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Rijksmuseum

13,729 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing man in a hat and long coat, leaning on a walking stick.

Standing man with a cane

Isaac van Ostade, 1631

Watercolor of the Papenbrug over the Damrak with gabled houses, moored sailing ships, and pedestrians on the quay.

View of the Papenbrug over the Damrak

Johan Martinus Anthon Rieke, 1883

Grey wash drawing of a cobbled courtyard with arched doorways, leaded windows, and a staircase in an open doorway.

View of the Kraaiengang

Gerrit Lamberts, 1786

Pencil drawing of an Old Dutch style building with arcades, a clock tower and pedestrians in a street scene.

Design for a building in Old Holland, part of the World Exhibition for the Hotel and Travel Industry 1895

Evert Breman, 1894

Colored pencil drawing of a brick courtyard with dormer windows, a striped awning, and people in period dress.

Design for Old Holland, part of the World Exhibition for the Hotel and Travel Industry 1895

Evert Breman, 1894

Watercolor of a red brick Dutch gabled building with stepped gables, a stair to an arched entrance, and a street with figures

Unexecuted design for Old Holland, part of the World Exhibition for the Hotel and Travel Industry 1895

Evert Breman, 1894

Still life of an apple, apricots and peaches resting on a brown surface, with soft shading and warm colours.

Still life with apple, peaches and apricots

Albertus Steenbergen, 1847

Watercolor drawing of two snakes on cream paper, one mottled reddish-brown and one dark grey, with a handwritten label.

Two tropical snakes

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Watercolor still life of peach, grapes, plums, chestnuts and blue morning glory flowers on a stone ledge.

Fruit and flower still life

Albertus Steenbergen, 1824

Watercolor of sailing boats and a ship on choppy water with a distant city skyline under billowing clouds.

View of the IJ and Amsterdam from the Oosterdoksdijk

Petrus Josephus Lutgers, 1869

Watercolour drawing of a canal with a rowing boat, windmills, a domed pavilion, and a distant city skyline under cloudy sky.

View of the Kostverlorenvaart

Jan de Beijer, 1755

Pencil sketch of a harbor crane, canal and city buildings with a church tower and moored boats, dated 1754.

View of the Waal and the Kraansluis

Jan Spaan, 1754

Watercolor winter landscape with skaters on a frozen canal, a windmill, snowy cottages and a bare tree under a pink sky.

Winter landscape

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Ink and wash drawing of a flat polder landscape with windmills, a city skyline with ship masts, and figures on a road.

View of Amsterdam from the Spaarndammerdijk

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1773

Watercolor of sailing boats and a steamboat on a choppy waterway with a city skyline and church towers under cloudy skies.

View of ships on the IJ, looking towards the Kamperhoofd

Petrus Josephus Lutgers, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a gabled warehouse beside a stone canal bridge, with a tree and a small pedestrian at left.

View of a warehouse on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal

Kasparus Karsen, 1838

Watercolor of a canal with sailing barges, gabled houses and the Munttoren tower in the background, Amsterdam.

View of the Munttoren and the English houses on the Amstel, corner of Kistenmakersgracht

Eduard Alexander Hilverdink, 1877

Sepia wash drawing of a bearded man's bust with a ruffled collar on a stone pedestal.

Pieter Adriaensz. van der Werff

Jan de Bisschop, 1650

Pen drawing of decorative calligraphy with a large ornamental initial, flourished borders, French text and an alphabet sample

Design for a writing sample: Julius Caesar (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy writing exemplar with a large flourished initial, italic text, and an alphabet line.

Design for a writing sample: Garde toy (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Watercolor of a tall white lighthouse with a red lantern and flag on a hill, surrounded by trees and thatched buildings.

The New Lighthouse of Poeloe-Bras, Sumatra

C.D. Wulf, 1875

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a church with a tall steeple, arched windows and buttresses, by Pieter Jansz. Post.

Side view of a church

Pieter Post, 1652

Pen and wash drawing of a church front elevation with a tall spire, clock, arched windows and a scale bar below.

Front view of a church

Pieter Post, 1650

Pen and wash cross-section drawing of a church interior with vaulted ceiling, arched windows, pulpit and timber roof truss.

Cross-section of a church

Pieter Post, 1652

Pen and red-wash floor plan of a centrally planned church with radiating arms and a spiral staircase, 1652.

Floor plan of a church

Pieter Post, 1652

Watercolor of a 19th-century room with red walls, gilt-framed paintings, lace curtains and a standing man by a central table.

19th-century interior with paintings and standing figure

Augustus Wijnantz, 1842

Grey wash drawing of a stranded whale on a beach with onlookers, a cart, and a dog under a cloudy sky.

