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Rijksmuseum

80 works

Oil painting of a mountain landscape with a waterfall, ruined castle, and an ox cart crossing a wooden bridge.

Mountain landscape near Düsseldorf

Gerard van Nijmegen, 1790

Dense still life of flowers, pineapple, grapes and fruit with a dead bird, nest and sculpture in the background.

Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Birds

Jan van Os, 1774

Family group in a green panelled room: a seated mother holds an infant while children play and an older man reads at a table.

Portrait of Aernout van Beeftingh, his Wife Jacoba Maria Boon and their Children

Nicolaes Muys, 1797

Still life with dead swan, hanging hare, fruit, monkey and dog beside a garden vase, with a formal garden in the distance.

Hunting and Fruit Still Life next to a Garden Vase, with a Monkey, Dog and two Doves, in the distance Rijksdorp near…

Jan Weenix, 1714

Painting of cattle and sheep near a ruined stone building with an arch, herdsmen resting under a tree, and a sunlit sky.

Landscape with Cattle by a Ruin

Jacob van Strij, 1800

Family group dining on a harbour pier with sailing ships, flags, dogs and a distant city skyline behind them.

The Bakhuysen and de Hooghe Families dining at the Mosselsteiger (Mussel Pier) on the Y, Amsterdam

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1702

Painting of a horse-drawn sleigh with passengers crossing frozen ice, skaters nearby, a stone bridge and cottage under a clou

Winter Scene (Horse-Sleigh on the Ice)

Andries Vermeulen, 1790 - 1814

Still life painting of a monkey, a dog, a dead hare and turkey, grapes and peaches, with a garden landscape behind.

A monkey and a dog with dead game and fruits

Jan Weenix, 1704

Oil portrait of a woman in a lace cap and blue dress holding a black and white dog, looking down at it.

Portrait of Antoinette Métayer, Oldest Sister of Louis Métayer

George van der Mijn, c. 1759

Dark landscape with a thatched farmhouse, a shepherd leading cattle and sheep, and a tall tree beside the house.

Shepherd at a Farmstead

Leendert Overbeek, 1780 - 1815

Painting of a cattle driver on horseback and a shepherd boy with sheep on a road, with cows, a river and hills at sunset.

Landscape with cattle driver and shepherd

Jacob van Strij, 1800

Oil family portrait of a man in a powdered wig, a woman in a black hat, and two children with a cat and a doll.

Self Portrait with his Wife Sanneke van Bommel and their two Children

Hendrik Spilman, 1761 - 1784

Circular miniature of a young woman in a white dress beside an elderly woman in a white headscarf and black dress.

Portrait of an Old and a Young Woman

Unknown artist, 1790 - 1810

Painting of cattle and sheep resting in a pasture beside a tree and wooden fence, with a windmill on the distant horizon.

Pastureland with cattle

Jacob van Strij, 1800

Seated woman with a mirror and a spotted hairless dog on a rock, under an oak tree, in a dark wooded landscape.

A Woman with a Dog

Herman van der Mijn, 1719

Dark still life of a dead hare and bird, a dog, a monkey, fruit and an urn in a garden setting.

A Monkey and a Dog with Dead Game and Fruit

Jan Weenix, 1704

Painting of a pastoral river scene with large oak trees, grazing cattle, sheep, peasants on a bank, and anglers in a rowboat.

Landscape with peasants and their cattle and anglers on the water

Jacob van Strij, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat pointing, with a statue and landscape behind him.

Portrait of Johan Willem Parker, Lord of Saamslag, Geersdijk, Wissekerke, Cats and Soelekerke, Burgomaster of Middelb…

Jacob Jan Nachenius, 1746

Painting of shepherds, cattle, goats and sheep near a thatched hut with a tree and rolling hills beyond.

Arcadian Landscape with Shepherds and Cattle

Jan van Gool, 1710

Painting of a cattle driver on horseback and a shepherd boy with sheep beside a tree, under a warm evening sky.

Landscape with Cattle Driver and Shepherd

Jacob van Strij, 1780

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat, pointing at a red cloth, with a statue and landscape behind him.

Johan Willem Parker (1721-80), heer van Saamslag, Geersdijk, Wissekerke, Cats en Soelekerke. Burgemeester van Middelb…

Jacob Jan Nachenius, 1746

Painting of shepherds with cattle, sheep and goats at a fountain beneath trees, with a statue and hilltop ruins behind.

Italian Landscape with Shepherds and Animals at a Fountain

Jean-Louis de Marne, 1780

Painting of cows and sheep resting in a meadow beside a tall tree, with a windmill on the flat horizon under a pale sky.

Meadow Landscape with Animals

Jacob van Strij, 1800

Painting of peasants with cattle and sheep by a river, anglers in a boat, and large oak trees under a soft sky.

