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Rijksmuseum

15,967 works

Watercolor drawing of a ceremonial church interior with seated uniformed officials, crowned banners, and clergy at the altar.

Huwelijk van prinses Louise met prins Karel van Zweden

Fritz Ludwig von Dardel, 1850

Pencil sketch of studies of goats: two reclining goats, a pair of standing legs with hooves, and a resting sheep below.

Studies of Goats

Joseph August Knip, 1809

Seated man in a light coat with a top hat and cane in a room with an open door and framed landscape, watercolor drawing.

Portret van Pieter Bzn Barbiers

Joannes Pieter Visser Bender, 1795

Watercolor of pollarded willows beside a ditch, with a black-and-white cow lying by a wooden fence in a green meadow.

Weiland met liggende koe bij een sloot

Geo Poggenbeek, 1863

Watercolor of resting cavalry horses with soldiers in blue uniforms in a town square beside an archway.

Rustende cavalerie op een plein

George Hendrik Breitner, 1880

Watercolor of grey and brown draft horses in red harnesses beside a girl with dark hair and a blue neckerchief.

Trampaarden op de Dam te Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner, 1893

Watercolor of a brick church with a tall spire beside a canal, with houses, trees and a cloudy sky.

Kerk te Broek in Waterland

Hendrik Tavenier, 1789

Watercolor of the Engelse kerk in Leiden with a tall tower, arched windows, and figures in a courtyard.

Engelse kerk te Leiden

Hendrik Tavenier, 1789

Grey wash drawing of the church at Warmond with a tall tower, partly ruined nave, trees and grazing cows.

Kerk te Warmond

Hendrik Tavenier, 1783

Book cover and spine design by Leo Gestel showing stylized figures, a bird and flowers with bold title lettering.

Ontwerp voor band en rug van: Alexander Cohen, Van anarchist tot monarchist, 1936

Leo Gestel, 1934

Watercolor of barefoot boys struggling over a basket of lemons on a stone street before a fountain and a woman in an apron.

Straatscène in een Italiaanse stad

Nicolaas van der Waay, 1865

Pencil drawing of gabled warehouses along a canal with moored barges, workers, and reflections in the water.

Pakhuizen aan een gracht

Willem Witsen, 1870

Pencil study on paper of two folded hands with a sleeve visible above, within a ruled border.

Studie van twee gevouwen handen

Pencil study on blue-grey paper of a hand in a sleeve holding a small bowl, with a sketch of a relief below.

Studie van een hand met een schaaltje

Pencil study of a left hand resting on a scrolled chair armrest, with faint framing lines and ornament on paper.

Studie van een linkerhand op een stoelleuning

Pencil and white chalk study of two clasped hands resting on a surface, with a spiral scroll ornament, on grey paper.

Studie van twee gevouwen handen in de schoot

Charcoal study on blue paper of a bearded man's head and two hand studies.

Kop- en handstudies

Zebu

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Pencil and red chalk study of three fox heads at different angles on yellowish paper.

Drie vossenkoppen

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Profiel van een lachende vrouw

Brown wash drawing of a nude male discus thrower in a twisting classical pose, holding a discus aloft.

Gipsmodel van Discuswerper

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a zebu's head seen from the front, on brown paper.

Kop van een Zebu, van voren

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Pencil study on tan paper of two cockatoos, one with an orange-tinted raised crest, the other head turned at right.

Twee kaketoes, ten halven lijven

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866

Portret van mevrouw Braet Bisdom van Cattenbroeck-van Hall

Three studies of a wood mouse in pencil and grey wash on a tan sheet, one grooming, one stretched, one curled.

Drie studies van een bosmuis

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1916

Watercolor of a male teal duck with chestnut head and green eye patch swimming on rippled water, labeled in brown ink.

Wintertaling (Anas crecca)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Pen and brown wash drawing of a thatched cottage behind a white paling fence among trees, with a cart and figures.

Cottage with White Paling among Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Pen and brown wash drawing of thatched cottages, bare trees and a frozen waterway with a mast and figure in snow.

