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Design sheet with four black ink Art Nouveau corner ornaments and faint pencil guidelines on a tan background.

Ontwerp voor vier hoekdecoraties voor Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1905

Design for a commemorative book with ornate ochre border, blue monogram, and a photo of a couple outdoors.

Ontwerp voor een gedenkboek ter gelegenheid van het huwelijk van Koningin Wilhelmina en Hertog Hendrik

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1900

Pencil design for a vignette with clasped hands in a central cartouche, flanked by the dates 1877 and 1910.

Ontwerp voor een vignet met schuddende handen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1910

Repeating pattern of green-grey mosquitoes in staggered rows on a pale blue ground, with the word Japonstof in the corner.

Patroon met langpootmuggen

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1895

Pencil study sheet on grid paper with symmetrical typographic ornaments, arches of circles, arrows and scrolls, and eight var

Studieblad met typografische ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Black ink Art Nouveau border design with a dove at top, an anchor at bottom, and a blank center panel.

Ontwerp voor het opdrachtblad van: W. Zaalberg, De rots waarop wij bouwen, 1899

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1899

Charcoal self-portrait on grey paper of a bearded man with dark hair, face partly lit, dated 1857 in the upper right.

Self-Portrait

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1857

Pencil and ink design for a book binding with a red capital R at the centre, framed by symmetrical brown Art Nouveau ornament

Bandontwerp met een hoofdletter R

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pen drawing of a cover design with a fern plant and the title Catalogue Estampes in a decorative frame, dated 1884.

Omslagontwerp voor: Catalogue Estampes

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pen drawing of a book cover design with blue wash, arched title lettering, diamond motifs and an ornamental border.

Bandontwerp voor: Dr. M.W. Meijer, De natuurkrachten, 1904

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1904

Pencil sketch of a crowd of soldiers and men around a large wooden gate with stone pillars, flags and horsemen in view.

"Die St. Marxer-Linie in Wien, / am 28. October 1848" (Vorzeichnung)

B. Bachmann-Hohmann, 1849

Pen and wash sketch of a muscular hero grappling with a flying draped figure above a reclining figure and flowers.

Hercules and Lichas

Filippo Falciatore, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a man pointing to an urn while leading a laurel-crowned woman through a classical interior with a child.

A Man Leading a Woman into a Gallery of Antiquities and Decorative Arts

Giacomo Cestaro, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Venice's Grand Canal with the domed Santa Maria della Salute church, gondolas and sailing boats in the

Bacino di San Marco with the Dogana del Mare and Santa Maria della Salute

Style of Francesco Guardi, c. 1793

Portret van een kind van acht maanden

Jan Willem van Borselen, 1835

Pencil study on blue-grey paper of two bare feet and a hand gripping a knife, with highlights in white chalk.

Jalka- ja käsitutkielmia

Anders Ekman, 1853

Watercolor of a brown long-sleeved dress with full skirt and white capelet with buttoned high collar, signed Charles Goodwin

Dress

Charles Goodwin, 1939

Watercolor of a lute player in a red doublet and a woman in green leaning together in a stone doorway beside a jug.

Liebespaar in der Haustür

Andreas Deckelmann, 1850

Pencil sketch of farm buildings including a log barn and two-story house with a ladder, surrounded by loose trees.

Rakennuksia Karjalasta

Eveliina Särkelä, 1870

Pencil drawing of an enthroned Madonna and Child between Saint Luke painting and Saint Cecilia at an organ, in Gothic arches.

Madonna mit dem Evangelisten Lukas und der Heiligen Cäcilia

Gustav Heinrich Naecke

Watercolor drawing of a hooked rug with three flower-like medallions in red, cream and green on a dark ground, with a braided

Shaker Rug

Charles Goodwin, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in period dress nursing an infant on her lap, with handwritten inscription at upper right.

Gerda Busoni Breastfeeding Her Child

Carl Eneas Sjöstrand, 1892

Pen and brown ink design of a silver candelabra with putti, unicorn-headed arms and two lit candles on a shaped sheet.

Ontwerp voor een zilveren kroonluchter voor een lid van de familie Colbert

Nicolas de Launay, 1680

Portret van keizer Claudius

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak, 1773

Ink drawing of two women on a hillside under pine trees overlooking rooftops and the Zenpukuji Temple in the distance.

Two Women Admiring the Sights from a Vantage Point Overlooking the Zenpukuji Temple

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman reading at a table with a man in a tricorn hat outside an inn.

Man en lezende vrouw voor een herberg

Cornelis Troost, 1706

Grey wash drawing of a marble bust of Nero with a child, chains, a sword and a skull on a stone ledge.

Portret van keizer Nero

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak, 1773

Brown wash drawing of a marble bust labeled OTHO in a niche, with a cherub resting beside the pedestal.

Portret van keizer Otho

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak, 1773

Brown wash drawing of a laurel-crowned marble bust of Galba on a pedestal, with a cherub and draped curtains beside it.

Portret van keizer Galba

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak, 1773

Fugl

Johannes Bronckhorst, 1700-1799

Pencil sketch of a young woman with long hair and a floral headband, extending one arm, in a draped dress.

The Goose Girl

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther, 1837

Painted drawing of a green-gowned wooden cigar store figure of a woman holding cigars on a stepped pedestal.

Cigar Store Figure

Elizabeth Johnson, c. 1942