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Rijksmuseum

63 works

Mounted hussars in yellow-braided blue uniforms ride down a dusty hillside in loose column, painted in rapid brushwork.

The Yellow Riders

George Hendrik Breitner, 1885 - 1886

Painting of three horses at a water trough beside a canal, with tall poplar trees on the left under a grey sky.

Horses at the gate

Anton Mauve, 1878

Orange tabby cat with three kittens on a red rug in a doorway framed by ivy and blue morning glory flowers.

Cat with Kittens

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, 1844

Young woman in a lace cap holds a note in an open doorway while a dog waits on the threshold.

Love Note

Johannes Hendrik van West, 1838

Painting of mounted hussar soldiers in yellow-braided jackets riding down a dusty hillside track with horses.

Horse Artillery

George Hendrik Breitner, 1885

Oil painting of a black and white dog seated on a studded wooden chair in a dim interior.

A Dog on a Chair

Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen, 1860 - 1891

Painting of two reed nests on a grassy bank beside a calm canal, with ducks on the water and willows under a cloudy sky.

Ducks’ Nests

Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1890 - c. 1900

Ginger cat with three kittens on a red cushion in a doorway framed by ivy and blue morning glory flowers.

Cat with Kittens

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, 1844

Two brown vultures perch together on a rocky ledge, painted in muted earth tones on textured canvas.

Two Arabian Vultures

Theo van Hoytema, 1885 - 1917

Painting of a standing male lion with a full mane, mouth open, against a dark brown background.

A Lion from the Menagerie of King Louis Napoleon, 1808

Pieter Gerardus van Os, 1808

Painting of a dim stable with two men, one on a white horse, a spotted dog, and several brown horses among straw.

Horse Stable

Joseph Moerenhout, 1830

Painting of a woman with a sleeping child beside a Saint Bernard dog wearing a cask, with mountains behind them.

A Saint Bernard Dog Comes to the Aid of a lost Woman with a sick Child

Charles Picqué, 1827

Hand-coloured print of two uniformed horse artillery soldiers, one with a trumpet, standing on grass with sabres and plumed s

Gunner and Trumpeter, on foot, Horse Artillery

Dirk Sluyter, 1823

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a horse's head in a bridle, turned to the right, inscribed Pluto.

Head of Pluto the Horse

Wouter Verschuur jr., 1851

Etching of an archer drawing a bow at a bird in flight, with wading figures and a domed building behind him.

Archer shoots a water bird

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1882

Pencil sketch of several tall wading birds with long necks and legs, one bending down to feed among grass.

Six birds

Lucien Pissarro, 1873

Hand-coloured print of an artillery officer in blue uniform holding a saddled bay horse, with cannons behind.

Officer (Captain) of the Field Artillery, with saddled riding horse

Joannes Bemme, 1826

Hand-colored print of a menagerie with rows of tigers, giraffes, monkeys, hyenas, bears and hares, with Dutch captions below.

Menagerie of various animals

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Symmetrical decorative design of grey and red stylized foliage and scrolls within a dark border.

Decorative design with animal motifs

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Sheet of twenty-four hand-colored bird illustrations arranged alphabetically from A to Z, with Dutch labels beneath each bird

All sorts of birds, arranged in alphabetical order

Franciscus Antonius Beersmans, 1866

Hand-colored print of nine vignettes showing horses from different countries, including carriage teams, riders, a hunt and a

Horses

Hermann van der Moolen, 1843

Etching of a mare grazing beside water with a foal, willow trees behind, and a large decorative letter E at lower left.

Letter E and a landscape with a horse and a foal

Lithograph of a man in a top hat pointing beside a laughing man in shirtsleeves, with a horse and clogs on a street.

Two coachmen talk about their horses

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1840

Black and white woodcut of two long-tailed birds perched on a branch, one above the other, within a rectangular frame.

Two birds on a branch

Janus de Winter, 1892

Woman playing the piano and a horse

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Dog's head

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828

Etching of a figure and two horses before a misty castle silhouette with towers under a pale dusk sky.

Figure and two horses near a castle in the mist

Albrecht Felix Reicher, 1868

Print of Daniel praying among lions in a rocky cave, with a skull and stone ruins in the background.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1809

Lithograph of a small child standing on a grey horse's back in a dark stable, arm outstretched.

Small child standing on the back of a horse

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828

Etching on one sheet: two cats, one lapping from a plate above, a seated tabby cat drinking from a dish below.

Print with two cats, one drinking from a plate and a print with a drinking cat

Willem de Zwart, 1885