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73,740 works

Engraving of an emperor and attendants in an arched hall, with a kneeling woman in the foreground and a standing woman at rig

Keizer en huilende keizerin met dienaren in een vertrek

Adolf van der Laan, 1730

Engraving of an allegorical woman on clouds above kneeling and standing figures at a stone tower with an arched doorway.

Justitia verschijnt aan de keizerin

Adolf van der Laan, 1730

Engraved frontispiece of a seated poet in a library, with a winged horse, medallion scenes and a rococo frame.

Dichter in zijn bibliotheek

Adolf van der Laan, 1723

Engraved view of a church with a tall tower and gabled roofs, with people in period dress on the ground in front.

Gezicht op de Grote of Sint-Catharinakerk te Heusden

Adolf van der Laan, 1743

Engraving of a statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster holding a book, on a pedestal, in front of a trellised garden hedge.

Standbeeld van Laurens Jansz. Coster

Adolf van der Laan, 1740

Engraving of Minerva embracing a bust of Laurens Jansz. Coster, with winged Victory above and a printing workshop behind.

Minerva omhelst borstbeeld van Laurens Jansz. Coster

Adolf van der Laan, 1740

Engraving of Cupid with a compass and a seated woman under a tree, with a domed building in the distance.

Amor met de Noorderster bij een vrouw

Jan van Vianen, 1686

Engraving of two winged putti running past a large tree on a grassy hill, with a distant town in the background.

Putto loopt verliefd een andere putto na

Jan van Vianen, 1686

Engraving of winged cupid pumping bellows to fan flames as a cloud face blows wind, with a tree and plants below.

Amor en de wind laten een vuur oplaaien

Jan van Vianen, 1686

Engraving of kneeling winged Cupid with bow beside an altar with flame and vase, in a wooded landscape.

Amor geknield bij een symbolisch hart

Jan van Vianen, 1686

Engraving of winged Cupid with dogs chasing two hares through a landscape with trees and a river.

Amor jaagt op twee hazen

Jan van Vianen, 1686

Engraving of Noah offering burnt sacrifices on an altar beneath a rainbow, with his family kneeling and animals gathered near

Noach's offer

Jan van Vianen, 1705

Engraving of Moses striking a rock as water pours out to a crowd collecting it in jugs and bowls.

Mozes slaat water uit de rots

Jan van Vianen, 1705

Engraved title page: Minerva and Apollo lead a figure toward a classical temple gate with flaming urns and sculpted gods.

Minerva en Apollo begeleiden Ovidius naar een tempel

Jan van Vianen, 1697

Engraved oval portrait of a bald, bearded man in a hooded robe holding a book, with Latin inscriptions around the frame.

Portret van Johann Faber van Heilbronn

Dominicus Custos, 1600

Etching of a man in medieval costume with a ruffled hat, with a city skyline of spires behind him.

Man in een middeleeuws kostuum met stad op de achtergrond

Jan Van de Kerkhove, 1873

Etching of an armored soldier with a halberd guarding prisoners before a castle and towers, 1875.

Soldaten bewaken de gevangenen

Jan Van de Kerkhove, 1875

Engraved bust portrait of a young man with curly hair and open collar, with Italian inscription below, dated 1829.

Portret van de graveur Luigi Celli Cremonese

Giovanni Cornacchia, 1829

Etching of a studio interior with drapery, an easel with canvas, a carved cabinet, a chair, and a patterned rug.

Interieur van een atelier

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Etching of a fleet of dark-sailed boats on rough sea under a stormy cloudy sky.

Vloot op zee

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1851

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a white collar, labelled Pergami, in a dark jacket.

Portret van Baron Pergami

Jean Baptiste Ambroise Marcellin Jobard, 1821

Engraved oval portrait of a man in uniform and tricorn hat, framed by a rococo cartouche with allegorical figures and cherubs

Portret van Ferdinand van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1752

Engraved portrait of a woman in an oval rococo frame, flanked by allegorical figures, a palace and an inscription below.

Portret van Elisabeth Christine van Brunswijk-Bevern

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1740

Portret van koningin Victoria

Carl Mayer, 1837

Engraved oval portrait of an older man in a powdered wig and clerical collar, with a verse inscription below.

Portret van Dirk Jan Metske

Hendrik Roosing, 1796

Lithographic portrait of General Skrzynecki in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes and medals, seated, with signatur

Portret van generaal Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki

François Jean Villain, 1832

Lithographic portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, with a signature and printed name below.

Portret van Ludwik Plater

François Jean Villain, 1832

Lithograph double portrait of two men in dark period coats, the brothers Izydor and Alexander Sobański, 1832.

Portretten van de broers Izydor en Alexander Sobański

Louise Fauquet, 1832

Lithograph portrait of Roman Sołtyk in a dark uniform with ornate epaulettes and a decorated cross, with signature below.

Portret van Roman Sołtyk

François Jean Villain, 1832

Lithographic bust portrait of General Romanillo in a dark coat with a braided sash and white cravat.