Winter View with a Waterway, Cottages and Two Boats

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Stylized sleeping figure in a blue cloak under swirling clouds, with Dutch text below and the word December in the margin.

Ter ruste neigt het jaar in mantel van koude, december

Willem Arondéus, 1929

Winter scene on frozen ice with a hunter holding an otter, skaters, a dog, and a horse with sledge under a pink sky.

Winter Scene on the Ice, with a Hunter Showing an Otter

Hendrick Avercamp, 1625

Hendrick Avercamp's 1625 watercolor of a winter landscape with a hunter, skaters, a sleigh and birds over frozen ice.

Winter Landscape with a Duck Hunter with Game in his Belt and his Gun over his Shoulder on the Bank of a Frozen River

Hendrick Avercamp, 1625

Watercolor drawing of figures pulling sledges across ice, with a gallows and sailboat in the distant landscape.

Winter Landscape with Two Women and a Sledge and Other Figures on the Ice, a Gallows in the Distance

Hendrick Avercamp, 1620

Pen and wash drawing of two hunters returning along a winter path past cottages, bare trees and a canal.

Return of the Duck Hunters / verso: Sketches of Ships and of a Man in Winter Clothing

Hendrick Avercamp, 1610

Watercolor drawing of two fishermen with an eel net by a ditch, with cows, riders, carriages and a boat in a flat landscape.

Landscape with Two Eel Fishermen by a Ditch

Hendrick Avercamp, 1625

Watercolor of a bearded fisherman in a blue cap hauling a net from a canal, with a windmill and church tower behind.

A Fisherman Hauling in his Net

Hendrick Avercamp, 1625

Pen and wash drawing of a flat landscape with two windmills, a cottage, a road, and fishermen in the foreground.

Landscape with Houses and Two Windmills along a Road, with Three Fishermen in the Foreground

Hendrick Avercamp, 1620

Watercolor and pen drawing of a woman with a basket on her head, fishermen with a net, and townsfolk by a river near town wal

River Landscape with a Woman Carrying a Basket on her Head, Fishermen and Other Figures near the Walls of a Town

Hendrick Avercamp, 1620

Watercolor interior of a Gothic church with a carved wooden screen, pointed arches and tall windows, drawn in 1843.

Drapenierskapel in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam

Johan Adolph Rust, 1843

Watercolor drawing of a rounded brick building with an ornate stone doorway and chained wooden bollards in front.

Poortje van het gilde in de St. Anthoniswaag, Amsterdam

Johan Adolph Rust, 1838

Watercolor and pen drawing of a maidservant in a bonnet washing a dish at a wooden table beside a pump.

Dienstmeid die bij een waterpomp een schaal afwast

Pieter van Loon, 1811

Album page with a watercolor flower bouquet and dragonfly flanked by two grey wash portrait studies of older men.

Stilleven met bloemen, een hoofd en een buste van een man

Machtelt Moninckx, 1600

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two girls in white caps, one leaning over a book, on tan paper.

Twee meisjes met witte mutsen, lezend in een boek

Thérèse Schwartze, 1861

Pen and watercolor drawing of the hilltop city of Siena with a cathedral dome and tower, a man leading donkeys in the foregro

Gezicht op Siena

Daniël Dupré, 1787

Watercolor of the Arch of Janus in Rome, with cattle, pedestrians, a church tower and ivy-covered ancient brickwork.

De boog van Janus quadrifons en een deel van de S. Giorgio in Velabro te Rome

Daniël Dupré, 1761

Pen drawing of a village street with gabled houses, a stone bridge, bare trees and a small dog on the cobbles.

Buurtje te Veere

Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster, 1883

Pen drawing of a Gothic town hall with stepped gables, a horse-drawn cart and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Markt en stadhuis te Veere

Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster, 1883

Pen drawing of a Dutch village with a spired town hall, a farmer ploughing, a horse-drawn cart, and a woman with a basket.

Gezicht op het stadhuis van Veere

Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster, 1883

Ink drawing of a harbor with rowboats, a moored sailboat, bare trees and a church along the shore.

