Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt: The Complete Collection Online

Introduction
The Harvard Art Museums are the preeminent U.S. stronghold for drawings by Netherlandish, Dutch, and Flemish artists dating from the 15th century to around 1800. Unusual for an American museum, these works offer a comprehensive survey of the art of drawing in the Northern and Southern Netherlands during the early modern era. The most accomplished draftsmen of the period—Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jacques de Gheyn II, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Rembrandt van Rijn—are represented, as are the various subjects and genres that have become hallmarks of artistic invention during this era: religious, historical, and allegorical topics; scenes of everyday life; landscapes and seascapes; portraiture and studies of heads and individual figures; and observations of the natural world, including studies of plants and animals. The works illustrate the range of media used by draftsmen of the period as well as the many types of drawings they produced, from studies made for practice or documentation, to those that served as preparation for paintings, prints, and stained glass, to finished pieces enjoyed in their own right.
Continue ReadingDrawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt: The Complete Collection Online
- Chalk
- Charcoal
- Graphite
- Ink
- Metalpoint
- Mixed media
- Oil
- Opaque watercolor
- Wash
- Watercolor
- Aelst, Evert van
- Aelst, Willem van
- Andriessen, Anthonie
- Arthois, Jacques d'
- Asch, Pieter van
- Asselijn, Jan
- Assteyn, Bartholomeus Abrahamsz.
- Ast, Balthasar van der
- Avercamp, Hendrick Barentsz.
- Backer, Jacob Adriaensz.
- Backhuyzen, Ludolf
- Barbiers, Pieter Pietersz. I
- Bega, Cornelis
- Bendorp, Carel Frederik the Elder
- Berchem, Nicolaes the Elder
- Berckheyde, Gerrit Adriaensz
- Bergh, Jan van den
- Bergh, Mathijs van den
- Bisschop, Jan de
- Bloemaert, Abraham
- Bloemen, Peter van
- Bloot, Pieter de
- Bol, Ferdinand
- Bol, Hans
- Borch, Gerard Ter
- Borcht, Pieter van der
- Borssom, Anthonie van
- Bosch, Hieronymus
- Bouckhorst, Jan Philipsz. van
- Boudewijns, Adriaen Frans
- Bourdon, Sébastien
- Bramer, Leonaert
- Bray, Jan de
- Breenbergh, Bartholomeus
- Bril, Paul (Paulus)
- Broeck, Chrispijn van den
- Broeck, Hendrik van den
- Bronckhorst, Johannes
- Bruegel, Pieter the Elder
- Brueghel, Jan the Elder
- Buonarroti, Michelangelo
- Buytewech, Willem Pietersz.
- Calvaert, Denys
- Cats, Jacob
- Cleve, Hendrick van III
- Cock, Mathys
- Coecke van Aelst, Pieter
- Collaert, Adriaen
- Collaert, Hans the Younger
- Cooghen, Leendert van der
- Coopse, Pieter
- Cort, Cornelis
- Couwenbergh, Christiaen van
- Coxcie, Michiel
- Crabeth, Dirck Pietersz.
- Cruijdaen, Joris
- Cuyp, Aelbert
- Cuyp, Jacob Gerritz
- Dalens, Dirck the Younger
- Dankerts, Hendrik
- Dasveldt, Jan
- Diepenbeeck, Abraham van
- Doetecum, Joannes van
- Doetecum, Lucas van
- Doomer, Lambert
- Drielst, Egbert van
- Drost, Willem
- Dubois, Guillam
- Dujardin, Karel
- Dupré, Daniel
- Dusart, Cornelis
- Dyck, Anthony van Sir
- Edelinck, Gérard
- Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den
- Eeckhout, P. L. van den
- Esselens, Jacob
- Everdingen, Allart van
- Eynden, Jacobus van
- Flamen, Albert
- Flinck, Govert
- Floris, Frans
- Fokke, Simon
- Fornenburgh, Jan Baptist van
- Franck, C. F.
- Franco, Battista
- Fyt, Jan
- Galle, Philips
- Gelder, Justus de
- Genoels, Abraham
- Gheyn, Jacques de II
- Gheyn, Jacques de III
- Goltzius, Hendrick
- Gossaert, Jan
- Goudt, Hendrick
- Govertsz., Dirck
- Goyen, Jan van
- Grave, Josua de
- Grebber, Pieter de
- Groenewegen, Pieter Anthonisz. van
- Haagen, Joris Abrahamsz. van der
- Hackaert, Jan
- Harrewijn, Jacop
- Heemskerck, Egbert van the Elder
- Heemskerck, Maarten van
- Heer, Gerrit de
- Heer, Margaretha Adriaensdr. de
- Himpel, Aarnout Ter
- Hogenberg, Nikolaus
- Holsteyn, Pieter II
- Honich, Adriaen
- Hoogstraten, Samuel van
- Houbraken, Arnold
- Hulswit, Jan
- Huygens, Constantin the Younger
- Huysum, Justus van the Younger
- Janson, Johannes
- Jongh, Ludolf de
- Jonson van Ceulen, Cornelis
- Jordaens, Jacques
- Kessel, Jan van
- Klass, Friedrich Christian
- Klotz, Valentijn
- Knibbergen, Frans
- Koninck, Philips
- La Fargue, Karel
- La Rue, Louis-Félix de
- Laer, Pieter van
- Lairesse, Gérard de
- Lastman, Pieter
- Legillon, Jean-François
- Leupenius, Johannes
- Leyden, Lucas van
- Liender, Pieter Jan van
- Lievens, Jan
- Lisse, Dirck van der
- Lombard, Lambert
- Lorrain, Claude
- Maas, Dirk
- Maes, Godfried
- Maes, Nicolaes
- Mander, Karel van
- Marmion, Simon
- Marot, Daniel I
- Master of 1518
- Master of 1527
- Master of Flemalle
- Master of the Egmont Albums
- Master of the Hermitage Sketchbook
- Master of the Hortulus Animae
- Master of the Small Landscapes
- Matham, Jacob
- Matham, Theodor
- Mieris, Frans van the Elder
- Molijn, Pieter de
- Momper, Joos de
- Monogrammist W.B.