Portret van generaal Romanillo

François Jean Villain, 1823

Lithographic portrait of a man in a braided military jacket, with his signature and printed name Ezechiel Staniewicz below.

Portret van Ezechiel Staniewicz

François Jean Villain, 1832

Lithograph portrait of Louis Stecki in a shako hat, braided military jacket and fur-trimmed cape, 1832.

Portret van Ludwik Stecki

Louise Fauquet, 1832

Lithograph portrait of two bearded men, one with arm around the other, with printed and handwritten names below.

Portretten van Leon Stempowski en Tranquilin Romanowski

François Jean Villain, 1832

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a plumed cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with French text and a lion shield below.

Portret van Hendrik II, hertog van Brabant

Pieter de Jode, 1661

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a feathered cap within an octagonal frame, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Portret van Hendrik I, graaf van Leuven

Pieter de Jode, 1661

Engraved portrait of clergyman Willem de Koning in a wig and clerical bands, resting his hand beside books in an arched niche

Portret van predikant Willem de Koning

Pieter Willem van Megen, 1782

Hand-colored 1850 print with twelve vignettes of soldiers, cavalry, cannon and a wounded man, each with Dutch verse.

Hier ziet gij de krijgers gereed om te strijden / En 't land van den vijand geheel te bevrijden

Alexander Cranendoncq, 1850

Hand-colored print of twelve scenes of boys playing games, including archery, rocking horse, drumming and hoop rolling, with

Zie hier wat jonge knapen spelen, / Hun oefening zal u niet vervelen. / Volgt jeugd! in alles hun bedrijf / Maak dat…

Gerrit Oortman, 1850

Colored woodcut sheet of twenty-four caricature heads with exaggerated noses and Dutch captions, numbered No. 69.

Kind'ren wilt ge u vrolijk maken, / Met deez' raare neuzen-snaken. / Zoo beschouw ze en lach dan vrij, / Om deez' pre…

Petrus Christiaan Leonardus van Staden Czn, 1850

Hand-colored print of eight panels showing herring fishing boats at sea, harbor scenes, and townspeople selling and smoking h

De nijvre haringvangst, die zoo veel bloei mag schenken, / Geeft u, o jeugd, gewis een aantal goede wenken, / Bewonde…

Willem Bal, 1850

Hand-colored 1850 print of sixteen pairs of figures in traditional dress from around the world, each with a Dutch verse.

Hier hebt g' alweer een nieuwe plaat / Met menschen, vreemd van aard [(...)]

Petrus Christiaan Leonardus van Staden Czn, 1850

Lithographic bust portrait of a man in spectacles and dark coat, with the printed caption Silvio Pellico below.

Portret van Silvio Pellico

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1831

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled wig and lace collar, inscribed Pierre Richelet, Avocat au Parlement de Paris

Portret van César-Pierre Richelet

Johann Georg Seiller, 1673

Watercolor botanical drawing of a turquoise ixia flowering stem with leaves, bulb, and separate flower dissections.

Ixia viridiflora Lam. (Turquoise ixia)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor botanical drawing of a Cornlily (Ixia polystachya) with mauve flowers on a tall stem, bulb, leaves and detail sket

Ixia polystachya L. (Cornlily)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor botanical drawing of two Gethyllis bulbs, one with a pink flower and one with curled green leaves, plus a yellow p

Gethyllis lanuginose Marloth [Gethyllis villosa] (Kukumakranka)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a Gethyllis afra bulb with curling green leaves and pale roots on a cream background.

Gethyllis afra L (Kukukmakranka)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Botanical drawing of a white Gethyllis flower with two bulbs and fibrous roots, labelled gethilis, within a double ruled bord

Gethyllis sp. (Kukumakranka)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour botanical drawing of a Lachenalia plant with blue flower spike, green leaves, bulb, and flower detail sketches.

Lachenalia mediana Jacq

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor botanical drawing of a white-flowered bulb plant with roots, stem, and detached yellow-stamened flower parts.

Gethyllis britteniana Baker (Kukumakranka)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of churchgoers in 17th-century Dutch dress leaving a stone church, with handwritten psalm verses above.

Groep kerkgangers bij het verlaten van de kerk

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Watercolor botanical drawing of a white-flowered Lachenalia plant with green leaves, bulb and roots, with flower dissections.

Lachenalia orthopetala Jacq. (Hyacinth)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor botanical drawing of a Lachenalia plant with a spike of white flowers, bulb, and dissected flower parts.

Lachenalia unifolia Jacq. (Hyacinth)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of a pink gladiolus with buds, long green leaves and a bulb with roots on cream paper.

Gladiolus cardinalis Curtis

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor botanical drawing of a Lachenalia plant with yellow flower spike, spotted leaves, bulb and roots.

Lachenalia arbuthnotiae W.F. Barker (Hyacinth)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Botanical watercolor of a pink gladiolus stem with leaves, a bulb with roots, and dissected flower parts.

Gladiolus caryphyllaceus (Burm,f.) Poir

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor botanical drawing of a plant with striped narrow leaves and yellow-green flowers on a tall stem.

