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Triptych with Virgin and Child with Saints (center), male Donor with Saint Martin (left, inner wing), female Donor with Saint Cunera (right, inner wing), and the Annunciation (outer wings)

Person

Cunera of Rhenen

Tympanum from the Abbey Church of Egmond

Person

Petronilla, Duchess of Saxony

Portrait of Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holland and Zeeland (Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut)

Person

Jacoba of Bavaria (Countess of Hainaut)

Jan van Schaffelaar springt van de toren, 1482

Person

Jan van Schaffelaar

Maximiliaan, aartshertog van Oostenrijk gekroond tot Rooms koning

Person

Mary of Burgundy

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

Person

Desiderius Erasmus

Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Person

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Kenau Simonsdr Hasselaer

Person

Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer

Portret van een jong zwart meisje

Person

Portrait of a Black Girl

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange

Person

William the Silent

The Peace Negotiations between Claudius Civilis and Quintus Petillius Cerealis on the Demolished Bridge.

Person

Claudius Civilis

Trijn van Leemput trekt met een groepje vrouwen op naar het kasteel Vredenburg, 1577

Person

Trijn van Leemput

Maurits, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)

Person

Maurice, Prince of Orange

Bemanning in gevecht met ijsberen bij het vastgelopen schip, 1596

Person

Willem Barendsz.

Portret van Simon Stevin

Person

Simon Stevin

Portrait of Maria van Utrecht (c. 1552/53-1629)

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Maria van Utrecht

Portret van Maria van Reigersberch (1589-1653)

Person

Maria van Reigersberch

Roemer

Person

Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher

Portrait of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)

Person

Constantijn Huygens (I)

Portrait of Amalia van Solms (1602-75)

Person

Amalia van Solms

Portret van René Descartes

Person

René Descartes

Zelfportret

Person

Anna Maria van Schurman

Pieter Cnoll, Cornelia van Nijenrode, their Daughters and Two Enslaved Servants

Person

Cornelia van Nijenroode

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and his Family

Person

Anna van Gelder

Portret van Johan de Witt en Cornelis de Witt

Persons

Johan en Cornelis de Witt

Portrait of the Three Regentesses of the Leprozenhuis, Amsterdam

Persons

Women Regents

Portret van Baruch de Spinoza

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Baruch de Spinoza

Dolls’ house of Petronella Oortman

Person

Petronella Oortman

Agneta Block (1629-1704), First Person in the Netherlands to Cultivate a Pineapple

Person

Agnes Block

Pieter Cnoll, Cornelia van Nijenrode, their Daughters and Two Enslaved Servants

Person

Surapati

Portret van Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764)

Person

Cornelis Calkoen

recto Diceros bicornis bicornis (Black rhinoceros; male)

Person

Robert Jacob Gordon

Kaat Mossel en Ruige Keet, spotprent op de Rotterdamse Prinsgezinden, 1784

Person

Kaat Mossel

Persons

Elisabeth Bekker and Agatha Deken

Portret van Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol

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Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol

Portrait of Wilhelmina of Prussia in a medallion with allusions to her marriage to Prince William V on 4 October 1767 in Berlin (Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina)

Person

Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange

Portret van Petronella Moens

Person

Petronella Moens

Leren damesschoen, gedragen bij de executie van freule Johanna Magdalena Catharina Judith van Dorth tot Holthuysen

Person

Johanna Magdalena Catharina Judith van Dorth

Posthumous Portrait of Herman Willem Daendels, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Person

Herman Willem Daendels

Portrait of Hortense de Beauharnais

Person

Hortense de Beauharnais

Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands

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William I of the Netherlands

Portrait of Godart Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Person

Godert Alexander Gerard Philip baron van der Capellen

Vaatje van vrouw Schoonderwoert, in 1830 marketentster bij de afdeling Zuid-Hollandse schutterij

Person

Vrouw Schoonderwoert

Portrait of Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Minister of State and Minister of the Interior

Person

Johan Rudolf Thorbecke

Portret van Affie Anna Terzol, een tot slaaf gemaakt meisje

Person

Affie Anna Terzol

Portret van de schrijver Multatuli

Person

Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli)

Portret van Dr. P.J.H. Cuypers (1827-1921)

Person

Pierre Joseph Hubert Cuypers

Portret van Jeltje de Bosch Kemper

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Jeltje de Bosch Kemper

Portret van Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis

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Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis

Portrait of a Wounded KNIL soldier

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Kees Pop, an African Soldier in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army

Portret van Louis Couperus

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Louis Couperus

Portret van Anne Mankes-Zernike

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Anne Zernike

Isabella

Person

'Isabella'

Portret Koningin Wilhelmina

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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Design for a Statue of Anton de Kom

Person

Anton de Kom

President Soekarno zwaait lachtend vanaf het trapje van een vliegtuig

Person

Sukarno

Dressing gown or dress made of silk maps

Person

Jeanne van Leur-de Loos

Person

Marjorie Bottenheim

Verkiezingsaffiche van de Partij van de Arbeid

Person

Willem Drees

Roel van Duijn, Amsterdam

Person

Roel van Duijn

Demonstratie van 'Wij Vrouwen Eisen'

People / organisations

Dolle Mina

Portret van KVP-politica Marga Klompé

Person

Marga Klompé

Poster with a portrait of Gerard Reve writing on a sheet of paper with a quill

Person

Gerard Reve