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Rijksmuseum

133,117 works

Etching of street musicians in an arched doorway: an old man, a violin-playing boy, a woman, a child and a youth under a tree

Hurdy-gurdy player

Cornelis Visscher, 1638

Etching of soldiers on horseback and on foot near a burning thatched cottage, with bare trees and a village in the background

Capture of the city of Dôle by the French troops, 1668

Jan van Huchtenburgh, 1685

Engraving of blindfolded Justice with a sword between putti, weapons and music, an imperial crown, and war and farming scenes

Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand III with an allegory of war and peace

Michel Natalis, 1645

Engraving of a crowned woman on a throne surrounded by putti, cherubs and allegorical scenes in ornate frames.

Maiden of the City of Antwerp surrounded by allegorical representations (plate 1)

Jacob Neefs, 1640

Engraved title page with a central Latin text panel surrounded by framed scenes of putti playing with instruments and archite

Maiden of the City of Antwerp surrounded by allegorical representations (plate 2)

Jacob Neefs, 1640

Etched landscape of rolling hills and a village with half-timbered houses, with a small vignette of people at a spring at low

View of Spa with the healing spring (left leaf)

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1606

Engraved town view of Spa with a church spire, half-timbered houses, hills, travelers, and an inset of people at a spring wel

View of Spa with the healing spring (right leaf)

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1606

Ink drawing of a memorial design with angels, a coat of arms, draped canopy and a verse inscription on the base.

Design for a monument at the grave of Wolter Jan Gerrit Bentinck, 1781

Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, 1781

Engraved funeral procession with a black hearse and mourners passing brick townhouses, watched by crowds at windows.

Funeral procession of Wolter Jan Gerrit Bentinck, 1781

Harmanus Vinkeles, 1782

Engraving of a widow with two sons beside a draped coffin, with a sword, helmet and portrait medallion, 1782.

Widow Bentinck with her children by the bier of her husband, 1781

Barent de Bakker, 1782

Engraving of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, with a high priest welcoming a young girl at temple steps, surrounded by

Presentation of Mary in the temple

Christoph Lederwasch, 1661

Twenty sequential photographs in four rows show a rider on a galloping bay horse, documenting its stride in motion.

Gallop; Thoroughbred Bay Horse Bouquet

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

Hand-coloured print of a stone country house with a tower behind a lake, framed by trees and their reflections.

View of Melbury House near Evershot in Dorset

John Pouncy, 1857

Lopende vrouw met een mand op haar hoofd

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

Two ballerinas in tutus stand backstage between dark wings, one facing the other, in a soft grey tonal print.

Two ballerinas behind the scenery

Robert Demachy, 1897

Engraved portrait of a seated white-haired man in a dark coat, one hand raised, in a carved wooden chair.

Portrait of André-Napoléon Fontainas

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved bust portrait of a curly-haired, bearded man in a bow tie and waistcoat, turned to the left, on pale paper.

Portrait of Louis Hymans

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with curly dark hair in a dark coat, printed on a large white sheet.

Portrait of Giorgione

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair, feather, white ruff collar and embroidered gown, on a pale sheet.

Portrait of Margaret of Austria

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved half-length portrait of a man with long curly hair and a striped garment, on a pale sheet with wide margins.

Portrait of Robert Nanteuil

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved bust portrait of a man with side whiskers and cravat, turned left, on a pale mount.

Portrait of Jules van Praet

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a soft cap and draped cloak against a dark background, by Jean-Baptiste Meunier.

Portrait of Francesco Primaticcio

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved bust portrait of a young man in a tall hat with cockade, curly hair and dark military-style coat, gazing upward.

Portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved bust portrait of a man with a mustache and cravat, signed by the artist, on a cream sheet.

Portrait of Ernest-Adolphe-François Quetelet

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Portrait of an unknown man

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraving of a woman with a water jug beside a stone well, with a tree and distant tower in the landscape.

Samaritan woman at the water well

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved sheet showing two groups of crowded figures, bearded men and monks below and women and courtiers above, with blank a

Abdication of Emperor Charles V

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Engraved interior with an open doorway, a cat on the floor, a hanging basket, and a framed town view on the wall.

Interior

Jean-Baptiste Meunier, 1831

Portrait of Gotthilf August von Maltitz

Johann Friedrich Hesse, 1820

Portrait of unknown man

Monogrammist FM, 1800

Lithographic portrait of a man with tousled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, inside an octagonal frame, titled Neander.

Portrait of August Neander

Angelo Gentili, 1826

Hand-colored sheet of sixteen scenes of men in tall balloon hats with Dutch verses, numbered No. 36.

Balloon, balloon, chapeau balloon! / Who first invented that taste? / Whoever wears no balloon hat today, / Is pitied…

Johannes Egbertus van Lieshout, 1791

Hand-colored print with two scenes: a crowded horse wagon in summer above, and a couple in a winter sleigh below.

