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56,153 works

Etched decorative frame design with helmeted Minerva at top, reclining river figures, scrollwork and a blank central panel.

Omlijsting met Minerva

Nicolas Guérard, 1658

Etched decorative frame with an empty central field, flanked by soldiers, an allegorical figure, a crest and an eagle.

Omlijsting met militairen

Nicolas Guérard, 1658

Etched cartouche with a central armor and helmet, flags, drums and weapons, flanked by a trumpeter and a flag bearer.

Cartouche met harnas

Nicolas Guérard, 1658

Etched ornamental cartouche with a cooking pot, crossed spits, scrollwork and two female figures flanking an empty panel.

Cartouche met kookpot

Nicolas Guérard, 1658

Etched decorative cartouche with toasting figures, wine glasses, grapevines and reclining putti framing an empty central fiel

Cartouche met proostende figuren

Nicolas Guérard, 1658

Engraving of Roman ruins with three Corinthian columns on the Palatine Hill, shepherds and livestock in the foreground.

Tempel van Jupiter Stator met de Tempel van Jupiter Stator

Aegidius Sadeler, 1606

Engraving of ruined Roman arcades on the Palatine Hill with a carriage and walking figures on the road below.

Ruïnes op de hellingen van de Palatijn met de Casa di Augusto

Aegidius Sadeler, 1606

Engraving of overgrown Roman ruins with arches on a hillside, small figures below, and a cloudy sky.

Ruïnes op de hellingen van de Palatijn, links de Casa di Tiberio

Aegidius Sadeler, 1606

Printed sheet with six engraved vignettes of Dutch everyday scenes, each captioned with verse, numbered No. 1.

Verschillende taferelen

R.T. Powney, 1866

Printed sheet with six numbered vignettes of everyday scenes and Dutch verses, published by H. de Hoogh & Co., 1866.

Verschillende taferelen

Hoogh & Co, H. de, 1866

Engraved educational sheet with animals, plants and a central Nile landscape with palms, camels and mountains.

Bijbelsche aardrijkskunde

Hoogh & Co, H. de, 1866

Etching of a moated castle with a tall tower, figures on the bank and a rowing boat on the water.

Gezicht op kasteel Nijenrode

Herman Saftleven, 1653

Four-panel etching of Dutch sailors on Nova Zembla: a polar bear attack, a stranded ship, hauling barrels, and a hut.

Overwintering op Nova Zembla, 1596-1597

Jan Luyken, 1682

Engraved view of a naval battle off Cadiz with many sailing ships, rowing boats, and a walled city on a peninsula.

Zeeslag voor Cadiz, 1596

Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo, 1600

Pencil drawing on grid paper of a silver fruit bowl design built on a spiral construction, with handwritten notes and a signa

Ontwerp voor een zilveren fruitschaal

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1911

Pencil geometric construction drawing on graph paper with concentric circles, arcs and numbered points.

Ontwerp voor een zilveren fruitschaal

Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874

Fishermen in orange work clothes and berets unload fish at a harbor quay, with moored boats and turquoise water behind them.

Haven te Douarnenez

Gerrit Willem van Blaaderen, 1920

Spaans fregat

Willem Antonie van Deventer, 1834

Sheet of pen and wash caricatures showing top-hatted men, stout women and comic scenes with faint pencil studies.

Karikaturen

Pieter Dupont, 1890

Blue watercolor drawing of a reclining man on waves, with Dutch lettering below and a gold-toned border, by Willem Arondéus.

Het brood der toekomst wordt strijdend gewonnen, augustus

Willem Arondéus, 1929

Blue wash drawing of a haloed woman holding a bowl of grapes and fruit, with Dutch text below and September written beneath.

Bloesems belofte wordt nu in oogsten vervuld, september

Willem Arondéus, 1929

Stylized blue and ochre print of a reclining man holding a goblet above waves, with Dutch text below.

