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Seated woman in orange satin gown and blue ermine-trimmed mantle beside a white cockatoo, with a garden fountain behind her.

Portrait of Mary Stuart (1662-95), Wife of Prince William III

Caspar Netscher, c. 1683

Small painting of a kneeling hunter aiming a musket over a river with sailing boats, a heron and a distant town.

A bird hunter

Arent Arentsz, 1626

Still life of two peacocks, one hanging and one lying on a stone ledge, with a woman leaning in a dark archway behind.

Still Life with Peacocks

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639

Oil painting of a 17th-century street market with a fruit and vegetable stall, shoppers, a man holding a duck, and a church t

The Greengrocer's Shop De Buyskool

Jan Victors, 1654

Painting of a nude woman with a rose wreath offering a golden cup to a large eagle against a cloudy sky.

Hebe with Jupiter in the Guise of an Eagle

Gustav-Adolphe Diez, 1826

Still life of a lobster, grapes, peaches, pomegranate and lemon with a goldfinch perched at upper left in a dark setting.

Still Life with Fruit and a Goldfinch

Abraham Mignon, 1660 - 1679

Still life painting of a turkey pie, oysters, bread, lemons and a turkey with a nautilus cup on a white tablecloth.

Still Life with a Turkey Pie

Pieter Claesz, 1627

Dense still life of flowers, pineapple, grapes and fruit with a dead bird, nest and sculpture in the background.

Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Birds

Jan van Os, 1774

Oil painting of hunted game, a hare and dead birds, beside a live peacock, a garden urn and a hunting horn on a terrace.

Hunter’s Bag on a Terrace

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1678

Painting of a young woman with a grey parrot, holding a fruit and a basket of grapes and peaches before a wooded landscape.

A young Woman with a Parrot

Ary de Vois, 1660 - 1680

Forest landscape with waterfalls, deer, a fox, a stork and small figures by a stream under a cloudy sky.

Elijah Fed by the Ravens

Roelant Savery, 1634

Oil painting of a pelican, crowned crane, flamingo, Egyptian goose and ducks gathered at a pool in a garden landscape.

A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1680

Painting of horsemen and hunting dogs on a plain under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a mountain and a falcon in flight.

The Falcon Hunt

Philips Wouwerman, c. 1658 - c. 1660

Still life of a rooster, a white hen and hanging game birds on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Still life with birds

Willem van Aelst, 1658

Oil painting of dead swan and ducks with a magpie on a tree stump, hanging game birds and a wicker cage under an evening sky.

A Hunter’s Bag near a Tree Stump with a Magpie, Known as ‘The Contemplative Magpie’

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1678

Painting of ducks on a ditch beside a wooden duck shelter, with reeds and bare willow trees under a pale sky.

Ducks beside a duck shelter on a ditch

Geo Poggenbeek, 1884

Still life of two dead blue birds on a stone ledge with a gun stock, powder horn, leather strap and hunting bag.

Still life with hunting implements and birds

Hendrick ten Oever, 1670

Painting of white cockatoos, parrots, and monkeys on a stone terrace beside a carved urn and an oak tree.

The Menagerie

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1690

Oil painting of a buzzard attacking two ducks at a lake edge under a golden dusk sky with silhouetted trees.

A Buzzard Attacking Two Ducks

Dirck Wijntrack, c. 1652

Painting of a white swan with spread wings defending its nest on a riverbank as a fox approaches from the left.

The Threatened Swan

Jan Asselijn, 1650

Painting of a parrot, white rooster, chicks, hoopoe and a monkey on a swing above a stone ledge.

Birds on a Balustrade

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1680 - c. 1690

Oil painting of a white duck with ducklings on a grassy bank beside a pond, surrounded by reeds and dark foliage.

Ducks

Willem Maris, c. 1880 - c. 1907

Painting of a man raising a glass in a vaulted cellar with barrels, a couple in feathered hats, and tools on shelves.

The Wine Connoisseurs

Jacob Duck, c. 1640 - c. 1642

Painting of roosters, hens, chicks, a hoopoe, a pigeon and peafowl in a park with a pond and distant building.

Birds in a Park

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1686

Painting of two reed nests on a grassy bank beside a calm canal, with ducks on the water and willows under a cloudy sky.

Ducks’ Nests

Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1890 - c. 1900

Two brown vultures perch together on a rocky ledge, painted in muted earth tones on textured canvas.

Two Arabian Vultures

Theo van Hoytema, 1885 - 1917

Painting of ducks and a white dove on a sandy bank beside a rocky outcrop, with a distant shoreline under a cloudy sky.

Ducks

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1675

Still life of a hanging hare, a white heron and small birds on a ledge against a dark background.

Still Life with a Hare, a Heron and Other Birds

Elias Vonck, 1645

Painting of several dead birds, including a kingfisher and goldfinch, lying on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Dead Birds

Jan Vonck, 1640

Nude woman with a rose garland offers a golden cup to a large eagle hovering above clouds in a painted sky.

Hebe with Jupiter in the Guise of an Eagle

Gustav-Adolphe Diez, 1820

Painting of dead songbirds on a wooden ledge, one hanging by a cord, with a signature and date 1662 on the ledge.

Still Life with Birds

William Gowe Ferguson, 1662

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

Still life painting of a hanging parrot with red tail feathers and two dead snipes resting on a stone ledge.

Still Life with Parrot and Snipes

Cornelis Lelienbergh, 1655

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

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

Still life in a niche with a bowl of corn, artichoke, grapes, a green parrot, and a carved stone frame.

Still Life with a Bowl of Corn, Artichokes, Grapes and a Parrot

Jacob van Campen, 1645

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

Eagles on the Cliffs

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1857

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

Painted niche with stacked books, sheet music, a violin, a celestial globe and an owl, framed by a fruit garland.

Still Life with Books, Sheet Music, Violin, Celestial Globe and an Owl

Jacob van Campen, 1645

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

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

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

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

Hand-coloured greeting card with Dutch calligraphy, flowers, and an oval scene of a man reaching toward two ravens at sunrise

Greeting card with Elijah fed by ravens

Leonardus Schweickhardt, 1813

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

Engraving of a bearded man seated under a tree receiving food from a raven, with another raven flying above and a sunrise ove

Elijah fed by ravens

Jan Luyken, 1712

Red-printed ornamental border with a central spread-winged eagle, leaf and wreath motifs, and a blank field below.

Ornamental border with leaves and eagle

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Etching of a winter landscape with bare windswept trees, a heron at right, farm buildings on the horizon and birds in the sky

Heron in a winter landscape

Lodewijk Schelfhout, 1940

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

Six birds

Lucien Pissarro, 1873

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

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

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

Hand-colored 1695 print of a skating man with three ducks on a stick, a woman skating beside him, and a winter town behind.

Ice-skating man with three ducks on a stick

Pieter van den Berge, 1695

Hand-colored print of twelve framed bird vignettes with Dutch labels, including nightingale, lark, finch and parrot.

Museum of birds

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

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 using nets to catch ducks and geese beside a river with trees and flying birds.

Samoyeds hunting ducks and geese

Andreas Stöttrup, 1782

Watercolor and pencil study of three parrots perched on branches, one red with blue wings, one red and yellow macaw, and one

Studies of parrots

Anna Maria Kruijff, 1880

Pencil sketch of a giant eagle in soldier's helmet sitting on a tank, with an officer and marching figures below.

Eagle disguised as a soldier sits on a tank

Henk Henriët, 1933

Hand-coloured print of a noblewoman on a white horse holding a falcon, with a page and two dogs and a castle behind.

Noblewoman with falcon on horseback

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

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