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Rijksmuseum

3,042 works

Etching of a seated Buddha in a rock niche atop stone steps, with figures climbing toward it and ships on the coast.

The Mahamuni Buddha in a temple in Arakan

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1676

Engraving of Juno in a robe and crown gesturing to a charioteer driving horses toward a setting sun over the sea.

Juno commands the sun to set

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated judge facing standing soldiers and robed men in an interior with a draped curtain.

Christ before Pilate

Jan Goeree, 1680

Etching of draped figures offering at a classical courtyard with an arched statue niche, palm trees, and a torch.

Offering to Venus

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Pen and ink sketch of nude nymphs hoisting a heavy load, with studies of figures and poses around the central group.

The loading of the hunting booty by the nymphs of Diana

Peter Paul Rubens, 1611

Grey-washed drawing of women on a riverbank finding an infant, with a parasol and a figure in armor in the water.

The finding of Moses

Moses ter Borch, 1662

Etching of a classical allegory: a helmeted woman shields a nude figure from satyrs and musicians near arches and trees.

Minerva protects innocence against temptation

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated Madonna nursing an infant, with drapery studies around the figures.

Sketch of a seated, nursing Madonna

Peter Paul Rubens, 1587

Sixteen small woodcut scenes from the New Testament with Dutch verses, some hand-colored in red and yellow.

Biblical figures of the New Testament

Clement, De Vri & Van Stegeren, 1816

Etching of sirens on rocks beside a ship with sailors on deck, rendered in fine hatched lines on paper.

Odysseus and the Sirens

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a seated sculptor with chisel and mallet beside a nude figure on a pedestal, with classical architecture behind.

Sculptor works on a statue of Hercules

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Woodcut decorative letter H with an angel above clouds and a shepherd with sheep below, in a 1754 print.

Initial H with the Annunciation to the shepherds

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Etching of the goddess Diana seated on a cloud with bow, spear and putti, with rays of light across the sky.

Diana with bow and arrow on a cloud

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of Hercules Musagetes holding a lyre and lion skin, beside a flaming altar, cornucopia and classical architecture.

Hercules as leader of the muses

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Woodcut-style print of a bearded figure with a radiant halo, resting one hand on a star-decorated globe, in brown tones.

Christ

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Engraving of Venus reclining against a tree as a winged Cupid crowns her with flowers, with cherubs at her feet.

Venus and Cupid - Spring

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a seated veiled woman with a book beside a Vesta altar, classical columns and statues in an arcade.

Vestal virgins at an altar for the goddess Vesta

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Sepia print of a bearded man with a halo turning over his shoulder, holding a tall staff, wrapped in heavy drapery.

Apostle James the Less

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Etching of Minerva with spear and shield beside an owl, as a seated figure sits in a dark stone cell behind a door.

Minerva locks up Discord in a cell

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a woman driving a sun chariot through clouds while a laurel-crowned man reaches for the reins, with a city below

Apollo in the sun chariot

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Brown chiaroscuro print of a haloed bearded man gesturing toward a chalice with a serpent, Johannes de Evangelist.

John the Evangelist

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Etching of the Adoration of the Kings: Virgin and Child, a kneeling elder, and turbaned attendants in a stone interior.

Adoration of the kings

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a woman tending a child in a bed, with attendants and laurel branches under arches, Latin title above.

Cupid is cared for by Venus

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of bearded Saint Peter with halo, holding a key and resting his hand on a book.

Apostle Peter

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Engraving of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, with two angels, a crowd under trees, and a dove above.

Baptism of Christ

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of women attacking a slumped man beneath a tree, with a classical city and dogs in the background.

Orpheus is killed by the raging women of Ciconia

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Woodcut-style print of a bearded apostle with halo reading a book and raising one hand, with a staff beside him.

Apostle Philip

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Engraving of robed figures on a terrace beside a tree, with a nude figure on a pedestal and a distant town view.

Christ breaks a statue

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing, the nude god holding a spear and plumed helmet, with Venus draped beside him.

Mars and Venus

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraving of nude sea nymphs surrounding an ornate ship as a helmeted warrior stands on deck, with sailing ships behind.

Aeneas' fleet surrounded by sea nymphs

Jacob Folkema, 1743