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Rijksmuseum

13,729 works

Sketch sheet with heads, tree and dog

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a hooded headscarf, bare feet forward, arm resting on a stone block.

Peasant woman

Remigius Adrianus Haanen, 1827

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a headscarf leading two cows across a flat open field with a distant tree line.

Landscape with cows and a shepherdess

Anton Mauve, 1879

Pencil sketch of a pipe-smoking man in a wide hat at a table with a wine glass, pitcher, and drapery.

Pipe-smoking man at a table

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil sketch of a herder with cattle on a path beside bushes and a leafy tree, by Hermanus Fock, 1781.

Landscape with cattle herder

Hermanus Fock, 1781

Brown wash drawing of a militia company in armor and plumed hats assembling under a stone archway with pikes and a flag.

The Night Watch

Jacob Cats, 1779

Pencil sketch of the Houses of Parliament and clock tower beside the Thames, with boats and a bridge in the misty distance.

View of the Houses of Parliament in London

Norbert Goeneutte, 1888

Pen and watercolor drawing of a thatched farmhouse with a chimney beside a pond, framed by trees and shrubs.

Farm with thatched roof

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse beside a tree-lined dirt road with a distant cottage under open sky.

Farms at Yde, Drenthe

Egbert van Drielst, 1779

Pale watercolor landscape of a meadow with trees and a small farmhouse beneath a lightly clouded sky.

Landscape in the vicinity of Wageningen

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Grey wash drawing of a thatched farmhouse among trees beside a sandy road under an open sky.

Farm at Midlaren in Drenthe

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a thatched farmhouse with half-timbered walls on wooden stilts, beside a brick wall and fire

Farm with a wall

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Grey wash drawing of a windmill beside a canal, with reeds, trees and a thatched cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Kromme Mijdrecht with a wipmolen

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Pen and watercolour drawing of a seated woman holding a monstrance beside an orange tree in an urn.

Design for a title page with a woman with a monstrance

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Grey wash drawing of thatched farmhouses among trees, with a small wooden footbridge over a ditch in the foreground.

Farms near Beilen in Drenthe

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Watercolor of a thatched farmhouse with a wooden shed and fence, framed by large trees under a cloudy sky.

Farm at Eext, Drenthe

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Watercolor landscape of a thatched hut among trees, with two figures resting on a path and a fenced meadow beyond.

Figures near a hut in the Naarder Houd

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Watercolor landscape of a sandy road past thatched barns and tall trees, with figures, a dog and a cart under a cloudy sky.

Landscape near Eext, Drenthe

Egbert van Drielst, 1806

Grey wash drawing of a canal lined with large trees, wooden sheds, moored boats, a figure in a rowboat and ducks.

Houses and barn by water

Egbert van Drielst, 1755

Grey wash drawing of ruined brick church walls and arches in an open field, with trees on the left and a stork nest on a towe

Ruin of Rijnsburg

Egbert van Drielst, 1803

Engraved map of Groningen within star-shaped fortifications, with surrounding fortress plans, portraits and coats of arms.

Map of Groningen, 1672

Salomon Savery, 1652

Pen and wash design for a ceiling painting with clouds, putti, and allegorical figures framed by ornate scrollwork medallions

Design for a ceiling painting with side pieces

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Watercolor of a stream under overhanging trees leading to a meadow with grazing cows.

Little body of water under trees at the edge of a forest

Jan Willem van Borselen, 1835

Ink and watercolor drawing of white lilies with orange stamens, green buds and striped leaves on tall stems.

Lilies

Ohara Koson, 1912

Watercolor of a blooming azalea with red, pink and white flowers in a blue pot against a yellow background.

Blooming azalea in blue pot

Ohara Koson, 1920

Three swallows in flight beside drooping willow branches on a pale blue-grey background, with a red seal in the corner.

Three birds in full flight

Ohara Koson, 1887

Watercolor portrait of a standing young woman in a blue patterned gown and lace bonnet, with a handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of Maria van IJsseldijk, standing knee-piece

Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, 1736

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with sailing boats, a brick house, a tree, and a cart on a path.

River view

Hendrik Spilman, 1731

Grey wash allegory: a nude figure stands in a boat beside a seated man with a cup, winged figures float overhead.

Allegory of the death of the artist Giambattista Maderna

Matthias Joseph de Noël, 1792

Brown wash drawing of a half-timbered house, a wooden post, and ivy beside a stone wall in a courtyard.

Mooring post in front of a house

Joan Berg, 1865

Pen and watercolor drawing of ruined castle towers and walls on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

View of the ruin of Egmond castle or Slot op den Hoef

Brown wash drawing of two men by a water well beside a path, with a tree and wooden footbridge in a rural landscape.

Two men by a water well

Zeno Bachiene Muntendam, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a reclining man attended by women in a classical colonnade, one pouring water from a ewer.

