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Rijksmuseum

83 works

Painting of a flat meadow landscape with a thatched farmhouse, trees, a canal, and a figure in a rowing boat under grey sky.

Autumn Landscape

Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, c. 1875 - c. 1903

Painting of horses hauling a beached fishing boat onto sand, with two sailboats and figures on a pale, misty shore.

Launching a pink-sterned fishing boat into the sea

Anton Mauve, 1870

Painting of fishing boats with brown sails in choppy surf, with fishermen and women carrying baskets on the wet sand.

Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, c. 1875 - c. 1885

Oil painting of a sunlit Dutch waterway with sailing boats, a windmill, a red-roofed cottage and a woman with a child on a pa

The Trekvliet near Rijswijk, known as ‘View near the Geestbrug’

Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1868

Painting of fishing boats on a beach with fishermen and women sorting fish under a cloudy sky.

Fishing Boats on the Beach with Fishermen and Women Sorting the Catch

Wijnand Nuijen, 1835

Night naval scene of a three-masted warship beside a boat, with smoke and fire over a harbor during a bombardment.

The fire on the Wharves of Algiers, shortly after the commencement of the Bombardment by the Anglo-Dutch Fleet, 27 Au…

Nicolaas Baur, 1816 - 1820

Oil painting of a three-masted ship firing guns in a bay, smoke rising near a hillside town, with rowboats in the water.

HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1864

Painting of fishing boats at anchor on calm water with women walking on wet sand under a pastel sunset sky.

Fishing Boats from Scheveningen Anchored

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1860

Naval painting of Anglo-Dutch sailing warships under smoky, fiery skies during a night bombardment at sea.

The Anglo-Dutch Fleet under Lord Exmouth and Vice Admiral Jonkheer Theodorus Frederik van Capellen putting out the Al…

Nicolaas Baur, 1818

Oil painting of a three-masted ship and a small sailboat battling choppy waves under dramatic storm clouds.

Ships in a Turbulent Sea

Johannes Christiaan Schotel, 1826

Watercolor of brown-sailed fishing boats in choppy surf under a heavy grey sky, with seagulls and distant ships.

Fishing Boats in the Surf

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1841

Oil painting of sailing ships and boats tossed on rough grey sea under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Seascape from the Zeeland Waters, near the Island of Schouwen

Petrus Johannes Schotel, 1825 - 1827

Oil painting of a boy with a toy sailboat at a table and a young woman in an apron sewing in a dim interior.

The Fisherman's Children

Bernard Blommers, 1868

Painting of brown-sailed fishing boats on calm water under a soft golden cloudy sky, with fishermen working on deck.

Fishing Boats on Calm Water

Anthonie Waldorp, 1840

Painting of a naval bombardment in a harbour, with many sailing warships, thick smoke and fires under a cloudy sky.

The Attack of the Combined Anglo-Dutch Squadron on Algiers, 1816

Gerardus Laurentius Keultjes, 1817

Oil painting of a crowded naval battle with sailing warships, flags and gunsmoke on green waves under a warm sky.

Clash of the Dutch and British Fleets during the Passage of the Dutch Flotilla to Boulogne (1804)

Martinus Schouman, 1806

Painting of people on a beach watching a sailing boat with red sails approach through surf under a grey sky.

Arrival of the Boats

Jacob Maris, 1884

Dark harbour scene with crowded sailing masts, rigging, walking figures on a quay, and a grey stormy sky.

Harbour view in Dunkerque (or Dieppe?)

Antoine Vollon, 1880 - 1900

Grey-toned harbour scene of many sailing ships with tall masts and crowds of people and horse carts on a cobbled quay.

Mustering the Fleet in the Harbor of Vlissingen, 1804

Engel Hoogerheyden, 1804 - 1805

Hazy dusk view of a Dordrecht harbor with a church tower, ship masts, and dark boats under a golden sky.

Ships in the Port of Dordrecht

Jacob Maris, 1880

Oil painting of a naval squadron of tall sailing warships in a bay, with smoke rising and rowing boats between the ships.

Dutch, English, French and American Squadrons in Japanese Waters during the Expedition led by the French Commander Co…

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1864

Grey monochrome view of many sailing ships and rowing boats crowded on choppy water under heavy clouds.

The Fleet Leaving the Port of Vlissingen, 1804

Engel Hoogerheyden, 1804 - 1805

Painting of a brown-sailed boat on a calm waterway under a heavy cloudy sky, with reeds and a second sailboat in the distance

Gray day with ships

Jacob Maris, 1877

Oil painting of a sailing boat on a stormy beach with figures on wet sand and a rocky headland under grey clouds.

Along the Coast

Louis Meijer, 1840 - 1850

Painting of a green fishing boat with brown sails resting on a sandy beach, with a second boat behind it under a pale sky.

Bluff-bowed Fishing Boat on the Beach

Joannes Barnardus Antonius Maria Westerwoudt, c. 1880 - c. 1906

Lunette panel of three Dutch sailing ships with billowing sails and flags on choppy sea under a golden hazy sky.

'Our Pioneers': Seventeenth-Century Ships at Sea

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1880

Painting of a moored wooden boat beneath a leaning pollard willow beside a canal, with green meadows behind.

Boat with a Pollard Willow

Matthijs Maris, 1863

Oil painting of sailing and rowing boats on a river beside a lit beacon, a riverside house, and a distant town with a windmil

Boats on a River with a Beacon of Light

Hendrik Vettewinkel, 1847

Calm harbor scene with fishing boats, sails, and fishermen under a soft golden sky.

Fishing Boats on calm Water

Anthonie Waldorp, 1840

Painting of brown-sailed fishing boats at anchor on calm tidal flats, with women walking in the foreground under a pale eveni

Bluff-Bowed Scheveningen Boats at Anchor

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1860