Landscape with Peasants with their Cattle and Anglers on the Water

Jacob van Strij, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated dog with a collar, turning its head, resting on a stone pedestal.

Sitting Dog

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1775 - c. 1795

Watercolor of a wooded pasture with cattle, sheep and a herdsman resting beneath large trees, dated 1797.

Landscape with two Herdsmen and their Cattle

Pieter Gerardus van Os, 1797

Painting of a red lily stem with several open blooms, buds, and green leaves against a dark background.

Lily

F. L. Hoffmann, 1775

Watercolor landscape with large oak trees, a rider, grazing cattle, a village church and a windmill under a pale sky.

Spring, morning and earth Summer, afternoon and air Autumn, evening and water Winter, night and fire

Jacob Cats, 1797

Gouache drawing of a grey tapir wading in a river, with rocks, trees and a farmhouse in the landscape behind.

Tapir in the water

Willem Hendrik Wilhelmus van Royen, 1706

Hand-colored woodcut of a seated dog with a chain collar and a seated cat on a checkered floor, with Dutch captions.

This dog does not bark. / This cat does not steal

erven weduwe Cornelis Stichter, 1715

Print with 24 small hand-colored vignettes of comic figures and animals such as a cat, swan, unicorn, rooster and jester.

Comical figures and animals / Grotesque scenes

Philippus Jacobus Brepols, 1800

Printed sheet with 25 small animal illustrations in labelled grid, some hand-tinted, including camel, zebra, hippopotamus and

Alphabet with animals

Erven H. Rynders, 1800

Hand-colored sheet with twenty-four small comic figures and animals, including a cat, swan, peacock, rooster, unicorn and mon

Comical postures and animals / Postures comiques et animaux

Folkert Holtkamp, 1800

Etched sketch of a helmeted soldier with a rifle walking past two barking dogs under a cloudy sky.

Two barking dogs chasing a soldier

Pencil drawing of a procession with a crowned queen on a canopied cart, winged torch bearers on horseback, and walking men.

Rhetoricians' procession with a horse-drawn cart with queen, 1620

S. van Zanten, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a pale dove perched on a branch beside a tree stump, with grass in the foreground.

Bird in landscape

Krüger jr., 1772

Grey wash ornament panel of acanthus scrolls and vine leaves with four birds, signed Johannes Beretta 1791.

Ornament of leaf scrolls and birds

Johannes Beretta, 1791

Etched natural history plate with numbered skulls, bird heads, feathers, fish, insects, shells and coral arranged in rows.

Encyclopedic representation of animals

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Horse

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraved print of a shaggy dog chained beside a wooden kennel, with a village and church steeple in the distance.

Dog

Pieter de Mare, 1768

Grey wash drawing of a man leading a horse and cart on a rocky road between misty mountain cliffs.

Man with horse and cart in a mountain landscape

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Mezzotint of a seated woman holding a small dog, a man in a wide hat leaning beside her, and a second dog at her feet.

A man and a woman with two dogs

John Greenwood, 1739

Sepia print of herdsmen driving cattle past a classical arcade toward a lake with hills in the distance.

Landscape with cattle drivers along a lake and a classical building

Richard Earlom, 1774

Pen and watercolor sketch of a seated figure by a tree beside a garden statue on a pedestal.

Woman with dog in park

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Engraved town square with a central fountain, gabled houses, riders, pedestrians and carts, with Latin and German captions be

View of the horse market or main market, in Frankfurt am Main

Georg Daniel Heumann, 1738

Sepia print of herders and cattle crossing a stream beneath trees, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Landscape near a city with shepherds and cattle crossing a stream

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraved plate of six animals with Dutch labels: hippopotamus, porcupine, sheep, tiger, tortoise and civet cat.

Animals in South Africa

Abraham Zeeman, 1727

Engraving of horse-drawn sleighs travelling through a snowy winter landscape with bare trees and conifers.

Winter landscape with horse-drawn sleighs

Andreas Stöttrup, 1782

Brown mezzotint of herders and cattle by a lake, with a triumphal arch and ruins on the right and large trees on the left.

Landscape with shepherds, cattle and triumphal arch around a lake

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraving of hunters with spears and bows attacking a lion, with elephants, a monkey in a tree, and archers in the background

Hunt for wild animals by the Khoekhoe

Abraham Zeeman, 1727

Head of a horse

Floris Croese, 1763

Sepia print of a pastoral landscape with cattle, goats, herders, a stone bridge, tall trees and a distant village.

Landscape with shepherdesses, cattle and fight on a bridge

Richard Earlom, 1775

Etching of a village inn with travelers, horses and wagons under a cloudy sky, with a distant church spire.

