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Rijksmuseum

133,117 works

Japanese woodblock print of a standing court lady in a blue-patterned kimono with a poem cartouche on a dark radiating backgr

A standing Court Lady

Yashima Gakutei, 1828

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark gown and white ruff, holding a book, with inscription below.

Portrait of Johann Fabricius III

Philipp Kilian, 1676

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and cloak, with an inscription plinth naming Johann Fabricius IV.

Portrait of Johann Fabricius IV at the age of 53

August Christian Fleischmann, 1699

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in dark robes holding an open book, with Latin inscriptions around the frame.

Portrait of Johann Fabricius at the age of 62

Johann Pfann, 1648

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar and dark gown, with Latin text around the frame.

Portrait of Johann Fabricius at the age of 47

Johann Pfann, 1648

Engraved portrait of a man in a fur-collared garment with a pen in his hand, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Dieric Bouts

Cornelis Cort, 1572

Engraving of a storm and high tide near Elburg, with sailing boats in rough waves and a windmill on the shore under dark clou

Storm and high flood near Elburg, 1776

Noach van der Meer, 1778

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar, mounted on a cream catalogue sheet.

Portrait of Jan van der Heyden

Jacob Houbraken, 1708

Engraving of a sluice gate with a carriage and rider on top, a rowing boat in the canal, and a farmhouse at right.

Lock near Emmerich in 1732

Paulus van Liender, 1762

Engraving of cherubs unrolling a map beside a scene of people in boats and on banks during a dike breach flood.

Breach of the Rhine and IJssel dikes, 1754

Simon Fokke, 1754

Engraving of a sailing boat and an overturned boat in rough water, with a bare tree and a man with a pole at right.

Choppy water in the Haarlemmermeer, 1755

Simon Fokke, 1755

Woodcut print with twelve panels showing farm labour through the year, including ploughing, threshing, sheep shearing and hay

See, reader! here variety / Of the farmer's useful labor, [(...)]

Gerrit Oortman, 1814

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an Amsterdam canal with gabled houses, red roofs, a stone quay and trees under a cloudy sky.

Amsterdam canal

Albert Hemelman, 1902

Print with twelve scenes of Dutch farm labor including plowing, threshing, shearing sheep, and hauling hay, with verses.

See, reader! here variety / Of the farmer's useful labor, [(...)]

Gerrit Oortman, 1811

Watercolor of a canal lined with gabled brick houses, a bridge, and a church tower in the distance under an overcast sky.

View of the Oudezijds Kolk and the Kolksluis looking towards the Oude Kerk tower

Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg, 1862

Horizontal drawing of a line of robed figures and nuns walking along a cobbled road in dark ink on a reddish ground.

Walking girls and nuns

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1891

Charcoal study sheet with several sketches of lobsters and crustaceans and handwritten Dutch colour notes.

Studies of lobsters

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Miniature of a reclining man in dark dress on a green lawn in a hedged garden, with trees and blue hills behind him.

Portrait of a reclining nobleman in an overgrown courtyard; Portrait of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Nicholas Hilliard, 1590

Pencil sketch of a group of mules standing side by side, some wearing harness and saddle straps, by Raffet, 1814.

Group of mules

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1814

Brown ink drawing of David playing harp before a raging, spear-wielding King Saul, with soldiers and courtiers around them.

David playing the harp before Saul

Ambrosius Francken I, 1554

Watercolor of ships with flags anchored before a row of buildings along a waterfront under a cloudy sky.

View of the city of Paramaribo

Frederik Jägerschiöld, 1772

Pencil sketch of a woman and two children in a kitchen with a hearth, table, and window.

Woman and two children in the kitchen

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a family in a domestic interior with shelves of dishes, a standing man, a bending woman, and a seated woman

Family in interior

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil drawing of a seated young woman in a bonnet reading an open book beside a window with a curtain.

Girl with a book on her lap

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a woman holding an infant at a font while a man stands beside her, with seated figures in a church interior.

Woman holding a child for baptism

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a seated woman and two children in a domestic interior with a fireplace and table.

Woman with two children in interior

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a woman knitting, a child beside her, and figures seated at a table in a domestic interior.

Sketches of small groups of people in interior

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Watercolor interior of a seated man writing at a table beside a woman in a white cap, with a curtained window behind.

Man writing and a woman at a table

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Watercolor drawing of a woman guiding a small boy through a doorway into a rustic interior with a table and chair.

Woman lets a little boy go outside

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Drawing of a richly decorated coffered ceiling with putti, garlands, medallions and a central trophy of arms in brown and blu

Design for a richly decorated ceiling

Giuseppe Fancelli, 1750

Engraving of a tree-lined street with well-dressed figures at left and a poor man leaning on a cane at right, 1714.

Poor man looks at rich figures in a street

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1714

Etching of bird catchers by a wooden hut with nets stretched over a field, flocks of birds overhead, hills behind.

