of a woman in blue clinging to a leaping white horse over a fence by a stream, oval frame.

Lady on a runaway horse

Jules Marie Desandré, 1840

Woman playing the piano and a horse

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Printed page with three ornamental friezes of scrolling foliage, birds, urns and rosettes, by Abraham Helmhack.

Three ornamental friezes with foliage and birds

Abraham Helmhack, 1664

Etching of a figure and two horses before a misty castle silhouette with towers under a pale dusk sky.

Figure and two horses near a castle in the mist

Albrecht Felix Reicher, 1868

Pencil sketch of seven upright grain sheaves and a small harnessed horse on a pale yellowish sheet.

Seven sheaves of grain and a horse

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Engraved ornament with a wild boar, hounds, porcupine, frog and mouse among scrollwork foliage and masks.

Ornament with wild boar, dogs, porcupine, frog, mouse and masks

Abraham Helmhack, 1664

Standing horse near a river

Charles Tschaggeny, 1825

Print of Daniel praying among lions in a rocky cave, with a skull and stone ruins in the background.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1809

Etching of a village inn with travelers, horses and wagons under a cloudy sky, with a distant church spire.

Landscape with inn and resting horses and wagons and horsemen

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Etching of a grazing horse lowering its head to eat plants in a field, with a farmhouse on the horizon under a cloudy sky.

Grazing piebald horse

Charles Tschaggeny, 1825

Engraving of Noah and his family leading animals onto the ark, with elephants, lions and birds in the sky.

Noah boards the ark with his family and the animals

Cornelis Cort, 1558

Etching of an ornate urn with a lion head and two mermaids clinging to its sides, on a plinth.

Vase with two young mermaids and a lion's head

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Standing horse

Charles Tschaggeny, 1825

Etching on one sheet: two cats, one lapping from a plate above, a seated tabby cat drinking from a dish below.

Print with two cats, one drinking from a plate and a print with a drinking cat

Willem de Zwart, 1885

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated dog with head lowered, shown in three-quarter view on grey paper.

Seated Dog

Jacob Jordaens, 1638

Calendar sheets for July, October and September with drawings of wheat sheaves, a swan, rabbits and insects.

Calendar pages for April, May and June, with lizard and birds

Theo van Hoytema, 1901

Etching of two cats on a table, one bending to drink from a plate, with loose hatched shadows across the surface.

Two cats, one drinking from a plate

Willem de Zwart, 1885

Twenty sequential photographs in four rows show a rider on a galloping bay horse, documenting its stride in motion.

Gallop; Thoroughbred Bay Horse Bouquet

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

Red-toned print of calendar leaves with animal silhouettes, bird figures and faint Hermi soap advertising across the sheet.

Calendar pages for August, November and December, with birds

Theo van Hoytema, 1901

Pencil and colour drawing of a bird of prey's head, facing forward, with ruffled brown feathers and a hooked yellow-tipped be

Head of a bird of prey

Jean Bernard, 1818

Lithograph of a seated mother holding an infant, a young girl playing with a dog, and a woman writing in a domestic interior.

Mother with three children and a dog

Chrétien, 1822

Red-toned calendar sheet with date grids, bird and animal silhouettes, floral roundels and faint soap advertising lettering.

Calendar pages for January, February and March, with birds

Theo van Hoytema, 1901

Grey lithograph of a lion beside a pedestal, with a winged woman offering a wreath beneath a cross in the clouds.

Belgian lion near an altar

Eugène Verboeckhoven, 1829

Lithograph of a Dutch interior with a woman playing lute, a couple in period dress, a dog, and caryatid columns.

Dutch interior with two ladies, a gentleman and a dog

Chrétien, 1822

Three-panel calendar for April, May and June with lizard, nesting bird, and fledglings, framed by insect and plant borders.

Calendar leaves for April, May and June, with lizard and birds

Theo van Hoytema, 1901

Etching of three dogs in an interior by a draped curtain and paneled door, with a ball and stick on the floor.

Three dogs waiting by a door

Charles Hubert Denis Boland, 1884

Sepia print of carriages and an omnibus on a Paris street with pedestrians and a bridge railing in the foreground.

View of carriages and horse-drawn trams on the Pont des Arts in Paris

Pierre Bonnard, 1895

Lithographic calendar sheet with a pen stand, two birds on a rock, and a December panel showing birds over snowy trees.

Calendar leaves for August, November and December, with birds

Theo van Hoytema, 1901

Drawing of several horses in a stylized landscape with a rising sun, in muted ochre, grey and green tones.

Horses in landscape

Leo Gestel, 1928

Engraved print of a lion facing a ram among dense, curling ornamental foliage and scrollwork.

Ornament with lion and ram

Monogrammist HW, 1480

Hand-coloured drawing of a yellow coach pulled by four horses, with a postilion and two footmen in livery.

Carriage with four horses

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Pencil and wash drawing of small pavilions, fences and figures among trees, with a larger scene on the right.

View of animal enclosures in Artis

Willem Hekking jr, 1838

Engraving of two men conversing in an interior with a fireplace, one holding a quill pen and a document.

Meeting of the Grand Pensionary Cats with Willem II

Philippus Velijn, 1828

Lithograph of a farmer herding cattle and sheep with a dog before a stormy sky, bent trees at right.

