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Rijksmuseum

7,332 works

Watercolor of a white stork with a yellow bill standing on rocky ground beside a small plant, with a scale ruler at right.

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork or Wood stork)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of a long-legged bird with blue-green head and black and white plumage beside a scale bar.

Grus rubicunda (Brolga or Australian crane)

George Raper, 1770

Hand-colored drawing of two grey crowned cranes with golden crests standing on sandy ground beside tufts of grass.

Balearica regulorum (Grey crowned crane)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a grey crane with a red-brown head standing on grass, beside a vertical scale bar in feet.

Antigone rubicunda (Brolga, or Australian Crane)

George Raper, 1770

Hand-coloured drawing of a blue heron with long pink legs standing on marsh ground beside grass, with a scale ruler at right.

Ardea cinerea (Grey heron)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of a pale blue crane with black tail plumes standing in grassland, with hills behind and a handwritten Dutch capti

Anthropoides paradisea (Blue crane or Stanley crane)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pencil sketch of a plumed cavalier in a cloak mounting a horse, with a sword at his side, on tan paper.

Man bestijgt paard

Gerard van Honthorst, 1625

Pencil portrait of a man with light hair in a high collar and cravat, with a handwritten Dutch inscription below.

Portret van Christiaan Anthonie Ver Huell

Alexander Ver Huell, 1850

Hand-coloured study of a caterpillar on a leaf, a red moth with cream spots, and a chrysalis on cream paper.

Studies van een rups, een vlinder en een pop

Alexander Ver Huell, 1832

Pencil drawing of a dense tropical forest valley with a mountain ridge rising behind it under a hazy sky.

Deel van de westzijde van de berg Gunung Mandalawangi op Java

Quirijn Maurits Rudolf Ver Huell, 1816

Pencil sketch on pale paper with three studies of dogs: a head, a lowered full body, and a bushy tail.

Drie hondenstudies

Jean-Louis de Marne, 1754

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long robe balancing a large amphora on her head.

Staande (Griekse) vrouw

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1757

Pencil and red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a head scarf seated in an armchair beside a table with flowers.

Zittende oude dame naast een tafel

Alfred-Henri Darjou, 1842

Pen and grey wash drawing of allegorical figures among books and pages beside a classical column, with putti.

Allegory of History Studying Truth

Charles-Nicolas Cochin, 1746

Grey wash drawing of a charioteer dragging a body behind a chariot, with a winged figure above and a city in the distance.

Achilles Dragging Hector's Body Behind His Carriage

Ferdinand Delamonce, 1713

Grey wash drawing of two shepherdesses with sheep and a cow admiring a laurel-crowned medallion portrait of Virgil.

Herderinnen bewonderen een medaillonportret van Vergilius

Ferdinand Delamonce, 1708

Hand-colored fire salamander above engraved views of several salamander species labeled in Latin, on a manuscript page.

Vuursalamander (Salamandra salamandra)

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolor of a blue and yellow snake coiled at the base of a leafy green plant on a mound, with handwritten notes below.

Slang met plantenstaart

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596

Watercolour sheet of numbered lilies, a dragonfly, moth, spider, snail and peach arranged across a page.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 5)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Numbered watercolor studies of a stag beetle, tulip, pansy, pomegranate, grasshopper, butterfly and small insects on a page.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 1)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Hand-coloured drawing of dragonflies, a grasshopper, a fly and a beetle, numbered for reference on a framed page.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 2)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Hand-coloured drawing of a snail, moth, spider, butterfly, cucumber and flowers, with numbered labels on a page.

Natural History Ensemble (no. 3)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Hand-coloured natural history plate of a moth, two frogs, a snail, flies and a green form on a manuscript page.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 4)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Watercolor page of a dragonfly, flowers, fruit, pea pods, grapes and insects, numbered and labeled in old script.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 7)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Hand-coloured drawing of flowers, a radish, a snail, a beetle, caterpillars and insects arranged on a page.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 6)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Natural history drawing of butterflies, dragonfly, beetles, flowers, grapes and a cinnamon stick, numbered on a pale sheet.

Natuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 8)

Elias Verhulst, 1596

Zoon van kapitein Erié met viool

Louis Ducros, 1778

Watercolor drawing of a standing woman in traditional dress with yellow headdress, white gown and purple coat, one arm outstr

Dame in klederdracht uit Smyrna gezien door het reisgezelschap op Malta

Louis Ducros, 1778

Grey wash drawing of a flat landscape with a thatched inn under large trees, figures, a ditch, and a distant village.

Landschap met een herberg bij een slootje

Aarnout ter Himpel, 1644

Grey wash drawing of a white mute swan with a raised wing and neck curved back, with a red bill and dark legs.

Witte tamme zwaan

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, 1646