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Rijksmuseum

3,042 works

Engraved panoramic print of a ceiling design with mythological scenes of Hercules, framed by garlands and cartouches.

Ceiling with the apotheosis of Hercules

Matthijs Pool, 1718

Etching of a mountain valley with a village of houses and a church steeple beside a stream, under steep slopes.

View of the monastery of Saint Joseph in Muotathal

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1889

Engraved relief design with muscular Hercules figures flanking a central framed cartouche, a bull, a horse, and a cherub.

Relief flanked by Hercules with the Bull of Crete and Hercules with a Horse of Diomedes

Louis Surugue, 1713

Etching of a sleeping nymph with a satyr holding drapery and a putto beside her, set in a wooded landscape.

Sleeping nymph with satyr and putto

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1748

Engraved landscape with women by a river, rock cliffs, a walled town, and a decorative border of animals and flowers.

Moses is found by Pharaoh's daughter

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Engraved print of a long relief with Hercules, a lion, a winged sphinx, garlands and architectural friezes, dated 1714.

Relief flanked by Hercules with Cerberus and Hercules with an Apple of the Hesperides

Louis Surugue, 1714

Pencil design drawing of an ornate metal book cover with scrolling foliage, circular medallions and a central sunburst.

Metal-fitted bible binding, with the lamb on the book with the seven seals

Jules Fossey, 1840

Etching of a bearded hermit reading in a cave, surrounded by demons, flying witches, bats and grotesque creatures.

The temptation of Saint Anthony

Johannes Arnoldus Boland, 1860

Engraving of a kneeling woman praying before a crucifix in a room while a man reaches toward her from a doorway.

Woman praying before a crucifix

Reinier Vinkeles, 1779

Engraving of the stoning of Saint Stephen, a haloed kneeling figure surrounded by men throwing stones in a rocky landscape.

Stoning of Saint Stephen

Raffaello Schiaminossi, 1608

Drawing of a woman as Diana with crescent moon tiara, laurel wreath and bow, rendered in chalk and watercolour on grey paper.

Diana

Abraham Delfos, 1795

Engraving of a shepherd pointing to an angel on a cloud above goats, sheep and a dog, with light rays falling below.

Annunciation to the shepherds

Jean LeClerc, 1597

Engraving of Mary Magdalene rising through clouds, surrounded by putti, with hands clasped and eyes raised toward heaven.

Assumption of Mary Magdalene

Raffaello Schiaminossi, 1612

Etching of a crowned woman with a lion and a bearded sea god pointing beside spilled coins and jewels.

Venice receives the tributes of Neptune

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1745

Engraved print of Christ on the cross with a skull below and four scenes with figures, Dutch inscription beneath.

Christ on the cross

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1676

Engraving of the Virgin and Child on clouds with angels, above two kneeling saints beside a column and Latin inscription.

Madonna and Child adored by Saints Thomas and Cecilia

Raffaello Schiaminossi, 1613

Engraving of Actaeon with stag antlers and hunting dogs, facing nude bathing nymphs at a stone fountain in a wooded grotto.

Diana and Actaeon

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of a kneeling monk at a crucifix resisting demons and tempting women in a rocky cave, by Bouttats, 1676.

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1676

Etching of a young man between a bear and a satyr beside a tree and rocky cave, with a Dutch and Latin caption below.

Jester dances with bear and satyr

Gérard de Lairesse, 1668

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed, Cupid nearby, an older bearded figure pointing up at gods in the clouds.

Venus and Mars surprised by Vulcan

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraved plate of an ornate reliquary with robed saints in niches, angels in gables, and lion supports below.

Reliquary of Saint Gorik

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1676

Etching of putti playing flute, trumpet and lute beneath drapery, with a winged horse Pegasus leaping above and a dog below.

Making music putti with Pegasus

Gérard de Lairesse, 1670

Engraving of two figures embracing on a canopied bed, with a cherub above and a city view through an arched window at right.

Apollo seduces Leucothea

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraved title page with a seated figure, putti, and the banner Acta Sanctorum Mensis Iulius above a reclining winged figure.

Acts of the Saints of the month of July

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1727

Engraving of Apollo with a torch beside a seated woman with a violin, a relief of musicians, and trees behind them.

Apollo and the invention of music

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Engraving of a winged hero attacking a sea monster near a chained nude woman on a rock, with a harbor town behind.

Perseus and Andromeda

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the risen Christ with a banner rising from a tomb while soldiers fall around and angels sit by the opening.

Resurrection of Christ

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Engraving of a man with a staff defending women at a well as sheep drink, with trees and a town in the background.

Moses defends the daughters of Reuel at the well

Pietro Aquila, 1660

Engraving of a labyrinth in a landscape with a helmeted hero and a woman in the foreground, with Latin verses below.

Theseus and Ariadne

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the Virgin Mary mourning the dead Christ in a rocky tomb, with a cross leaning against the cave wall.

Lamentation at the grave

Jean Morin, 1610

Engraving of Apollo with laurel wreath and bow, standing beside a dragon within a framed niche.

Sculpture of Apollo in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of Hercules aiming a bow at the centaur Nessus carrying a woman across a river, with a distant town.

