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Rijksmuseum

1,658 works

Engraved plate of labelled ancient musical instruments, including harps, lyres, flutes, bagpipes, cymbals and bells.

Musical Instruments Mentioned in the Bible

François van Bleyswijck, 1681

Engraving of Christ in a winepress frame, crowned with thorns, surrounded by Passion instruments, with a Latin inscription be

Christ in the winepress

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Engraving of a robed saint embracing a kneeling man in a colonnaded hall, with onlookers and marble busts flanking the scene.

Saint Bruno and some of his disciples renounce the world

François Chauveau, 1623

Red chalk sketch of a standing helmeted female figure holding a spear and round shield on pale paper.

Scratched-out Minerva figure

Jakob Smits, 1865

Engraving of two angels playing harp and lute below a radiant IHS monogram, with two putti above and a Latin inscription belo

Adoration of the name of Christ

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Engraving of a sleeping bearded man in a canopied bed as two winged angels appear above him in a dream.

Angels appear in a dream to Saint Bruno

François Chauveau, 1623

Pen and wash ceiling design of Jupiter and Juno enthroned among clouds, with putti, musicians and winged figures.

Design for a ceiling with the marriage of Jupiter and Juno

Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, 1748

Engraving of Christ above clouds with angels holding crosses, while men in period dress carry crosses beneath a radiant centr

Followers of Christ

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Engraving of robed men distributing goods to a crowd of reaching poor people, including children, before classical buildings.

Saint Bruno and his companions distribute their goods among the poor

François Chauveau, 1623

Engraving of Bacchus with a grape-crowned figure raising a cup, a companion holding grapes, and a mountain landscape in an ov

Bacchus

Edouard Taurel, 1832

Engraving of Christ standing on clouds among angels, a lion, an eagle and an ox, with figures below and a dove above.

Allegory of the mercy of Christ

Hieronymus Wierix, 1581

Engraving of robed figures kneeling at a stone doorway beneath a star cluster, with horses and a bare tree in the background.

Arrival of Saint Bruno and his followers in Grenoble

François Chauveau, 1623

Engraving of a nymph seated on a satyr's knee beneath a tree, with a reclining Cupid and bow at lower left.

Nymph on the knee of a satyr

Lucas Kilian, 1589

Engraving of Christ crucified with a winged figure climbing a ladder toward him and a seated bearded man at right.

The soul ascends to the crucified Christ

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Engraving of horsemen and pilgrims on a rocky mountain path, one figure pointing ahead, with verses below.

Journey of Saint Bruno and his companions to la Chartreuse

François Chauveau, 1623

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Christ Child, a kneeling king, attendants, an ox and angels above.

Adoration of Christ child by three kings

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of seven named archangels led by Michael, with the Trinity and Virgin Mary in clouds above and a demon below.

Seven archangels

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Engraving of the Virgin and Child above three Dominican saints, one holding a cross, beneath a stone arch.

Mary with Child with three female saints of the Dominican order

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1746

Red chalk drawing of Cupid leaning on an arch between two smoking oil lamps, with bow and arrows, in a framed panel design.

Cupid on round arch between two burning oil lamps

Anna Alma Tadema, 1880

Engraving of a guardian angel shielding a child from a demon, framed by four oval scenes of angelic guidance.

The tasks of a guardian angel

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Etching of Saint Agatha's martyrdom: a kneeling woman, armed soldiers, a column, and an angel in clouds above.

Martyrdom of Saint Agatha

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Engraving of Minerva leading a weaving workshop with women at looms and spinning, ships visible in a harbor beyond.

Minerva guides a weaving mill

Bernard Picart, 1717

Engraving of a guardian angel protecting a praying child from a demon, with a skeleton in a monster's mouth and heavenly figu

Child with guardian angel

Hieronymus Wierix, 1563

Etching of a haloed monk kneeling before an angel holding a monstrance among clouds and putti, with a column behind.

Saint Paschal Baylon kneels before angel with monstrance

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1768

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and cap, with printed name caption below.

Portrait of Achilles Pirminius Gasser

Johann Jacob Haid, 1747

Engraving of the seated Virgin Mary holding the Christ child on her lap, with a patterned cloth and throne behind them.

Seated Mary with Christ Child (Sedes sapientiae)

Peter van Liesebetten, 1660

Etching of a saint on a white horse raising a banner over a battlefield, with an angel above and fallen figures below.

Saint James the Greater on battlefield at Clavijo

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1755

Engraving of the Holy Family with Mary holding the Christ Child, Saint Joseph beside them, under a pine tree.

Holy Family

Bartolomeo Crivellari, 1735

Black and white print of a skeletal Christ on a cross, with a skull at the base and a ringed sun in the sky.

Christ on the cross

Herman Kruyder, 1891

Engraving of the Assumption of Mary rising on clouds with cherubs, while apostles gaze up and women kneel beside a stone tomb

Assumption of Mary

Willem Panneels, 1610