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Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a cane, with red drapery and a coat of arms behind him.

Portret van gouverneur-generaal Hendrik Swaardecroon

Hendrik van den Bosch, 1723

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and black velvet coat, holding a tube, beside a helmet and red drapery.

Portret van gouverneur-generaal Diederik van Durven

Hendrik van den Bosch, 1729

Elegant company gathered outdoors in a wooded landscape, with a guitar player, a lion statue and a dog.

Galant gezelschap in een landschap

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1730

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat holding a cane, with a helmet and coat of arms below.

Diederik van Durven (1676-1740). Gouverneur-generaal (1729-30)

Hendrik van den Bosch, 1736

Wild Geese

Wild Geese

Bruno Liljefors, 1898

Portrait of Francesco Giamberti (circa 1404-1482), architect and musician

Piero di Cosimo, 1482

Bearded alchemist in a fur-trimmed robe reads beside a cluttered laboratory with glass alembics and a furnace.

The Alchemist

David Teniers the Younger, 1640

Painting of Christ's body lowered onto a stone sarcophagus, surrounded by grieving figures under a stormy sky.

The Deposition

Peter Paul Rubens, 1602

Portrait of King Frederik IV as Prince

Portrait of King Frederik IV as Prince

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1693

Painting of a red-coated officer restraining a warrior above a wounded white-coated man, with soldiers and a battle in the ba

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian

Benjamin West, 1764

Large painting of a crowded warship deck in battle, with a dying admiral at centre surrounded by officers and sailors.

The Death of Nelson

Benjamin West, 1806

Painting of a three-masted warship and smaller sailing boats battling choppy water under a dramatic cloudy sky near a city.

's Lands oorlogsschip 'Amsterdam' voor de Westerlaag op het IJ voor Amsterdam

Nicolaas Baur, 1807

Anglo-Dutch warships and rowing boats in a bay before a hillside town, with gunsmoke rising near the shore under clouds.

The Anglo-Dutch Fleet in the Bay of Algiers Backing up the Ultimatum to Release the Christian Slaves, 26 August 1816

Nicolaas Baur, 1818

Painted interior of an 18th-century art gallery with many framed paintings and elegantly dressed visitors.

The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz

Adriaan de Lelie, 1794

Interior of an 18th-century gallery with paintings on the walls and elegantly dressed visitors examining canvases.

De kunstgalerij van Josephus Augustinus Brentano

Adriaan de Lelie, 1790

Panoramic 1780 painting of a palace beyond a long water basin, with a carriage, riders and tree-lined hills.

Gezicht op een paleis in een heuvellandschap

Henri Salembier, 1780

Panoramic 1780 painting of a palace and formal gardens across rolling hills, with a rider under trees in the foreground.

Gezicht op de achterzijde van een paleis

Henri Salembier, 1780

Oil portrait of a seated man in a top hat and brown coat holding a red-bound book at a table.

Barend Klijn Barendsz (1774-1829). Dichter

Adriaan de Lelie, 1813

Interior of a sculpture gallery with marble statues, busts and a crowd of men in period dress holding papers.

The Sculpture Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society

Adriaan de Lelie, 1806

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1634-1638

Hanging scroll with two snails and their pale trails rising across a brown background, signed with a red seal.

Snails

Nagasawa Rosetsu, c. 1788-89

A Young Italian Woman being Adorned by her Mother

A Young Italian Woman being Adorned by her Mother

Albert Küchler, 1835

Persian manuscript page with black calligraphy in a gold-ruled panel, surrounded by gold-painted animals and trees on tan pap

Illuminated folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213-1291)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi, about 1475-1500; border: about 1550

Painting of a nude bearded man seated in a vaulted stone prison cell beside a staff and iron chain.

Saint John the Baptist in prison

Victor Meirelles, 1852

Johannes Vermeer painting of Diana and nymphs in a wooded setting, one woman washing another's foot beside a gold basin and a

Diana and her Nymphs

Johannes Vermeer, 1655

King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle by Lützen November 16th, 1632

King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle by Lützen November 16th, 1632

Jan Asselijn, 1634

Man in blue robe measures a map with dividers beside a window, with a globe and cabinet in the background.

The Geographer

Johannes Vermeer

Four figures in an interior drinking wine, a woman in yellow seated on a patterned carpet beside a blue and white jug.

The Procuress

Johannes Vermeer, 1656

Woman in a blue jacket reading a letter in a sunlit room with a wall map and studded chairs.

Woman reading a letter.[1] Alternative title(s): Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

Johannes Vermeer, 1662

Woman in a white cap and blue apron pours milk from a jug beside a bread basket in a sunlit kitchen interior.

The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer, 1660

Portrait of a young woman glancing over her shoulder, wearing a blue and yellow head scarf and a pearl earring against a dark

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer, 1665

The Rape of Europe

The Rape of Europe

Nicolas Colombel, 1659-1717