City and municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium; capital and largest city of Antwerp Province; third-largest municipality in Belgium by area

Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.

A group photograph of gay men standing in a triangular formation with the message 'Friends remain friends, HIV positive or not'; an advertisement for helplines for those with AIDS and HIV by Het AIDS team in Antwerp. Colour lithograph by Wilberto van den Boogaard, ca. 1995.

A bare-chested man puts an arm around another man wearing an open leather jacket revealing his bare chest with the message 'With Hot Rubber you're safe!'; an advertisement for safe gay sex by AIDS Team Productions. Colour lithograph by Wilberto van den Boogaard, ca. 1993.

Two money-lenders counting their money, the one writing the ledger wears spectacles. Mezzotint after Q. Matsys.

A man stands against a wall wearing a San Franciscan police uniform with a star badge, a San Francisco police arm badge, sunglasses and a leather hat; a co-production of The Boots and AIDSteam in Antwerp. Lithograph, ca. 1995.

A man painting an oval portrait using his feet. Photograph by J. Dupont, c. 1870.

Men fencing. Engraving by Scheltus a Bolswert.

A woman whispers into the ear of a man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.

The yearly Ommegang pageant in Antwerp, 1685. Engraving by G. Bouttats.

Interior of l'hopital Blindé, Antwerp, with army patients and wounded men. Lithograph by D. Raffet, 1852.

Men fencing. Engraving by P. Serwouters.

Interior of l'hopital Blindé, Antwerp, with army patients and wounded men. Lithograph by D. Raffet, 1832.

Antidotarium / Carolus Clusius.

80 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits, map, facsimiles ; 29 cm

Works of art from the Plantin-Moretus Museum.

1 print : etching on two plates ; image 53.4 x 60.5 cm

The triumph of Ferdinand of Spain (Ferdinand of Austria) in the battle of Kallo: a triumphal car laden with trophies and attributes of Ferdinand enters Antwerp. Etching by T. van Thulden, ca. 1641, after P.P. Rubens.

180 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm

Gedenkboek 150 jaar KAVA : geschiedenis van de Koninklijke Apothekersvereniging van Antwerpen / door L.J. Vandewiele.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 41.9 x 29.7 cm

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Antwerp

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Images referencing Antwerp

Works from the collections

Antidotarium / Carolus Clusius.

Works of art from the Plantin-Moretus Museum.

The triumph of Ferdinand of Spain (Ferdinand of Austria) in the battle of Kallo: a triumphal car laden with trophies and attributes of Ferdinand enters Antwerp. Etching by T. van Thulden, ca. 1641, after P.P. Rubens.

Gedenkboek 150 jaar KAVA : geschiedenis van de Koninklijke Apothekersvereniging van Antwerpen / door L.J. Vandewiele.

A woman whispers into the ear of a man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.

Antwerp

Images from the collections

Images referencing Antwerp

Works from the collections

Antidotarium / Carolus Clusius.

Works of art from the Plantin-Moretus Museum.

The triumph of Ferdinand of Spain (Ferdinand of Austria) in the battle of Kallo: a triumphal car laden with trophies and attributes of Ferdinand enters Antwerp. Etching by T. van Thulden, ca. 1641, after P.P. Rubens.

Gedenkboek 150 jaar KAVA : geschiedenis van de Koninklijke Apothekersvereniging van Antwerpen / door L.J. Vandewiele.

A woman whispers into the ear of a man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.

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