Farmer with his animals fleeing from a hurricane

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1837

Etching of mounted turbaned hunters spearing lions across a landscape with palm trees, by Antonio Tempesta, 1609.

Lion hunt

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Lithograph of a shepherd resting beside a cow and sheep, with a mountain landscape and clouds behind them.

Shepherd playing with dog

Frederik Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1838

Etching of a boy in dark clothes leading a white horse by the bridle across a grassy field.

A boy holds a horse by the bridle

Joannes Bemme, 1800

Engraved dedication print with two hunters, hunting dogs, horses and dead game flanking an Italian text cartouche, by Antonio

Cartouche with inscription, hunters, hunting dogs, horses and dead animals

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Grey wash drawing of a man leaning on a cloth rail beside a spotted horse in front of a wooden stable.

Man with horse in front of the stable

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1790

Engraved pastoral landscape with cows resting and grazing, a seated woman and herder near a fence, and large trees under a cl

Landscape with shepherds and cattle

Robert Daudet, 1778

Brown ink sketch of a hunting dog carrying a bird in its mouth, with loose studies of plants and a second bird.

Hunting dog with bird in its mouth

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a groom leading a horse into a stable doorway beside an ivy-covered brick wall.

Stable hand leading a horse into the stable

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1790

Pencil sketch of a herder with cattle on a path beside bushes and a leafy tree, by Hermanus Fock, 1781.

Landscape with cattle herder

Hermanus Fock, 1781

Brown ink drawing of two spotted hunting dogs walking across grassy ground, one in front of the other.

Two hunting dogs

Johannes Tavenraat, 1880

Hand-colored print of a seated orange and grey tabby cat on a pedestal, with Dutch verses above and below.

No more useful animal for rat and mouse / Than a nice little cat in your house. / For it searches every nook / to see…

Jan Hendriksen, 1781

Three swallows in flight beside drooping willow branches on a pale blue-grey background, with a red seal in the corner.

Three birds in full flight

Ohara Koson, 1887

Hunting dogs

Johannes Tavenraat, 1870

Design sheet with stylized animal border, interlaced monograms in red and gold, and a decorative initial J.

Vignettes with animals and monograms and an initial J

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Engraved relief design with muscular Hercules figures flanking a central framed cartouche, a bull, a horse, and a cherub.

Relief flanked by Hercules with the Bull of Crete and Hercules with a Horse of Diomedes

Louis Surugue, 1713

Brown ink and wash drawing of three hunting dogs, one drinking from a bowl at left, one standing in front, one at right.

Hunting dogs with drinking trough

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

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

Bird's-eye engraving of the 1883 Amsterdam colonial exhibition with halls, a fountain, a gateway and crowds of visitors.

The International Colonial and Export Trade Exhibition in Amsterdam in 1883. Bird's-eye view, drawn by J.C. Greive Jr.

E. & A. Tilly, 1883

Hunting dog

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Etching of horsemen and horses under a large tree, with a rearing white horse, a dog, and a cloudy sky.

The striking gray horse

Johannes Arnoldus Boland, 1860

Etching of a kneeling woman opening a birdcage while a bird flies off into the sky, with a landscape behind.

Woman frees bird from cage

Geertruida Margaretha Jacoba Huidekoper, 1839

Brown ink and wash sketch of a spotted hunting dog chasing a running hare across a grassy field.

Hunting dog in pursuit of a hare

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Etching of cattle and sheep resting by a pond beside a wooded hillside, with a herder leaning against a large tree.

Shepherds with their cattle

Johannes Arnoldus Boland, 1860

Engraved title page with a putto between a lion and an eagle above a Latin inscription in a scrolled cartouche.

Title print with a putto between a lion and an eagle above a cartouche

Jean LeClerc, 1697

Sketch sheet with heads, tree and dog

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Engraved ornamental print with a reclining river god surrounded by sea creatures, foliage arches and grotesque figures.

Flat decoration: frieze with animals and river god

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1557

Engraving of a man in a hat beside a saddled horse, with a resting horse, barrels and a cart wheel in the foreground.

Two horses and a man

Jean LeClerc, 1597

Brown etching of a shaggy dog's head facing forward, with a dark nose and intent eyes, signed in the lower margin.

Dog's head

Florimond Buyck, 1870

Head with a bird in the hair

Henk Henriët, 1913

Engraving of a dog standing beside three cows, two resting, with a robed figure under a tree at left, within a decorative bor

Dog with three cows

Jean LeClerc, 1597

Engraved title page with a crowned allegorical woman flanked by two lions, a shield, globes and tools, with Dutch text below.

Amsterdam City Maiden flanked by two lions

Hubert Quellinus, 1663

Lithographed title page in Dutch with ornate display lettering and calligraphic flourishes for animal studies after Old Dutch

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820

Engraving of a seated woman personifying Africa, flanked by two lions, gesturing toward a starry sky with weapons at her feet

Female personification of continent Africa as woman with lion skin sitting among lions

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of three portrait heads surrounded by animals and insects, including a beetle, hare, goat, butterfly and bird.

Study sheet with drawing examples: portraits, animals, insects

Michael Snijders, 1610