De haven en de Grote Kerk te Veere

Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster, 1883

Pen drawing of a harbor quay with moored sailing boats, a gabled brick townhouse, a church tower and leafless trees.

De huizen 't Lammetje of Het Schotse Huis en De gulden Struijs aan de kade te Veere

Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster, 1883

Pen and ink drawing of the Grote Kerk in Veere, with a tall tower behind trees and a stooping figure in a meadow.

De Grote Kerk te Veere

Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster, 1883

Watercolor of a riverside town with a church tower, sailing ships and small boats on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Stad aan het water

Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1845

Watercolor of a half-timbered farmhouse and thatched barn among trees beside a dirt road, signed C.B. Buijs 1838.

Boerderij tussen bomen

Cornelis Bernardus Buijs, 1838

Watercolor of a dolmen and mossy boulders in a grassy field, with birds flying over a pale sky.

Hunebed

Alexander Mollinger, 1846

Pencil sketch on paper with a seated nude male figure at left and a veiled female head study at center.

Schets van een beeldje van een zittende naakte man

Woutherus Mol, 1795

Pencil drawing of a weeping woman in an ornate headdress, head resting on her clasped hands, a tear on her cheek.

Wenende Maria Magdalena

Woutherus Mol, 1795

Pencil drawing of ragged beggars dancing and walking with sticks across a shadowy landscape, with a dog at left.

Dansende bedelaars

Woutherus Mol, 1795

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated old man in a tricorn hat and blue coat lighting a pipe.

Zittende man steekt zijn pijp aan een test aan

Woutherus Mol, 1795

Watercolor of a man in a suit with a walking stick talking to a robed figure in a desert landscape, a donkey nearby.

Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, bij een opgraving in Egypte

Willem de Famars Testas, 1860

Watercolor of a standing man in striped robe and white turban holding prayer beads on a rug, dated 1862.

Staande Egyptenaar met gebedskrans

Willem de Famars Testas, 1862

Watercolor study of a seated woman and children in traditional dress, with a standing figure and faint pencil sketches beside

Studieblad met zittende vrouw en kinderen, te Dereköy in Turkije

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1814

Pencil drawing of a standing woman in a black feathered hat, black shawl, and white ruffled collar against a pale background.

Portret van een staande dame met zwarte shawl en zwarte hoed

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1814

Watercolor of a seated man in a dark jacket working with a long bow-like tool in a pale interior, with a pipe nearby.

Zittende katoenwerker

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1837

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a standing light infantry soldier in a shako and white greatcoat, with a rifle slung over hi

Uniformstudie

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1827

Watercolor of a couple in period dress beside a street vendor with a basket, under a bull's head shop sign and a tree.

Toneelscène uit Pefroen met het schaapshoofd

Cornelis Troost, 1740

Watercolor of a Mesembryanthemum succulent with long green leaves in a terracotta pot beside a wooden stake.

Mesembryanthemum uit de familie der Aizoaceae

Laurens Vincentsz. van der Vinne, 1668

Watercolor drawing of hunting dogs around a dead stag in a garden with a stone arch, a statue, and two horseback riders.

Jachttafereel

Hendrik Verschuring, 1683

Watercolor botanical drawing of a flowering Mesembryanthemum plant with fleshy green leaves and yellow blossoms on cream pape

Bloeiende Mesembryanthemum uit de familie der Aizoaceae

Laurens Vincentsz. van der Vinne, 1668

Watercolor still life of three seashells, a pink conch and purple snail, with a pale blue ribbed dish behind them.

Drie schelpen bij een Delftse plooischotel

Maurits van der Valk, 1867

Blue pencil portrait sketch of a woman with hair pulled back and a high collar, drawn on tan paper.

Portret van Anna Dorothea Veth-Dirks

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a woman with hair in a low bun and high-necked blouse, turned three-quarters to the left.

Portret van Mej. Sara de Swart

Red and black chalk sketch of a tree-lined road with bare trees and a small house, on grey paper.