Landscape with birdcatchers

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1714

Engraving of a clockmaker working at a bench in a workshop filled with clocks, with an apprentice by the window.

Clockmaker

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1714

Etching of a quayside with building materials, workmen on a ladder, two walking men, gabled houses and a church tower.

Building materials on a quay

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1714

Etching of men working to clear a cobbled city street lined with gabled houses, bare trees, and a church tower.

Gentlemen working in a street

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1714

Engraving of a cloth shop interior with rolled fabrics, a clerk at the counter, customers, and a window view of town building

Interior of a fabric shop

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1714

Engraved title page of a seated man in a garden with rakes, a watering can, a fountain and trees behind him.

Man in a garden

Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne, 1730

Drawing of several horses in a stylized landscape with a rising sun, in muted ochre, grey and green tones.

Horses in landscape

Leo Gestel, 1928

Watercolor of a family in a red-walled room: a man in a gold robe, a woman in white, and a toddler between them near a tea ta

Interior with parents and their child

Jacob Taanman, 1846

Drawn portrait of a clergyman in black robe and white bands with hand on an open book, within an arched niche.

Portrait of the preacher L.S.P. Meyboom

Edouard Taurel, 1834

Pencil sketch of a standing bearded man surrounded by a crowd, some kneeling or fallen, with Gothic buildings behind.

Man about to descend a staircase

Edouard Taurel, 1834

Watercolor of a bearded painter at his easel in a cluttered studio with two cats on the floor.

Studio of a modern painter

Leo Gestel, 1908

Pencil sketch of a bearded painter at his easel in a cluttered studio with a cat on the floor.

Painter working in his studio

Leo Gestel, 1908

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on brown paper of a man with pince-nez glasses, mustache and loose cravat.

Portrait of Leendert Adriaan Schilt

Leo Gestel, 1907

Pencil drawing of a forest edge with tall pine trees on the right and a small wooded group on the left.

Forest view at Klarenbeek

Jan Frederik Tack, 1825

Portrait of a boy

Benoit Taurel, 1804

Watercolor landscape of large trees beside a stream, with a meadow and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Tall trees along which a stream runs

Augustin Taurel, 1838

Eight caricatural heads

Johannes Tavenraat, 1868

Pencil drawing of a cottage on a dike near a distant town, with tall trees at left and a figure standing at right.

Hut on the dike near Enkhuizen

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil drawing of a rural yard with a half-timbered house, wooden gate, two seated figures, fence and trees.

Country houses

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil drawing of a stone gateway with arched passage, ornate pediment and a small figure walking through, by Willem Bastiaan

Staverse little gate at Enkhuizen

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pen and watercolor drawing of a family resting under trees in an Arcadian landscape with a distant classical building.

A happy Arcadian Family

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor design sheet showing decorative wall panels, green chairs, drapery swags and dimension notes for a dining room.

Design for decoration on three walls of the dining room of G. ten Hoopen

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pencil drawing of a sailing boat in the foreground with moored ships and low hills across calm water.

Sailing ship with ships at anchor in the background

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pen and watercolor design for a room wall with blue panels, classical statues, garlands, and a fireplace at right.

Design for a room wall

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor design of a decorated interior wall with pilasters, a central fireplace and a painted frieze.

Design for wallpaper painting

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and watercolor design for a room wall with a central river landscape and boat, flanked by garland ornaments.

Design for room wall

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Vertical watercolor drawing of trees over a meadow with a pale cloud, a design for a Dutch landscape wall painting.

Design for wall painting with Dutch landscape

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor drawing of a Dutch river landscape with tall trees, a farmhouse, a moored rowboat and reeds under a cloudy sky.

Design for wallpaper painting with Dutch landscape

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash design for a wall with a fireplace, a classical medallion and two landscape panels with trees, a bridge and figu

Design for room wall with fireplace with grisaille with medallion

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Design drawing of a room wall with two landscape panels and a central fireplace with an ornate overmantel scene.

Design for room wall with chimneypiece of the Baptism of the eunuch

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash drawing of two men at open doors viewing a winged statue of Time with a scythe, with Dutch verses below.

Two men look at a statue of Time

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1806

Pencil sketch of a tree with figures below and an all-seeing eye with rays above, beside handwritten Dutch text.

Group of people around a tree, beneath the All-Seeing Eye

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1806

Engraving of a mother with two children and a dog in a candlelit interior, with a man reading by the fireplace behind.

Young family in the evening

Daniël Vrijdag, 1775

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military uniform with epaulettes and a star medal, with Dutch verse below.

Portrait of William I Frederick, King of the Netherlands

Willem van Senus, 1814

Lithograph of an evening domestic interior with a seated couple reading by a leaded window and candlelight in an arched niche

Interior room in the evening

Reinier Craeyvanger, 1851

Lithograph bust portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, with a star order on his chest.

Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands

J.B. Clermans, 1834

Print with two women in an oval center, surrounded by figures in floodwater and rooftops, lettered Watersnood 1881 Amsterdam.

