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A c. 1680 portrait by Jan Verkolje of the Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

A drawing of the early construction phase of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Martin van Heemskerck. From the north side, 1532-6 CE. The drawing shows the piers and arches which were designed by the project's first architect Donato Bramante...

Chart of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) by the British navigator and cartographer, Matthew Flinders, (1774-1814). Chart drawn 1798-1799.

An 1823 oil on canvas portrait by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in January in Arles. Vincent had cut off part of his ear and presented it to a prostitute in a local...

An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Bedroom in Arles, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in October, this was the artist's own room in the Yellow House he rented. He has painted all the contents of the...

The memorial in Oude Learl, Delft, the Netherlands to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), the most important microscopist of the Scientific Revolution.

Martin Van Buren around the time he was serving as Andrew Jackson's secretary of state. Oil on panel portrait by Francis Alexander, 1830. White House Collection, Washington, D.C.

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Trinquetaille Bridge, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in October in Arles when the artist concentrated on urban scenes now the local greenery and colours in nature...

An 1884 oil on canvas painting, Weaver near an Open Window, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in July in Nuenen, the Netherlands. The artist made a series of studies of weavers, very often, as here...