De beker van het najaar is met weemoed gevuld, october

Willem Arondéus, 1929

Stylized blue and gold drawing of a windblown female figure above waves, with Dutch text reading 'Op vleugelen van storm nade

Op vleugelen van storm nadert de winter, november

Willem Arondéus, 1929

Pencil sketch of an aquarium scene with rocks, plants, and lobsters, drawn with loose hatched strokes on pale paper.

Studie van een aquarium met rode ponen en kreeften

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Pencil drawing of a small church with a tall spire, stone steps, arched doorways and trees on a pale sheet.

Kerkgebouw

Joannes Carolus Alberdingk Thijm, 1853

Pencil drawing of a brick farmhouse with thatched roof, open barn doors, a haystack and shrubs beside a dirt path.

Stal

Joannes Carolus Alberdingk Thijm, 1853

Pencil drawing of a snowy mountain landscape with a wooden hut, a fir tree, bare trees and a fence.

Berglandschap met een hut

Henriëtte Leesberg, 1850

Twee koeienkoppen

Joannes Carolus Alberdingk Thijm, 1853

Engraved view of Delft from the Schie canal with a city gate, bridges, boats on the water, and figures on the quay.

Gezicht op Delft vanaf de Schie

Jan Caspar Philips, 1742

Hand-colored caricature of antiquarian gentlemen gathered around a table of antiquities, with a speaker holding a relic.

Bijeenkomst van The Society of Antiquaries

George Cruikshank, 1812

Engraving of Jacob's ladder reaching into clouds with angels, a sleeping man, a river valley, castle and village.

Landschap met Jakobsladder

Pieter van der Borcht, 1582

Engraved landscape with a hilltop castle, village, tent with a feast, and men in conversation in the foreground.

Abimelech en Isaak zweren elkaar een eed

Pieter van der Borcht, 1582

Engraving of shepherds moving a stone from a well as sheep gather, with a town and hills in the background.

Jakob wentelt de steen van de put

Pieter van der Borcht, 1582

Etching of the Pont de la Tournelle over the Seine in Paris, with arched stone bridge, barge, quay figures and riverside buil

Pont de la Tournelle in Parijs

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of moored sailing barges with tall masts at a quay, wooden pilings in the water, and a distant city skyline.

Afgemeerde schuiten

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of a canal with a windmill, moored sailing boats, reeds and a distant village with a church spire.

De Vliet

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of steamships moored in a harbor with smoke rising from a funnel, masts and rigging, and a bollard on the quay.

Afgemeerde schepen in de haven van Rotterdam

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of a thatched cottage and a woman walking a dirt road past bare trees and a wooden fence.

Epe

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of a town along a river with houses, a church spire, dark trees on the right and smoke rising in the distance.

Stad aan een rivier

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of a three-arched stone bridge over a canal, with a pedestrian, gabled houses, and bare trees along the water.

Smidswater in Den Haag

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of thatched cottages beside a canal, with a figure walking and reeds and shrubs in the foreground.

Voet van een molen in Voorburg

Willem Adrianus Grondhout, 1888

Etching of three overlapping masklike male faces with varied expressions, drawn in fine sketchy lines on cream paper.

Drie maskerachtige gezichten

Marius Holleman, 1904

Black and white print of the town of Calvi with its fortified buildings by the sea, beside a wooded hillside.

Gezicht op Calvi

Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, 1881

Etching of a skeleton playing a harp beside a bearded man in a feathered hat, with dense hatched shading.

Harpist en de dood

Marius Holleman, 1918

Engraving of allegorical figures with a soldier, a woman offering a bowl over smoke, and two medallions below.

Portret van Marco Barbarigo en de Geest van het Romeinse volk

Robert van Audenaerde, 1673

Engraving of an armored woman with a sword and shield on a pedestal, a serpent coiling at her foot and lightning at left.

Personificatie van Bescherming

Robert van Audenaerde, 1673

Engraving of three allegorical women above a cartouche with a portrait medallion and a building medallion, dated 1673.