Twee landschapsstudies, door elkaar

Jonge vrouw met kap

Watercolor drawing of a single tall columnar cactus with ribbed green stem and white spines on a cream background.

Cactus

Laurens Vincentsz. van der Vinne, 1668

Pen drawing of boys sliding and falling along a curved bridge railing, with a barrel and a brick arch below.

Glijdende jongens op een pad

Wybo Meijer, 1895

Pen drawing of a girl carrying a butter lamb in a kitchen, with a woman on a ladder and a small inset of the girl at a table.

Meisje met een lam van boter

Gillis Bernhard Mulder, 1885

Watercolour of a rowing boat with several crew battling rough grey waves beside rocks, under a cloudy sky with seagulls.

Roeiboot op zee

Frans Arnold Breuhaus de Groot, 1834

Ink drawing of a seated woman with tea in a kitchen, a girl at the doorway, a black cat on the floor, and a tiled stove.

Meisje en een dienstmeid in een keuken

Gillis Bernhard Mulder, 1885

Watercolour drawing of a brick farmhouse under large trees, with figures and a dog in the yard and a wooden shed beside it.

Huis in Aerdenhout

Warner Horstink, 1804

Watercolor portrait of a woman in a white bonnet knitting at a table beside a wicker basket of yarn.

Portret van een dame met breiwerk

Warner Horstink, 1799

Watercolor still life of plums, an apricot, a walnut and a cracked walnut shell with a leafy plum branch.

Stilleven met vruchten

Michiel van Huysum, 1714

Watercolor of an Italianate landscape with an arched bridge, ruined columns, a river and two seated figures on a grassy bank.

Italiaans landschap

Jacob van Liender, 1706

Pen and watercolour drawing of a river lock with moored sailing boats, a wooded hill, and houses along the bank.

De sluis bij de Grebbe tussen Rhenen en Wageningen

Jacob van Liender, 1749

Watercolor drawing of a village with a church tower, grazing sheep, large trees and field workers under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op het dorp Zoelmond

Gerardus Emaus de Micault, 1799

Pen and watercolor drawing of a garden terrace with stone balustrade, urn, trees and two walking figures.

Arcadisch landschap

Jacob van Liender, 1706

Watercolor landscape with wooded hills, a distant mountain, and two bathers beside a classical monument near a river.

Baders bij antiek monument in bergachtig landschap

Jacob van Liender, 1706

Pen and wash landscape with a large tree, a seated figure, grazing sheep, and hazy hills in the distance.

Landschap met schapen

Jacob van Liender, 1706

Watercolor of a city seen from a stone terrace at dusk, with two walkers and two dogs on the promenade.

Gezicht vanaf een terras over Brussel, in avondschemering

Willem de Famars Testas, 1885

Watercolor of Philae temple ruins with Hathor-head columns, workers in the rubble, and the Nile beyond.

Gezicht op de tempelruïnes te Philae bij Aswan

Willem de Famars Testas, 1859

Watercolor of a large tree beside a stone wall and small structure, with two figures in red caps at right under a blue sky.

Hutje onder boom te Kaïro

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Portret van Dora Herzberg

Hendrik Godfried Icke, 1894

Watercolor of a man, woman and child seated on a park bench under trees, with strollers walking on the left.

Man, vrouw en kind op een bank in het park

Diederik Franciscus Jamin, 1863

Watercolor of pink roses and red buds in a blue and white patterned vase against a muted brown background.

Boeket rozen in een vaas

Adrienne Jacqueline s' Jacob, 1867

Ink drawing of a seashell with dark openings on a cross-hatched ground, set against a pale background.

Schelp, naar links

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1878

Ink drawing of a spotted cone seashell turned to the right, with hatched shading and a thin border on beige paper.

Schelp, naar rechts

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1907

Black and white ornamental drawing of arched panels above a field of overlapping semicircular scale patterns.

Ornament van schubben

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, 1878

Watercolor portrait of a woman with curly hair in a black dress and lace collar, holding a fan before a blue curtain.

Self-portrait

Gesina ter Borch, 1661