Summer and winter joy

Hermanus van Lubeek, 1791

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in armor with a ruff collar, with a motto above and a handwritten signature below.

Portrait of Willem Lodewijk, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1828

Engraved print with five oval medallions of men representing the five senses, with Dutch verse below.

The five senses

Jacobus Thompson, 1791

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in armour with ruff collar, holding a baton, with a coat of arms above.

Portrait of Willem Lodewijk, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1622

Grid of forty small captioned scenes of maidservants doing daily household chores, with hand-colored accents, 1791.

The daily work of the maids

Jacobus Thompson, 1791

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in armour and lace ruff inside an octagonal frame, with a caption below.

Portrait of Willem Lodewijk, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

François Robert Ingouf, 1770

Pencil architectural drawing of a decorative arched structure with a tall spire topped by a sunburst, with garlands.

Design for illumination of the house of Hasselaar Lynslager in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pen and pencil drawing of a facade with dotted lamp layout, star finial and handwritten lamp counts, 1788.

Design for illumination of the house of Mr. Tak in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pen drawing of a pyramid-topped illumination structure with columns and a radiating light crown, annotated with lamp notes.

Design for illumination of the West-Indisch Huis in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pencil design drawing of an ornate pavilion with tiered curled roof, arched lattice sides and a tall lantern finial.

Design for illumination of a house in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pencil and ink architectural design of a studded pavilion gate with a pointed finial and a monogram in the frieze.

Design for illumination of the West Indian country house in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pencil design drawing of a Gothic arched illumination with star finials and a radiating starburst above, with handwritten not

Design for illumination at the house of mayor Hasselaer in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Watercolor dedication with handwritten verse in a laurel heart, a coat of arms, and two seated female allegorical figures.

Verse for Princess Wilhelmina on the fortieth birthday of Prince Willem V, 1788

Maria Margaretha la Fargue, 1788

Portraits of emperors Nero and Galba and Otto and Vitellius

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Portraits of emperors Vespasianus and Titus and Domitianus and Nerva

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Etching of an angel above a sleeping man, a haloed woman holding an infant, and an ox and donkey at right.

The angel appears to Joseph

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Etching of the Nativity: Mary holds the infant Christ among straw as an angel hovers above and figures look on.

God the Father with Mary and child

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Etching of the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt, with a donkey, sheep, shepherds, and angels in a palm tree.

Flight to Egypt

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Etching of two draped bodies on the ground in a forest as figures gather around them beside a shaft of light.

Discovery of the bodies of Peter and Paul

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1647

Etching of a satyr and a flute player beside an overturned urn with two putti, under trees in a landscape.

Marsyas and Olympus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Pen and ink landscape of a large oak on a steep hillside with billowing clouds and trees on the right.

Oak

John Robert Cozens, 1789

Etching of a feast around a Terminus statue in a wooded landscape, with a reclining bearded man and attendants with vessels.

Feast at a statue of the god Terminus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1643

Etching of a satyr seated by a herm statue under trees, with a shepherd leading goats and sheep on the right.

Satyr at statue of Priapus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1643

Etching of the god Pan reclining near a large vase under a tree, with goats, a sheep and distant mountains.

Pan lying by a large vase

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1643

Etching of five figures around a gravestone inscribed TEMPORALIS AETERNITAS, with a nude man beside an urn and a statue behin

Five figures by a gravestone

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Etching of Theseus finding his father's weapons: a kneeling figure at a stone altar, a young man with a sword, and a robed wo

Theseus discovers the weapons of his father

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Black and white print numbered 24 showing labelled horse-drawn vehicles, carts, a mail coach, a dog cart and a sledge.

Vehicles

De Ruyter & Meijer, 1873

Six-panel colored print showing a Christmas tree's life from forest to discarded in a yard, with Dutch verse captions.

The fate of a Christmas tree

De Ruyter & Meijer, 1874

Colored print with five panels of rural scenes: children by a pond, haymaking, a girl with a hay cart and dog, a woman with c

In the forest and on the field

De Ruyter & Meijer, 1874

Etching of goats and a rider beside a stone wall, with cattle and trees in the background.

Goats and a horseman by a wall

Jan de Visscher, 1643

Etching of a seated shepherdess and standing shepherd with a staff beside resting sheep on a hillside landscape.

On a hill sits a shepherdess and stands a shepherd

Jan de Visscher, 1643

Etching of shepherds tending goats, sheep and cattle beside a stone wall and tree, with a standing woman in the foreground.

Title print for a series of pastoral landscapes

Jan de Visscher, 1650

Engraving of a herdsman with a staff and cattle resting near a steep rocky cliff under a cloudy sky.