Portret van Marco Barbarigo en de personificaties van Meetkunst, Pracht en Rekenkunst

Robert van Audenaerde, 1673

Engraving of a seated allegorical woman holding a compass and set square, with an architectural plan at her side.

Personificatie van de Bouwkunst

Robert van Audenaerde, 1673

Engraving of a winged figure writing in a book beside a bearded old man with a scythe, above two blank medallions on a plinth

Blanco medaillon en de personificatie van Historie

Robert van Audenaerde, 1673

Engraving of two men in a forest, one holding a bowl while the other reclines by a tent, with a Latin caption below.

Esau verkoopt zijn eerstgeboorterecht

Cornelis Cort, 1563

Engraving of a biblical birth scene with a woman in bed, attendants, a newborn, and a cradle beneath a Latin inscription.

De geboorte van Jakob en Esau

Cornelis Cort, 1563

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel in clouds gestures toward a seated Virgin Mary as a dove of light descends in an inte

Annunciatie

Cornelis Cort, 1577

Pen and wash drawing of two armies meeting in an open field, with mounted officers, banners, pikemen and dogs in the foregrou

Onderhandelingen tussen twee in slagorde opgestelde troepen

Cornelis de Wael, 1602

Grey wash drawing of mourners around a nude corpse and a seated armored warrior inside a tent.

Het lijk van Patroclus in Achilles tent beweend

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1783

Pen and wash drawing of a busy Italian piazza with a church tower, fountain, carriage, horse rider and crowds of people.

De maand Februari: vastenavondscène op een Italiaans plein

Jan Wildens, 1596

Brown ink drawing of soldiers with muskets and pikes attacking kneeling peasants, with bodies lying on the ground.

Overval op boeren

Cornelis de Wael, 1602

Engraving of Cain building a city with masons and children at work, a town in the distance and a shepherd on the right.

Kaïn bouwt de stad Henoch

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of figures under a tree gesturing toward two angels in a radiant cloud, with Dutch caption quoting Genesis 4:26.

De mensen roepen God aan

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Noah kneeling before clouds as workers build an ark beside a hillside village with smoke rising.

God draagt Noach op de ark te bouwen

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Noah leading his family toward the ark as animals and birds gather, with a Dutch Genesis 7 caption below.

Noach gaat met zijn familie en de dieren aan boord van de ark

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraved print of a flood with people and animals in water, rain falling, and a seated couple under a tree.

De zondvloed

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Noah's ark on a rocky arch above a valley, with birds overhead and reclining figures, a dog and a snake in the f

De aarde na de zondvloed

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of a flood scene with a large ark on the waves, drowned figures and animals, birds overhead, and hills in the dista

Het water zakt

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Noah leading his family and animals out of the ark onto a hillside, with birds flying overhead.

Noach leidt zijn gezin en de dieren de ark uit

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Etching of Noah and his family kneeling at a sacrifice beneath a rainbow, with grazing sheep and goats in a mountain landscap

Het offer van Noach

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Noah in a tent covered by two sons, with a vineyard and harvesters in the hilly landscape beyond.

Dronkenschap van Noach

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Abraham, Sarah and Lot with staff-carrying companions setting out past a hut toward a distant city.

Sara en Abraham op weg naar Kanaän

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of the Tower of Babel with angels in clouds above and people gesturing and fleeing in the foreground.

De toren van Babel

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of Abraham meeting the priest Melchizedek, with armed soldiers, a chalice and ewer, and a battle beside a city.

Abrahams ontmoeting met Melchisedek

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of an interior where a bearded man embraces a woman on a canopied bed while a servant pulls back the curtain.

