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Which number?

Master list (pdf) of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their Collected Letters number

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Life in Holland

in the 1600's

The Wine Drinker
The Apothecary
The Sleepy Sportsman
Man Writing a Letter
Old Drinker

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Wagonwright
Potter
Turner
Baker

Images of life in Holland

Pieter de Hooch
1629-1684

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At the Linen Closet

Card Players

Card Players at a Table

Couple with a Parrot

Courtyard House Delft

Dutch Family

Interior with Figures

Lady and Servant

Mother with Cradle

Mother's Duty

Musical Family

Musical Party in a Courtyard

Paying the Hostess

Sitting Men and Woman in Garden

Soldiers Playing Cards

The Empty Glass

Two Women with Child in Courtyard

Woman and Child Bleaching

Woman and Maid in Courtyard

Woman and Maid with Child

Woman Drinking with Soldiers

Woman Drinking with Two Men

Woman hands over money to her servant

Woman Peeling Apples

Woman Reading Letter

Woman with Basket in Vegetable Garden
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Life in Holland slide shows

  • Adriaen van Ostade
  • Jan Steen
  • Pieter de Hooch
  • Gabriel Metsu
  • Jan Luyken

Life in Holland

in the 1600's

Family Concert
The Tooth Puller
The Dissolute Household
Musical Party in a Courtyard
Woman and Child Bleaching
The Empty Glass