Hercules kills Nessus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Jesus in a manger, shepherds, an ox and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jean Morin, 1612

Engraving of a bearded sculpted Jupiter with thunderbolt, eagle and ram in a niche, after Hubert Quellinus, 1655.

Sculpture of Jupiter in the southern gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of nude women bathing by a fountain in a hilly landscape, with an archer and dog at right, Latin verse below.

Diana and Callisto

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Achilles in a chariot dragging Hector's body past city walls, with soldiers and spectators in the scene.

Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot

Bernard Picart, 1719

Engraving of Christ healing a paralytic lowered on ropes before a crowd, with a radiant halo and Dutch text below.

Christ heals a paralyzed man

Salomon Savery, 1639

Engraving of a risen Christ standing on a globe with a cross among clouds, above a reclining figure and broken weapons.

Christ conquers time

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving by Bernard Picart, 1716: Apollo crowns Terence while Thalia and a flute-playing child stand nearby before a Roman c

Apollo crowns Terence with laurel

Bernard Picart, 1716

Engraved allegory with a seated bearded man, a winged woman by a flame, a cherub, and a laurel garland border.

Allegory on the Resurrection of Christ (?)

Arnold van Westerhout, 1687

Engraving of the archangel Michael in armor, spearing a coiled dragon beneath him against a rocky landscape with a halo.

Archangel Michael and the dragon

Agostino Veneziano, 1500

Engraving of the archangel Michael in armor with spear and halo, standing over a defeated demon among rocks.

Archangel Michael

Marco Dente, 1500

Engraving of a haloed saint raising a child before kneeling figures, with angels and a chalice in the clouds above.

Resurrection by St. John of Sahagún

Arnold van Westerhout, 1688

Engraving of a standing robed figure pointing toward a tree while a kneeling monk prays nearby by a stone wall.

Saint Paul and a Franciscan monk

Agostino Veneziano, 1517

Engraving of Saint Luke writing beside a winged ox, with crucifixion and nativity scenes in the background.

Evangelist Luke

Johannes Wierix, 1559

Brown ink drawing of a marriage ceremony in an arched frame, with bearded figures Paulus and Mozes at the sides and a banquet

Sacrament of marriage, in a frame with Paul and Moses

Etching of playful putti and bacchanten with grapes, a wine jug and a basket on a stone ledge in a landscape.

Frieze with eight bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618

Engraving of Saint John the Evangelist writing with an eagle beside him, a tree overhead, and background scenes.

Evangelist John

Johannes Wierix, 1559

Engraving of Neptune standing nude on a dolphin, holding a trident and a fleur-de-lis globe, with billowing drapery.

Neptune with trident and globe standing on a dolphin

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Etching of five nude putti drinking wine beside a barrel, with grapes, a jug and a grapevine in the background.

Five bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618

Red chalk drawing of Venus in a swan-drawn chariot approaching Jupiter on clouds, with an eagle, cherubs and other gods in an

Venus in her chariot drawn by swans visits Jupiter, above that Ganymede and on the right Juno and Mars

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Engraved bird's-eye view of formal gardens, fountains, and a palace on a wooded hillside, with a monument at the top.

View of the gardens, the Hercules monument and the water feature at Karlsberg

Alessandro Specchi, 1706

Engraved view of a hilltop classical building above a rocky grotto with cascading fountains and sculpted figures below.

View of the Hercules monument and water feature at Karlsberg

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1706

Engraving of two winged angels kneeling beside flames with a glowing host, above a Latin inscription in a scroll cartouche.

The host in the fire, angels on both sides, 4

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1639

Engraving of Apollo with a laurel wreath dancing in a circle with nine draped Muses under a pale sky.

Apollo and the Muses dancing

Raphaël Urbain Massard, 1821

Engraving of the Assumption of Mary rising among angels while apostles gather around an open tomb below.

Assumption of Mary

Antoine Masson, 1646

Engraving of Moses and Aaron flanking a blank arched frame, with Israelites and the tablets of the law in the background.

Moses and Aaron with the Tables of the Law

Jacob Matham, 1581

Engraving of infant Jupiter nursed by a nymph beside the goat Amalthea, with a figure at left and a tree overhead.

Jupiter als kind gevoed met melk van de geit Amalthea

Guillaume Chasteau, 1645

Engraving of Mars in armor embracing nude Venus on a draped bed, with Cupid, a sword, and animals on the floor.

Mars en Venus als geliefden

Enea Vico, 1533

Engraving of Venus with cupids at Vulcan's forge, where smiths work on armour and a shield near winged figures in clouds.

Venus vraagt Vulcanus om een wapenrusting voor Aeneas

Pieter Tanjé, 1746

Brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid with nude putti, a bearded old man, and armored onlookers in a landscape.

Allegorie op de macht van Venus

Jan de Bisschop, 1638

Etching of a seated nymph and a triton flanking a central tablet inscribed AQUA, beneath a carved cartouche.

Fontein met links een nimf en rechts een triton

Charles-François Hutin, 1758

Engraving of an allegorical apotheosis: Jupiter above clouds, Minerva with spear and shield, and laurel-crowned heroes rising

Apotheose van helden onder de regering van Minerva

Pieter Tanjé, 1743

Monochrome print of a seated classical figure raising a bow while a winged child reaches for it against a shaded background.

Venus ontwapent Amor

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1780