Abraham en Hagar

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraving of an angel on a cloud above a reclining woman and sleeping child in a landscape, with a family walking toward a to

De engel wijst Hagar een bron in de woestijn

Crispijn van de Passe, 1700

Engraved print of two Wittenberg buildings, Luther's residence with a central tower and Melanchthon's house with a stepped ga

Woningen van Martin Luther en Philipp Melanchthon

G. von Ballerstedt, 1823

Engraved frontispiece of a rocky mountain valley with snow patches, clouds, a large tree, and two small figures on a grassy s

Titelprent met zicht op de vallei van Estaubé

Louis Pierre Baltard, 1774

Engraved view of the Roman triumphal arch at Orange with carved reliefs, columns, and small figures in the foreground.

Triomfboog van Orange

Louis Pierre Baltard, 1816

Engraved view of the exterior of the Roman theater at Orange, with arched stone walls, houses, a tree and small figures.

Buitenzicht op het Romeins theater van Orange

Louis Pierre Baltard, 1816

Engraving of a tearful crowned bride with musicians and onlookers, with French and Dutch inscriptions below.

De avond van het huwelijk

Pieter Balten, 1540

Engraving of a peasant wedding with couples dancing, a bagpipe player beside a tree, and thatched houses behind.

Boerenbruiloftsfeest met doedelzakspeler

Pieter Balten, 1540

Hand-colored print of a crowded ballroom with chandeliers, dancers in period costume performing a pavane, and onlookers linin

Balzaal waar de pavane wordt gedanst, 1845

Elias Spanier, 1845

Engraved cartouche with two classical women in a garden before a temple, framed by rocaille scrollwork and a mask.

Melpomene en Thalia

Bernard Picart, 1718

Etched ornamental print showing a seated writer at a desk with a muse, two onlookers, and books, framed by scrolling foliage.

Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau met zijn muze

Bernard Picart, 1718

Engraving of Amphion playing a lyre among stone blocks, with animals on perches and an ornamental cartouche below.

Amphion bespeelt de lier

Bernard Picart, 1718

Etching of two men with a black and white bull in a cattle shed, with barrels and tools on the floor.

Twee mannen bij een stier in een koeienstal

Henry Luyten, 1869

Etching of two horses pulling a timber-laden cart, with workmen pushing from behind and a man riding on the load.

De bouwers

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1904

Etching of moored sack-laden barges on the Thames under a railway bridge with steam engines and distant arched bridges.

Laag water in de Theems

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1910

Etching of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a stone bridge, and a palazzo with an arched doorway.

Gezicht in Venetië 1911 (Het witte paleis)

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1911

Etching of a harbor with a large ship beside a quay, rowboats on the sand, figures at the shore and a town skyline behind.

Havengezicht te Boulogne-sur-Mer

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1902

Etching of a deep alpine valley framed by steep cliffs, with snowy peaks rising in the distance and fields below.

Lauterbrunnental

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1908

Etching of a river landscape with sailing boats, a horseback rider, and a castle ruin on a hill.

Rivierlandschap met een ruiter op de oever

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Etching of a seascape with two sailing ships and a small fishing boat on rippling water, with birds and wooden posts.

Zeegezicht met een vissersboot

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Etching of a harbor with a brick watchtower, sailing boats on choppy water, and a distant ship under a cloudy sky.

Havengezicht met een uitkijktoren

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Etching of a castle with towers on a coast beside a sailing ship and a small rowing boat under a cloudy sky.

Kasteel aan de kust

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Etching of two ships on rough waves beside rocky cliffs, with hatched clouds in the sky.

Schepen op een woeste zee

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Etching of a stone redoubt on a pier with moored sailboats and a large heeling sailing vessel in choppy water.

Redout van Willemstadt

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Engraved bird's-eye view of the fortress Schenkenschans on a river island, with ships and an inset map, 1624.

Gezicht op de vesting Schenkenschans

Bonaventura Peeters, 1624

Etching of a battle on a mudflat with beached sailing ships, fleeing soldiers, horsemen and a church on the right.

Mislukte aanval op fort Kallo, 1638

Bonaventura Peeters, 1638

Engraved landscape of two seated women beneath large trees, with rolling hills and birds in a pale sky.

Jupiter en Callisto

Gillis Peeters, 1622