The groom's bath

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1661

Pen and grey wash drawing of flowers and leaves arranged in a repeating diamond lattice pattern on a mounted sheet.

Pattern of diamond-shaped areas with flowers

Jacques Vauquer, 1631

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of Venus seated on a cloud beside her chariot, holding reins, with birds nearby.

Venus seated next to her chariot on the clouds

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1661

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man resting his head on his hand, leaning on a ledge in a draped garment.

Study of a resting man

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1661

Pen and wash drawing of a repeating lattice pattern with stylized flower buds and scrolling tendrils, mounted with a gold fra

Pattern of planes containing flowers

Jacques Vauquer, 1631

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a kneeling nude woman seen from behind, holding a bowl and pointing to the left.

Study of a kneeling nude girl

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1661

Brown ink drawing of a forest with tall twisting trees, a clearing with shrubs, and clouds in the sky.

Forest landscape in the Zon estate, near Eindhoven

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1821

Grey-toned oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with high collar and epaulette, smoke behind him.

Portrait of an officer

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Sketch for a portrait of an officer

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Pencil sketch of a canal with a windmill, boats, figures on a towpath and a distant town skyline with church towers.

Tow-canal and dome of Caan on the canal from The Hague to Delft

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Brown ink wash drawing of a brooding duck on a nest among branches, with one pale egg visible at lower left.

Brooding duck

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a small domed pavilion, strolling figures, and grazing cattle.

View of a dome in Son

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a large tree, a rowing boat, figures on the bank and a distant church tower.

River landscape

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Grey wash drawing of armored Pallas with spear pointing beside a seated crowned woman holding scales, with cherubs above.

Pallas and Justice

Dirk van der Aa, 1767

Grey wash drawing of an interior with a seated draftsman and a standing man in a top hat beside a canopy bed.

Interior with two men including a draftsman

Christiaan Andriessen, 1784

Watercolor of a pink double hyacinth with arching green leaves standing on a patch of earth, signed Augustini 1762.

The pink hyacinth Rex Rubrorum

Jan Augustini, 1762

Watercolor of a blue hyacinth with a dense spike of pale blue flowers above long green leaves on a patch of ground.

The blue hyacinth Franciscus Primus

Jan Augustini, 1762

Pen sketch of a seated man in kimono with a sword, a companion holding an umbrella, and Japanese annotations.

Scene from the Noh play "Suehirogari

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Pencil sketch of two Noh theater figures in patterned costumes with raised staffs, with Japanese notes and fabric pattern stu

Scene from the Noh play Tsuchigumo

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1902

Ink sketch of two Noh theatre performers in costume with Japanese labels and circular motif diagrams.

Scene from the Noh play "Utsubozaru

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1899

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with head bowed, right hand pressed to his forehead, bare shoulders visible.

Fragment of an academy study: man with right hand on the forehead

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Pencil sketch of two men in caps, half-length, one smiling and one glancing from behind, with a hand at lower right.

Two men, half-length

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Pencil drawing of a park with a columnar memorial topped by a bust, with strollers in 19th-century dress.

Memorial for Prince Henry of the Netherlands in the Plantsoen on the Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam

Johan Braakensiek, 1885

Grey wash drawing of two pickpockets robbing a sleeping man in a top hat on a bench, watched by a uniformed guard.

Two pickpockets rob a sleeping "Firmant

Johan Braakensiek

Charcoal sketch of a café interior with seated men at tables, a standing waiter, and a man drawing.

Terrace of a café-restaurant, with drawing artist

Johan Braakensiek, 1889

Wash drawing of a woman holding a candle over a bearded man lying in a draped bed in a dim room.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Doux pays (...)

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Drawing of a cloaked man in a fur cap walking past a stone sign reading PAPENDRECHT under a moonlit sky.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: 't Juridisch element in de Eerste Kamer

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Drawing of a kneeling man raising his arm toward a swirl of caricatured faces floating in a gray-blue sky.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: "Vijf en twintig jaren

Johan Braakensiek

Pencil and wash sketch of a woman pointing at a girl, a child at her side, and a man in a top hat leaning on a counter.

Design for a poster (?) to combat alcohol abuse: That is your money!

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of a pale ghostly figure facing men in dark suits, one bespectacled man gesturing toward it, by Johan Braake

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The forgetting of Schimmel in the New Year's wish of the Municipal Theatr…

Johan Braakensiek, 1907

Charcoal drawing of two cloaked figures in misty grey light; the figure on the right has a halo and reaches out a hand.

Unidentified representation: Rembrandt and Christ (?)

Johan Braakensiek

Black and white ink design for a title page with symmetrical scrolls, Greek key motifs and the word Charivaria in bold letter

Design for title page of Charivaria, 2nd volume

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Symmetrical black and grey ink decorative design with arched forms, cartouche motifs and a dark central shape in a black bord

Decorative design with four coats of arms

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Ink and wash design for a symmetrical ornamental bookplate with a central vase form and scrolling borders.

