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Rijksmuseum

73,864 works

Etching of townspeople in a night street gazing up at a comet over a church tower and gabled houses.

The comet of 1681

Simon Fokke, 1779

Etching of a flood with a boat of people crossing water, figures on a rooftop, bare trees and a distant church steeple.

Flood in 1682

Simon Fokke, 1779

Engraved title page with an arched gateway, a tree-lined courtyard, two seated women and a banner with the book title.

Title page for: Johan Cornelisz van Bleiswijk, Een buurlijk bagyne-boek, dienstig voor alle katholijcken, 1682

Emrik & Binger, 1877

Print of Daniel praying among lions in a rocky cave, with a skull and stone ruins in the background.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1809

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

Self-portrait with bow tie

Leo Gestel, 1891

Hand-coloured print of a Zeeland peasant woman in bonnet and striped skirt beside a seated man with a walking stick.

Farmer and female farmer from Zeeland

Monogrammist ED, 1858

Black and white print of a young couple in traditional dress standing close together on a wooden bridge over water.

Young man and woman from Walcheren

Coen Metzelaar, 1855

Hand-colored print of a peasant woman in a straw hat with a basket, accompanied by a dog beside a wooden fence.

Female farmer from Zuid-Beveland

Jean Baptiste Madou, 1825

Black and white line print of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed coat, labeled Willem I.

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange

Rombertus Julianus van Arum, 1835

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed cloak, with a coat of arms below.

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange

Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, 1840

Engraving of a stone memorial in a forest clearing, surrounded by iron railings and a group of people in 19th-century dress.

Commemorative stone for Coster at 400-year anniversary of the invention of printing, 1823

Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1824

Engraving of the god Mercury in a winged helmet, leaping above clouds, holding a caduceus and a letter.

Mercury

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Vulcan seated at an anvil with a shield, while two workers hammer at a forge inside a cavern.

Vulcan

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Mars seated with spear, shield, axe and helmet beside a tree, labeled MARS.

Mars

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraved print of the goddess Venus standing nude with a cupid among clouds, within an ornate diamond-shaped floral frame.

Venus

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of the god Jupiter seated on a cloud with lightning bolts and an eagle beside him, within an arched frame.

Jupiter

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of the goddess Diana seated under a tree, holding a spear, with a crescent moon above and a garland frame.

Diana

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of the goddess Ceres seated with a sickle and wheat sheaves, framed in an arch with a landscape and temple behind h

Ceres

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Minerva with spear and helmet seated on a stone, two putti beside her, drafting tools and a bust below.

Minerva

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of a seated classical woman holding a cornucopia of fruit, within an oval frame with a caption reading Vesta, ou Ci

Vesta

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of winged Saturn holding an infant beside a scythe and column, with a garden landscape behind.

Saturn

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Apollo seated under a tree playing a lyre, with a winged horse in the background, inside an ornate frame.

Apollo

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Engraving of Neptune with trident driving a chariot pulled by three horses through waves, labeled Neptune on a numbered page.

Neptune

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1792

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a dark beret, with a fur-trimmed cloak and chain necklace, gazing to the side.

Head of an old man

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1772

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and studded armor, looking sideways toward the viewer.

Old man in armor

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1722

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

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

Engraving of the rear facade of a triumphal arch with allegorical figures, armored statues, and small figures passing beneath

Triumphal arch of Milan (reverse side), 1594

Pieter van der Borcht, 1594

Engraved allegorical pageant with sea gods, nereids and a river god pouring water beside a sea monster, dated 1594.

Scene with the liberation of the Scheldt, 1594

Pieter van der Borcht, 1594