Birds in Dutch Tiles

I was always fascinated by Dutch tiles. And of course tiles with pictures of nature. And specially with birds.
I drew a lot of tiles which was a good exercise to study them.
Here you can read more about the history of Dutch tiles.

These drawings (coloured with watercolor) are from 1997.

Sketch of 1997 (with a little water damage).

This book about tiles (by Jan Pluis) was a gift from Mary and Lucien. 

Panel of 24 tiles, 1620-40. These tiles has been painted after the engravings by Adriaen Collaert (ca. 1560-1618) in his Avivum vivae icones. 

 Panel of 12 tiles, 1630-1650

Panel of 12 tiles, 1620-1640

Panel of 6 tiles, 1620-1640 

 Pattern book for tiles, Tichelaar, Makkum, c. 1920

 Tableau, Harlingen, c. 1790.

 Tableau, Utrecht, 1860-1900

Panel of 9 tiles, 17th century, collection Stedelijk Museum De Moriaan.

Tile, 1625-1650

Kitchen sink with tiles, Museum De lakenhal.

Tile, detail of the Kitchen sink.

Tile, detail of the Kitchen sink.

Tiles, detail of the Kitchen sink.

Tile, detail of the Kitchen sink.

Tile, detail of the Kitchen sink.

Panel of 25 tiles, 1620-1650 (Museum De Lakenhal)

Detail of the tableau (from above).

 Tiles, 17th Century

 Van Hulst, 1900-20

Max Läuger, 1908.

Tjallingii Harlingen (?), 1900-10. More pictures of tiles you can find in Dutch Collection hier.