Design for ex libris of D.J. Goedkoop

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil sketch of three vertical decorative panel designs with scroll and stepped geometric ornament on graph paper.

Three decorative designs

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Watercolour of a green dragon on a rock beside a Chinol jar, watched by a bearded man holding a brush, with a rainbow over th

Artist with dragon by a jar of Chinol

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of a man holding a horse before the ABATTOIR gate, with lamps and buildings behind.

Man with horse in front of the entrance to the abattoir

Johan Braakensiek, 1868

Charcoal drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat arm in arm with a young woman in a pale gown.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: H.M. King Willem III and his youthful spouse Queen Emma, 1879

Johan Braakensiek, 1904

Charcoal drawing of a robed woman raising a torch beside a cap-wearing figure and uniformed men in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The defeat of Russia at Sea, June 4, 1905

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Charcoal drawing of a robed king on a dais as a kneeling man offers a glowing diamond; a bearded man stands in shadow.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The gift of the Transvaalers for King Edward

Johan Braakensiek, 1907

Charcoal drawing by Johan Braakensiek of a helmeted woman with a box camera beside shadowy figures, a cash box and coins.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Speech from the Throne, Sept. 24, 1905

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Pen sketch of passengers crowding a steamship deck, with rigging lines and a lifebuoy marked Amsterdam against the sea.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The 2000th issue. Aboard De Amsterdammer

Johan Braakensiek, 1915

Ink and wash drawing of a cloaked figure raising an arm toward a bright star above fallen bodies on the ground.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Christmas Night of the Rulers of Europe in 1915

Johan Braakensiek, 1915

Pencil sketch of farmers riding cows and oxen with a crowd behind them, drawn on brown paper.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Farmers riding cows (March 2, 1902)

Johan Braakensiek, 1902

Pencil sketch of many small irregular mounds and organic forms scattered across a pale ground, studies by Johan Braakensiek.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: three standing men (March 2, 1902)

Johan Braakensiek, 1902

Pencil sketch of bears near a barrel labeled BRUINE VERF, with a standing bear reaching toward another bear.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: bears painting themselves with brown paint (April 24, 1926)

Johan Braakensiek, 1926

Sepia drawing of a caricatured dark-skinned figure with a bird-like body hatching from a large egg, eggshell pieces around it

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: a black man crawls out of an egg (April 19, 1930)

Johan Braakensiek, 1930

Ink drawing of a maid carrying a tray of caricature faces stepping over a ledge marked Verkiezingen, by Johan Braakensiek, 19

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The Dutch Virgin as a maid with a tray of glasses stumbles over the step…

Johan Braakensiek, 1924

Pencil sketch of a standing draped female figure with one arm raised, study for an illustration by Johan Braakensiek.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Justitia (August 28, 1920)

Johan Braakensiek, 1920

Watercolor portrait of a smiling blond man in a grey coat and white cravat, with a removable hair piece at the top of his hea

Portrait of Daniel Dijlius with cut-out, removable hair

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1806

Pencil drawing of a neo-rococo table with carved scroll legs and an eight-candle candelabra on top.

Table in neo-rococo style with a candelabrum with eight candles on it

Jules Fossey, 1850

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

Pencil and wash design drawing of a pendant with a round watch and three stylized floral blossoms on an orange sheet.

Design for a Pendant with a Watch

René Lalique, 1900

Design drawing of a lorgnette with a floral-decorated handle beside an oval pair of eyeglass frames on tan paper.

Design for a Lorgnette

René Lalique, 1900

Design drawing of two pendants with blue hydrangea flowers, gold leaves and blue enamel or stone drops on tan paper.

Design for Two Pendants

René Lalique, 1900

Pencil sketch of two loosely drawn human figures on tan paper, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Two human figures

Fik Abbing, 1911

Still life of grapes, peaches, plums and white flowers in a woven basket on a stone ledge, with a walnut in front.

Still life with flowers and fruit in a basket

Anthony Oberman, 1791

Watercolor of a canal-side street with gabled white houses, red roofs, walking figures and their reflections in still water.

Slum in Ghent

George Hendrik Breitner, 1911

Brown wash drawing of a river with a windmill on the left and a sailing boat with a large sail on the right.

River view with sailing ship

Johannes Bosboom, 1846

Watercolor of a brown-sailed boat in shallow water with a second boat and seagulls under an overcast sky.

Bomschuit being pulled onto the beach

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1841

Ink calligraphy model with looping flourishes, a large decorative initial, and lines of Dutch handwritten text on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: Marcus Curius (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing sample with dense Dutch text and elaborate looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Highly learned Wise (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with Dutch text surrounded by large looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: The Mayors (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes framing handwritten Dutch text.

Design for a writing sample: To S. Jaques Olis (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605