The Netherlands Collection (page 8)

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647 (oil on panel)
5861791 Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647 (oil on panel) by Potter, Paulus (1625-54); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: by Paulus Potter)

Elisa Pearson Playter, c.1837 (oil on wood panel)
XOS5882285 Elisa Pearson Playter, c.1837 (oil on wood panel) by Wonder, Pieter Christoffel (1780-1852); 20x15.6 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Pieter Christoffel Wonder)

Charity, c.1590 (oil on wood)
XOS5882001 Charity, c.1590 (oil on wood) by Bloemaert, Abraham (1566-1651); 87x100 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info)

Sleeping Peasants near Fields (Parable of the Weeds), 1650-53 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879100 Sleeping Peasants near Fields (Parable of the Weeds), 1650-53 (oil on canvas) by Vlieger, Simon Jacobsz. (c.1600-53); 122x161.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Sleeping Shepherds, 1663 (oil on wood)
XOS5877344 Sleeping Shepherds, 1663 (oil on wood) by Velde, Adriaen van de (1636-72); 38.5x43.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by Adriaen van de Velde)

Going to church on a Sunday afternoon in Holland (engraving)
8631554 Going to church on a Sunday afternoon in Holland (engraving) by Muller-Massdorf, Julius (1863-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going to church on a Sunday afternoon in Holland)

A Dutch porter (engraving)
8646009 A Dutch porter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dutch porter. Illustration for The People's Magazine)

Landing of the Prince of Orange, 1688 (engraving)
8636810 Landing of the Prince of Orange, 1688 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Landing of the Prince of Orange, 1688)

Rotterdam: Gezicht Op De Maas (b/w photo)
8640978 Rotterdam: Gezicht Op De Maas (b/w photo) by Dutch Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gezicht Op De Maas. Illustration for Souvenir de Rotterdam (c 1890)

The landing of William of Orange (engraving)
8636211 The landing of William of Orange (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The landing of William of Orange)

Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen (b/w photo)
8649412 Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen)

The Rhine: Utrecht (colour litho)
8662928 The Rhine: Utrecht (colour litho) by Jardine, Effie (1857-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Utrecht. Illustration for The Rhine, its Valley and History by H J Mackinder)

Rotterdam: De Spoorbrug over De Maas (litho)
8634075 Rotterdam: De Spoorbrug over De Maas (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: De Spoorbrug over De Maas)

Photocard, 1930s: Rotterdam (coloured photo)
8671650 Photocard, 1930s: Rotterdam (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rotterdam)

Veleda, priestess of the Bructeri, 1st Century (engraving)
8626228 Veleda, priestess of the Bructeri, 1st Century (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Veleda, priestess of the Germanic tribe the Bructeri)

World's Children: Dutch, All in a Row (colour litho)
8625639 World's Children: Dutch, All in a Row (colour litho) by Menpes, Mortimer Ludington (1855-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch, All in a Row)

Dutch Later Renaissance ornament (litho)
8624206 Dutch Later Renaissance ornament (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch Later Renaissance ornament)

Dutch Renaissance ornament (litho)
8624251 Dutch Renaissance ornament (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch Renaissance ornament)

Hoe, holly, blast furnace, coal and Dutch (chromolitho)
8677343 Hoe, holly, blast furnace, coal and Dutch (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: H for houe (hoe), houx (holly), hauts fourneaux (blast furnace)

Portrait of Pieter (Petrus, Pierre) van Musschenbroek (1692-1761) Dutch Physicist
XEE5030730 Portrait of Pieter (Petrus, Pierre) van Musschenbroek (1692-1761) Dutch Physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of Pieter (Petrus)

Dutch family in a house in the New Netherlands (New Netherlands), 18th century. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4880399 Dutch family in a house in the New Netherlands (New Netherlands), 18th century. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

King Peter I The Great (1672-1725) studying the model of a boat in Zaandam, Holland
NWI4945311 King Peter I The Great (1672-1725) studying the model of a boat in Zaandam, Holland. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Utrecht. Netherlands. Bell tower of the Gothic cathedral to the bell tower built after the collapse of the original
JEB4942169 Utrecht. Netherlands. Bell tower of the Gothic cathedral to the bell tower built after the collapse of the original between 1321 and 1382; (add.info.: Utrecht. Netherlands)

Saint Jude Thaddee (St Jude the Apostle) Wood sculpture from the master's workshop of Elsloo
JEB4942131 Saint Jude Thaddee (St Jude the Apostle) Wood sculpture from the master's workshop of Elsloo (Sculpture from the master of Elsloo school)

Saint Matthew (St Mathew) Wood sculpture of the master's workshop of Elsloo
JEB4942114 Saint Matthew (St Mathew) Wood sculpture of the master's workshop of Elsloo (Sculpture from the master of Elsloo school)

Christiaan Huygens
NWI4949337 Christiaan Huygens.; (add.info.: Christiaan Huygens.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Dimension view of Huygens Clock showing the mechanics of the pendulum, 17th century
NWI4948601 Dimension view of Huygens Clock showing the mechanics of the pendulum, 17th century. Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist

Pasquier Quesnel (1634-1719), French theologian, c.1750 (engraving)
UTD4926469 Pasquier Quesnel (1634-1719), French theologian, c.1750 (engraving); United Archives/HistAuge

Battle of Sluys Declaring war with France and King Philip VI, King Edward III began his naval campaign
ELD4872591 Battle of Sluys Declaring war with France and King Philip VI, King Edward III began his naval campaign and the first major conflict of the Years Hundred War with victory at the Battle of