Freesia viridis (Aiton) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Engraved title page of a 1639 Dutch tragedy showing a seated woman receiving a cup from a helmeted soldier beside attendants.

Sophonisba ontvangt de gifbeker

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1639

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XVI in a decorated uniform with a star insignia and powdered wig, dated 1792.

Portret van Lodewijk XVI

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Portret van Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Portret van de geestelijke pere Leon

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Portret van Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Portret van Jean Rewbel

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed cloak with a young boy beside him.

Portret van een man en zijn zoon, voorheen bekend als Jean Richardot

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1829

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curly hair and a dark dress, set in a decorative architectural border.

Portret van Isabella Brant

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1829

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair and mustache in armor and lace collar, with a name inscription below.

Portret van Karl Rabenhaupt

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Engraved oval portrait of a balding older man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled J.M. Roland.

Portret van Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière

Lambertus-Antonius Claessens, 1792

Print of a sculpted standing figure of Schiller in a long cloak, holding a book, on a pedestal inscribed SCHILLER.

Portret van Friedrich von Schiller

Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim, 1818

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a skullcap, framed by an ornate border with two open books.

Portret van Gerrit Rooze

Simon Fokke, 1743

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and doublet, with Latin inscription around the frame, 1586.

Portret van Hans Jakob König op 50-jarige leeftijd

Jan Sadeler, 1586

Portret van Emanuel Pinto da Fonseca

Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch, 1751

Portret van Friedrich von Schiller

Jean Mathias Fontaine, 1829

Engraved portrait of Robert Roosevelt with a full beard and eyeglasses, centered on a printed Dutch text page.

Portret van Robert Roosevelt

Arnoldus Cornelius Verhees, 1888

Soldaat die zijn musket met zijn rechterhand op zijn schouder legt, ca. 1645

Petrus Rucholle, 1645

Engraving of a soldier in a plumed hat blowing smoke from his musket, with powder flasks across his chest.

Soldaat die kruit van zijn musket blaast, ca. 1645

Petrus Rucholle, 1645

Engraving of a standing soldier with a musket over his shoulder, a forked rest, bandolier and feathered hat.

Soldaat die zijn musket op zijn linkerschouder draagt en zijn furket in zijn linkerhand vasthoudt, ca. 1645

Petrus Rucholle, 1645

Engraving of a 17th-century soldier in a plumed hat pouring powder into a musket pan, with a pike beside him.

Soldaat die kruit in de pan van zijn musket giet, ca. 1645

Petrus Rucholle, 1645

Engraving of a soldier in a feathered hat closing the pan of his long musket, with a sword at his hip.

Soldaat die de pan van zijn musket sluit, ca. 1645

Petrus Rucholle, 1645

Engraving of a soldier with a musket on his shoulder, biting open a powder flask while walking, wearing a plumed hat.

Soldaat met een musket die een kruitmaat met zijn mond opent, ca. 1645

Petrus Rucholle, 1645

Engraving of a woman accused before seated judges in a crowded arched hall, with soldiers, onlookers, and a hanging lizard ab

Susanna beschuldigd door de ouderlingen

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1670

Lithograph of a middle-aged man in a dark coat beside a young woman with a stern expression, from Gavarni's Masques et Visage

Vader in gesprek met zijn dochter

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a woman singing beside a piano while a man with long hair looks down at sheet music on the stand.

Muziekdocent met zingend meisje achter de piano

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a wild-haired pianist playing as an audience of listeners stares up in rapt expression.

Pianist speelt voor publiek

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Zingende pianist treedt op

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a landlady in a frilled cap speaking to a top-hatted gentleman beneath an apartment-for-rent sign.

Portière wijst verhuurder op verboden

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a seated older man in a dark coat, with a figure playing piano in an interior behind him.

Vader met pianospelende dochter

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pianist

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of an elderly bald man in a dark cloak grimacing, with sketched listeners behind him reacting to music.

Vader luistert tussen publiek naar pianospel van zijn dochter

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a smiling maid carrying a glass of water on a tray, with a woman seated at a piano in the background.

Dienstmeisje met zingende dame achter de piano

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a man in a top hat carrying a bundled garment, with rooftops and a cloudy sky behind him.

Kleermaker loopt met pak onder de arm

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a seated man smoking a pipe while playing a large drum, with a flat landscape behind him.

Trommelaar op het eiland Mauritius

Paul Gavarni, 1844

Lithograph of a mustached man in a striped coat with a woman seated at a piano behind him, French caption below.

Man met pianospelende vrouw

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a man with a bowl haircut, mouth open in song, wearing a white shirt and dark cape.

Zingende man

Paul Gavarni, 1844

Lithograph of a disheveled man with closed eyes hunched over an upright piano, playing with intense concentration.

Pianist

Paul Gavarni, 1844

Lithograph of an opera singer in a feathered cap and slashed sleeves, mouth open, pointing a dagger outward.

Zingende operazanger met dolk

Paul Gavarni, 1844

Engraving of the four apocalyptic horsemen on horses among clouds, with a robed figure standing by the sea at right.

De vier apocalyptische ruiters

Luigi Sabatelli, 1782