Landscape with inn and resting horses and wagons and horsemen

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Etching of an ornate urn with a lion head and two mermaids clinging to its sides, on a plinth.

Vase with two young mermaids and a lion's head

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Hand-coloured drawing of a yellow coach pulled by four horses, with a postilion and two footmen in livery.

Carriage with four horses

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Etching of a boy in dark clothes leading a white horse by the bridle across a grassy field.

A boy holds a horse by the bridle

Joannes Bemme, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a man leaning on a cloth rail beside a spotted horse in front of a wooden stable.

Man with horse in front of the stable

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1790

Engraved pastoral landscape with cows resting and grazing, a seated woman and herder near a fence, and large trees under a cl

Landscape with shepherds and cattle

Robert Daudet, 1778

Pencil sketch of a herder with cattle on a path beside bushes and a leafy tree, by Hermanus Fock, 1781.

Landscape with cattle herder

Hermanus Fock, 1781

Grey wash drawing of a groom leading a horse into a stable doorway beside an ivy-covered brick wall.

Stable hand leading a horse into the stable

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1790

Hand-colored print of a seated orange and grey tabby cat on a pedestal, with Dutch verses above and below.

No more useful animal for rat and mouse / Than a nice little cat in your house. / For it searches every nook / to see…

Jan Hendriksen, 1781

Engraved relief design with muscular Hercules figures flanking a central framed cartouche, a bull, a horse, and a cherub.

Relief flanked by Hercules with the Bull of Crete and Hercules with a Horse of Diomedes

Louis Surugue, 1713

Title page with decorative lettering and flourishes for Original Beasts Studies after Dutch old masters, published in Amsterd

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1796

Engraving of a man with a sack on his shoulder beside a bridled horse, with a brick pillar and cottage behind.

Man with sack on shoulder near unsaddled horse

Joannes Bemme, 1785

Oval engraved portrait of a seated clergyman with a cross-topped staff, with an altar and coat of arms behind him.

Portret van Balduinus Cats

François van Bleyswijck, 1726

Broadsheet grid of small woodcut scenes with rhyming Dutch verses, some areas hand-coloured in red and blue.

Hier wordt door Jacob Cats, o jeugd! u voorschreven, Al de verandering in 's menschen gansche leven

Jan Hendriksen, 1781

Watercolour of a bird of paradise on a branch with long trailing tail plumes and handwritten Dutch notes on the page.

Bird of Paradise

Jan Brandes, 1785

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace jabot, resting an arm on a stone pedestal.

Portret van Claude Nicolas Le Cat

Johann Georg Wille, 1747

Small drawing of a grey and white cat curled up asleep, head tucked down, with soft wash shading beneath it.

Seated Cat, Seen from the Front

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Hand-coloured print of Horse Guards Parade in London, with a domed clock tower building and crowds in 18th-century dress.

Gezicht op de Horse Guards Parade te Londen

Jean-François Daumont, 1745

Hand-colored drawing of two spotted African wild dogs standing on grass beside a rock and tree stump, with Dutch text below.

Lycaon pictus (African wild dog)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor page of red, green and white parrots and a cockatoo on branches, with Dutch handwritten labels, dated 1784.

Birds from Ambon

Jan Brandes, 1784

Night scene of men in period dress observing the moon through a telescope on a tripod in a courtyard, drawn in blue wash.

Een dier in de maan / Un Animal dans la Lune

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1731

Engraving of a man with a walking stick and a woman in a feathered hat walking in snow, children sledding behind them.

Jacob Cats ontvangt de prinses van Oranje op landgoed Sorghvliet

Walraad Nieuwhoff, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a turban inside a decorative frame, labeled LE CAT, dated 1771.

Portret van Claude Nicolas Le Cat

Benoît Louis Henriquez, 1771

Hand-colored caricature of three stout horsemen in red coats and plumed helmets, with a soldier being hoisted onto a horse by

Back front & side view of a Dutch light horse-man, with their improved method of mounting

Isaac Cruikshank, 1794

Small oval engraved portrait of an elderly man in a dark robe and white collar, centred on a cream sheet.

Portret van Jacob Cats

Willem van Senus, 1787

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, above a panel with books, a quill, inkwell and oil lamp.

Portret van Jacob Cats

Reinier Vinkeles, 1783

Eight-panel woodcut sheet with Dutch captions showing scenes of Jesus among crowds, partly hand-tinted in orange and blue.

Ey kinders wilt dees print aanmerken / Aanschoud dog Godes wonderwerken

Wolf Huber, 1725

Sepia landscape print of large horse chestnut trees in a meadow under a cloudy sky, with distant woods on the left.

Horse Chestnut

John Robert Cozens, 1789