- Mont, Deodat van der
- Moucheron, Frederik de
- Moucheron, Isaac de
- Muller, Jan Harmensz.
- Neyts, Gillis
- Nicola, J.
- Nieulandt, Willem van II
- Nooms, called Zeeman, Reinier
- Noordt, Jan van
- Ommeganck, Balthasar Paul
- Orley, Bernard van
- Ortkens, Aert van
- Ostade, Adriaen van
- Ostade, Isaac van
- Ovens, Juriaen
- Palamedesz., Anthonie
- Palamedesz., Palamedes
- Passe, Crispijn de I
- Perkois, Jacob
- Plattenberg, Matthijs van
- Poorter, Willem de
- Pothoven, Hendrick
- Potter, Paulus
- Potter, Pieter
- Pourbus, Frans the Elder
- Pourbus, Frans the Younger
- Poussin, Nicolas
- Pozzoserrato, Lodewijk
- Prooijs, Bernart
- Pseudo-Ortkens
- Pynacker, Adam
- Quast, Pieter Jansz.
- Quellinus, Erasmus
- Quellinus, Jan Erasmus
- Rademaker, Abraham
- Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
- Roghman, Roelant
- Rottenhammer, Johann
- Rubens, Peter Paul
- Ruisdael, Jacob van
- Ryckhals, François
- Ryckhals, François
- Sadeler, Aegidius
- Sadeler, Jan the Younger
- Sadeler, Johann I
- Saftleven, Cornelis
- Saftleven, Herman
- Sallaert, Anthony
- Savery, Roelant
- Schellincks, Willem
- Schouman, Aert
- Schut, Cornelis I
- Scorel, Jan van
- Snyders, Frans
- Sorgh, Hendrik
- Speckaert, Jan
- Spranger, Bartholomeus
- Staverenus, Petrus
- Steenwijck, Pieter
- Stevens, Pieter
- Straaten, Hendrik van der
- Straet, Jan van der
- Strij, Jacob van
- Sustris, Friedrich
- Swanenburg, Isaac Claesz. van
- Swanenburgh, Jacob Isaacsz
- Tempel, Abraham van den
- Teniers, David II
- Thybaut, Willem Willemsz.
- Toeput, Lodewyk
- Toorenvliet, Jacob
- Troost, Cornelis
- Troostwijk, Wouter Joannes van
- Uden, Lucas van
- Ulft, Jacob van der
- Unidentified Artist
- Vaillant, Jacques
- Vaillant, Wallerant
- Valckenborch, Frederik van
- van Mieris, Willem
- Vanni, Francesco
- Various Artists
- Velde, Adriaen van de
- Velde, Esaias van de
- Velde, Jan van de II
- Velde, Willem van de II
- Velde, Willem van de the Elder
- Venne, Adriaen van de
- Verboom, Adriaen Hendriksz
- Verhaecht, Tobias
- Verkolje, Jan
- Verkolje, Nicolaas
- Vermeer van Haarlem, Jan the Elder
- Verschuring, Hendrik
- Vianen, Paulus van
- Victors, Jan
- Vinne, Vincent Laurensz van der II
- Visscher, Cornelis
- Vitringa, Wigerus
- Vlieger, Simon de
- Vorsterman, Lucas I
- Vos, Maerten de
- Vrancx, Sebastian
- Vroom, Cornelis
- Wandelaar, Jan
- Wanum, Ary van
- Waterloo, Anthonie
- Weenix, Jan
- Weenix, Jan Baptist
- Werff, Adriaen van der
- Wet, Jacob Willemsz. de
- Wicart, Nicolaus
- Wieringen, Cornelis Claesz. van
- Wierix, Anton II
- Wierix, Jan
- Wijck, Thomas
- Wildens, Jan
- Wit, Jacob de
- Withoos, Alida
- Withoos, Pieter
- Witte, Emanuel de
- Wittel (called Vanvitelli), Gaspar van
- Wouwerman, Philips
- Wtewael, Joachim
- Zegelaar, Gerrit
- Zuccaro, Federico