Rocky landscape with a shepherd and his flock

Jan de Visscher, 1650

Etching of a pastoral landscape with resting cattle, sheep, a goat, and a woman with a pail beside a tree.

Shepherd and shepherdess with a bucket

Jan de Visscher, 1650

Etching of herders with cattle, sheep and a donkey crossing a ford below a rocky hillside.

Shepherds at a ford in the mountains

Jan de Visscher, 1650

Red woodcut ornamental border with two rabbits among stylized foliage on cream paper.

Ornamental border with rabbits

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Horizontal black-and-cream print of a repeating floral and leaf ornament border ending in a monogram cartouche.

Ornament with plants and flowers

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Narrow decorative border with a repeating row of stylized hamsters in arched frames between flower stems, printed in dark ink

Ornamental border with hamsters

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Red decorative border print with two facing doves among stylized flowers and leaves on cream paper.

Ornamental border with pigeons

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Lithograph of an ornate baroque tomb with columns and open iron gates inside a church interior, 1849.

Tomb of Frederick the Great in the Garnisonkirche in Potsdam

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1849

Engraving of the Transfiguration: Christ floats center between Moses with tablets and Elijah in clouds, disciples below.

Transfiguration of Christ

Johannes Wierix, 1573

Engraved full-length portrait of an armored man beside a tent, helmet, and coat of arms, with a battle scene behind him.

Portrait of Frederick Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Peter Troschel, 1630

Engraved 1721 map of northern Greece showing the Aegean Sea, mountain ranges, and dense place-name labels.

Map of Northern Greece

Johannes Condet, 1721

Engraved 18th-century map of southern Greece and the Aegean Sea with an ornate title cartouche in the lower left.

Map of Southern Greece

Johannes Condet, 1721

Engraving with eight numbered scenes in a Rococo frame: a ship, a fortified gate, trees with figures, and barrels.

Maypole planted by the Hague Civic Guard, 1762

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1762

Engraving of eight scenes in a rococo border showing allegorical figures, a castle, a ship, cattle and a farmhouse, dated 176

Maypole planted by the Hague Civic Guard, 1763

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1763

Engraved print of an ornate classical table decoration with a central pavilion, allegorical figures and flanking arches, 1757

Table decoration at the golden wedding of mayor Gerrit Hooft, 1757

Simon Fokke, 1757

Grey wash drawing of a fire among fairground booths, with people fleeing and gathering belongings in front of burning buildin

Fire in the fair stalls at the Buitenhof in The Hague, 1758

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1758

Etching of a fire at fairground stalls near a large building in The Hague, with fleeing crowds and smoke rising, 1758.

Fire in the fair stalls at the Buitenhof in The Hague, 1758

Simon Fokke, 1758

Watercolor drawing of a grey and purple pigeon resting on a green wooden perch, by Jean Bernard, 1802.

Pigeon, sitting on a small board

Jean Bernard, 1802

Pencil drawing of a crested white pigeon with dark head and tail beside an arched nest holding an egg.

Pigeon and a nest with an egg

Jean Bernard, 1801

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a goose standing and preening its wing feathers on flat ground.

Goose

Jean Bernard, 1816

Black chalk drawing of a dead bird with outspread wings and red chalk accents, its feet tied and hanging on a plain sheet.

Poultry, hanging on the wall

Jean Bernard, 1775

Grey wash drawing of a black hen with a red comb sitting on the ground facing right, with twigs at the left.

Black hen, sitting to the right

Jean Bernard, 1775

Rooster

Jean Bernard, 1775

Standing black hen

Jean Bernard, 1775

Watercolor drawing of a pineapple with a green leafy crown and reddish-yellow scaled fruit on an album page.

Pineapple

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil drawing of a duck swimming on still water with its reflection, reeds and shrubs along a flat distant shore.

Duck in the water

Jean Bernard, 1775

Head of a rooster

Jean Bernard, 1816

Pencil and colour drawing of a bird of prey's head, facing forward, with ruffled brown feathers and a hooked yellow-tipped be

Head of a bird of prey

Jean Bernard, 1818

Engraved view of Kasteel Marquette in Heemskerk with a tower, moat, boat with figures and trees along the bank.

View of Marquette Castle in Heemskerk

Hendrik de Leth, 1735

Engraved view of Slot Assumburg in Heemskerk with towers, tree-lined lawn, strolling figures and a carriage.

View of Assumburg Castle in Heemskerk

Hendrik de Leth, 1735

Dutch New Year's greeting from 1837 with calligraphy, a floral wreath, and a painted leaf border, by H.G. Alcken.

New / year wish / To my worthy / and very beloved / aunt / the 1st of January 1837

H.G. Alcken, 1837

Hand-colored 1875 fashion plate of a woman in a striped purple bustle gown with teal trim, holding flowers.

Woman in purple dress

Monogrammist EL, 1875