Whale washed ashore between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee, 1762

Jacobus Luberti Augustini, 1762

Pencil sketch of a girl with a braid and bow seated at a piano, seen from behind, on a cream sheet.

Girl Playing the Piano

Jozef Israëls, 1900

Pen sketch of a seated girl reading a book, with a second study of sleeves and hands in the upper right corner.

Studies of a reading and a drawing girl

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Girl from the side and sketch of a head

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil study sheet with several goats in reclining and standing poses, one wearing a collar and bell.

Study sheet with goats

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a standing bride in a veil with a long train, surrounded by studies of female heads.

Studies of a bride

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a rowboat beached on a bank, surrounded by hatched reeds, trees and rippling water.

Rowboat ashore

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil portrait of a young girl with hair pulled back, looking forward, with loose hatched shading behind her head.

Portrait of a girl

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Woman playing the piano and a horse

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pen and pencil sketch of a seated woman knitting in front of a mantelpiece with objects and a plant.

Woman doing needlework in front of a fireplace

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Head of a girl with straight hair

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a standing girl by a tree trunk and a seated child in a room with windows and a door.

Two studies of a girl and a tree in a street

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf resting her head on her hand, gazing downward.

Study of a child

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of a woman with a hair bun peeling potatoes into a tray.

Woman peeling potatoes

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Pencil sketch of seven upright grain sheaves and a small harnessed horse on a pale yellowish sheet.

Seven sheaves of grain and a horse

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a tree-lined street with brick houses, striped shop awnings and a lamp post.

View of the Stadionweg

Frans Everbag, 1887

Watercolor drawing of a brick Marathon tower and stadium facade with Olympic rings and a steel truss roof under a cloudy sky.

View of the Marathon Tower at the Olympic Stadium

Frans Everbag, 1928

Watercolor of a brick house with tiled roofs beside a canal, reflected in still water, with willow trees along the bank.

View of the Reinier Vinkeleskade, corner Breitnerstraat

Frans Everbag, 1887

Narrow strip of black ink looping scrollwork ornament on a cream paper sheet.

Vignette

Julie de Graag, 1888

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilly landscape with a tall tree at left, travellers on a path, and distant mountains.

Mountainous Landscape with Travellers

Jan Ruyscher, 1677

Ink drawing of a bearded fisherman in a robe holding a net and lifting a fish, on pale paper.

Fisherman with landing net

Ichirakasai, 1800

Ink sketch of seated figures conversing in an interior with low tables, a screen, and a pine tree outside.

Scholars in conversation

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Brown ink drawing of a wide river landscape with trees, small figures and distant hills under a pale sky.

Panoramic Landscape with River Logging

Jan Ruyscher, 1677

Self-portrait with bow tie

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hunebed megalithic tomb with large capstones on a flat landscape with distant trees.

Dolmen near Tynaarlo

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1915

Pen drawing of the steamship Marianna with masts, funnel and paddle housing on calm sea, with sailing ships in the distance.

Steamship Marianna

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1852

Red chalk academy study of a muscular male torso seated with head tilted back, shaded against a hatched background.

Academy study: torso

Arnoldus Dirk Felix Tavenraat, 1856

Pen and watercolor landscape of a sandy road lined with trees, leading to a small red-roofed building under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a building in the distance

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1904

Brown wash drawing of a tall waterfall over rocks, framed by trees and ferns, with small figures at its base.

Waterfall

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1855

Watercolor of dunes at dusk with a distant city silhouette of church spires and domes under an orange sky.

Landscape with the silhouette of a city in the distance

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat, 1886

Hand-colored genealogical chart with heraldic shields, crests and inscribed scrolls linking a family tree, dated 1738.

Coat of arms chart with the coats of arms of the six children of Jan van de Poll and Margaretha Rendorp and those of…

Gerrit de Broen, 1738

Two scholars in a sunlit study, one reading near a window and one writing at a desk beside a globe.

The Scholars

Abraham Delfos, 1798

Pencil drawing of three winged cherubs attending a sleeping child wrapped in cloth, with a wreath and palm frond.

Little angels with dead child

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Grey wash drawing of dunes with a gallows, a rider, and a distant town with windmills and a church tower.

View of the city of Naarden

Luca Giordano, 1640

Watercolor drawing of a church interior with a tall stone column, carved wooden pulpit, gothic arches, and small figures on t

Interior of the Oude Kerk

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1736

Head of a child, to the right

Jacob Jordaens, 1603

Bust of an evangelist, to the left

Jacob Jordaens, 1603

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a bearded man's head turned right, wearing a cap and draped garment.

Head of a man, turned to the right

Jacob Jordaens, 1603