History of transport: a family of the great Dutch bourgeoisie moving in their own private car drawn by four horses
ELD4849493 History of transport: a family of the great Dutch bourgeoisie moving in their own private car drawn by four horses, Netherlands, 19th century

Story of the transport: businessmen on horseback, Netherlands. Late 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4847148 Story of the transport: businessmen on horseback, Netherlands. Late 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Map of Holland (Netherlands), circa 1870. 19th century lithography
NWI4871776 Map of Holland (Netherlands), circa 1870. 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Map of Holland (Netherlands), circa 1870. 19th century lithography.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Portrait of Frans Cornelius Donders (1818-1889) Dutch doctor
XEE5028984 Portrait of Frans Cornelius Donders (1818-1889) Dutch doctor; (add.info.: Portrait of Frans Cornelius Donders (1818-1889) Dutch doctor); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of HERMAN (Hermann) BOERHAAVE (1668-1738) Dutch doctor
XEE5028235 Portrait of HERMAN (Hermann) BOERHAAVE (1668-1738) Dutch doctor; (add.info.: Portrait of HERMAN (Hermann) BOERHAAVE (1668-1738) Dutch doctor); Stefano Bianchetti

Prince Georges Frederick of Waldeck 1620-1692 - German field-marechal and a Dutch general - 17th century engraving
XEE5033253 Prince Georges Frederick of Waldeck 1620-1692 - German field-marechal and a Dutch general - 17th century engraving - Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck - Grand Master of the Order of Saint

The failure of the South Sea Company
3586525 The failure of the South Sea Company; (add.info.: Dutch satirical engraving on the failure of the South Sea Company, Mississippi Company, and bubble schemes of John Law and others)

Interior of Leiden University library
3586520 Interior of Leiden University library; (add.info.: Engraving shows interior of Leiden University library, Netherlands 1610 by Jan Cornelisz Woudanus)

Woman gardener from Holland, after Koning, 1804. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet
FLO4686578 Woman gardener from Holland, after Koning, 1804. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers " Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes"

Marken: portrait of a girl wearing a suit from the Netherlands North Holland of Marken, 1865
LUX4718449 Marken: portrait of a girl wearing a suit from the Netherlands North Holland of Marken, 1865; (add.info.: Marken)

Threads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's
FLO4574760 Threads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children)

A Dutch dairy
3732541 A Dutch dairy; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Dutch dairy. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter K as kilometre. Map of countries at war extending over 3000 km
DUV4201478 First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter K as kilometre. Map of countries at war extending over 3000 km. Engraving in " Alphabet of the Great War 1914-1916

Letter H: 14th century lettrine, Dutch, Blast furnaces, Coal, Holly, Hoe. Alphabet illustrates a character in
DUV4198363 Letter H: 14th century lettrine, Dutch, Blast furnaces, Coal, Holly, Hoe. Alphabet illustrates a character in traditional costume, a famous monument, a plant and an object or an insect

Dutch girl (before 1916). Guillaume-Roger (1867-1943). Pastel on paper glue on canvas
SYC4195825 Dutch girl (before 1916). Guillaume-Roger (1867-1943). Pastel on paper glue on canvas. Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Petite Palais.; (add.info.: Dutch girl (before 1916)

German nobleman 1577 and a countess of Holland and Zeeland 1600. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von
FLO4705570 German nobleman 1577 and a countess of Holland and Zeeland 1600. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Bust of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), 1818 by Simon Mansion (1773-1854)
YOU4419797 Bust of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), 1818 by Simon Mansion (1773-1854); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Bust of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

Spikeweed sphinx on a strawberry tree - Willowherb hawkmoth, Proserpinus proserpina, on a strawberry bush
FLO4562441 Spikeweed sphinx on a strawberry tree - Willowherb hawkmoth, Proserpinus proserpina, on a strawberry bush, Fragaria ananassa

Blue lichenee and common phadet (procris) - Clifden nonpareil moth, Catocala fraxini, and small heath butterfly
FLO4562430 Blue lichenee and common phadet (procris) - Clifden nonpareil moth, Catocala fraxini, and small heath butterfly, Coenonympha pamphilus

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"The Netherlands: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Nature" Step back in time to the Fifth Physics Congress Solvay in Brussels, 1927. This black and white photo captures the brilliant minds that gathered to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge. Amsterdam's charm is beautifully portrayed through an old bicycle resting by the Singel canal. The image takes us on a nostalgic journey along the picturesque canals that wind through this enchanting city. A vibrant red bicycle stands proudly by the Herengracht canal, epitomizing Dutch cycling culture. It symbolizes freedom and sustainability as locals pedal their way through Amsterdam's charming streets. Johnny Rotten ignites Holland with his electrifying performance as lead singer of Sex Pistols in 1977. The Netherlands has always been a hub for artistic expression and rebellion, leaving its mark on music history. Travel back even further to 1560 when children played games immortalized by Pieter Bruegel. These timeless scenes remind us of our shared humanity across centuries. Nature thrives in Valkenhorst nature reserve where a great crested grebe feeds one of its chicks a feather. This captivating moment captured by Bird Photographer of the Year showcases the country's commitment to preserving biodiversity. The Limbourg brothers' masterpiece "February" from Les Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry transports us to medieval times when art flourished under patronage. Their intricate details paint a vivid picture of life during that era. Pieter Bruegel's "The Fall of Rebel Angels" depicts biblical mythology with stunning detail and imagination. It reminds us that Dutch artists have long been masters at capturing both earthly beauty and spiritual realms. Another gem from Les Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry brings May alive with vibrant colors painted by the Limbourg brothers themselves. Their work embodies not only artistic brilliance but also historical significance.