Two ladies at the fancy fair in the Palace for Industry for the benefit of the victims of the flood of 18 February 1881

Johan Conrad Greive, 1881

Ink and wash drawing of a fancy fair stall scene in an oval, framed by monkeys climbing around the border, 1881.

Stands at the fancy fair in the Palace for Industry for the benefit of the victims of the flood of 18 February 1881

Johan Conrad Greive, 1881

Pen drawing of a fancy fair in an oval medallion, framed by playful brown monkeys climbing around the border.

Fancy fair in the Palace for Industry for the benefit of the victims of the flood of 18 February 1881

Johan Conrad Greive, 1881

Engraved vignette of a church ceremony inside a Rococo cartouche, flanked by allegorical figures and an eagle coat of arms.

Vignette with the coronation of Francis I Stephen as emperor, 1745

Jan Caspar Philips, 1746

Engraved rococo vignette of Frankfurt coronation festivities with a bonfire, riders, crowds and allegorical figures in a cart

Vignette with festivities in Frankfurt in honor of the coronation of Francis I Stephen as emperor, 1745

Jan Caspar Philips, 1746

Engraved oval allegory: a throne under a canopy in a columned hall, with figures and a fleet of ships visible through the sid

Allegory of the arrival and transfer of power of Charles Edward Stuart, 1745

Jacob van der Schley, 1745

Engraved satirical print of a circus tent with numbered acrobats falling from a rope, a cellist and crowd, with a text key be

Satire on the young pretender falling off the tightrope, 1746

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1689

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ child, with a church on the bank and scroll border.

Saint Christopher

Telman von Wesel, 1520

Engraved print of a lion facing a ram among dense, curling ornamental foliage and scrollwork.

Ornament with lion and ram

Monogrammist HW, 1480

Circular print of columbine flowers and buds arranged around a central blossom, drawn in fine engraved lines.

Columbine ten

Meester PW van Keulen, 1470

Circular engraved playing card with six parrots around a central crested bird, marked 6 and VI.

Playing card with six parrots

Meester PW van Keulen, 1470

Engraving of a standing female saint with a sword and wheel in a Gothic arch, with a crowned head at lower left.

Saint Catherine

Meester met het doorstoken hart, 1500

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on a crescent moon, crowned by two angels within a rayed mandorla.

Madonna on the crescent moon

Meester met het doorstoken hart, 1500

Circular engraving of John the Baptist in a rocky wilderness with a lamb, framed by ornate scrollwork and evangelist symbols.

John the Baptist in the wilderness

Meester E.S., 1466

Engraved print of a standing haloed saint in a long draped robe, holding a knife and a book.

Saint Bartholomew

Monogrammist IA, 1480

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin Mary kneeling by the haloed Christ Child, angels, an ox, and a crowd approaching fr

Birth of Christ

Meester E.S., 1440

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, with an angel at right and heavily draped robes.

Mary with child

Meester E.S., 1440

Engraving of the crucified Christ flanked by a grieving Virgin in a veil and a saint holding an open book.

Christ on the cross

Meester E.S., 1440

Hand-colored map of the fortified town of Sint-Winoksbergen with star-shaped bastions and a title cartouche.

Map of Bergues

Jan van Vianen, 1700

Engraving of a three-masted ship heeling in rough seas under a cloudy sky, with distant vessels on the horizon.

Sailing away of the ship Prins Willem, 1781

Reinier Vinkeles, 1781

Etching of a prison room with prisoners, hanging corpses and a sprawled body, with Dutch verse beneath the image.

Atrocities in the English prison, c. 1781

Cornelis Bogerts, 1781

Etching of Dutch ships in a naval engagement at sea, one vessel firing cannons and releasing gun smoke under a cloudy sky.

Capture of L'Amité Royale, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Engraving of sailing ships in rough seas under stormy clouds, with gunsmoke during a naval capture off the coast.

Capture of an English sloop, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Etching of sailing ships fighting at sea amid smoke, with a Dutch caption describing a 1782 battle against four loggers.

Fight against four luggers, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Engraving of two sailing ships in rough seas, one firing while smoke rises between them, with a distant coastline under cloud

Fight against a strong cutter, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Engraving of two sailing ships on rough night seas under a moon, one chasing the other, with Dutch and English captions.

Sextroh hunts the Marianne, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Etching of the burned-out facade of the French ambassador's residence in The Hague, with a ladder, props and two figures in t

Ruins of the house of the French ambassador in The Hague, 1782

Simon Fokke, 1782

Engraving of a night fire rising over Rotterdam canal houses, with a crowd watching on the quay, dated 1782.

Fire in the brewery De Twee Leeuwen in Rotterdam, 1782

Jacob Groenendijk, 1782

Pen and wash drawing of figures on a quay beside a sailing ship, with a city skyline and church spires across the water.

Family Bakhuysen and De Hooghe on the Mussel pier at the IJ

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1700