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Rijksmuseum

134,045 works

Engraved frieze with a winged sphinx, lion and wolf heads, a cherub with garland, and floral scrollwork.

Part of frieze on fireplace in Council Chamber of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1663

Hand-coloured 1786 dice game board with provincial coats of arms, character medallions, a central interior scene and printed

The patriotic throwing game

Jan Oortman, 1786

Engraved register page listing letter-keyed sculptures and ceilings of the Amsterdam town hall, on aged paper with a border.

Register for: Prima pars (…) / The first part. Of the principal Statues and Ornaments, of the art-rich City Hall of A…

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraved title page with a crowned allegorical woman flanked by two lions, a shield, globes and tools, with Dutch text below.

Amsterdam City Maiden flanked by two lions

Hubert Quellinus, 1663

Engraving of a blindfolded Justice statue in an arched niche, holding scales and a sword.

Statue of Justitia (Justice) in the Vierschaar of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of a standing female allegorical figure in drapery within an arched niche, holding a serpent and a round mirror.

Statue of Prudentia (Prudence) in the Vierschaar of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Etched lunette with two putti, two roosters and fruit-filled cornucopias framing an empty circular medallion.

Lunette with putti, roosters and cornucopias in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of Apollo with laurel wreath and bow, standing beside a dragon within a framed niche.

Sculpture of Apollo in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Two vertical ornamental festoons with ribbons, apples, a snake, and foliage, engraved on paper.

Two pilaster festoons with apples, snakes and leaves from the Vierschaar of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Etching of two floral garlands with ribbon bows and tassels, arranged one above the other on a cream sheet.

Two festoons with flowers and leaves in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black court robe and tall hat against a grey background with calligraphy.

Onoe Kikugorô II in the role of Sugawara no Michizane

Ukiyo Shigekatsu, 1820

Engraved print of a decorative relief of musical instruments and laurel garlands within an ornamental border.

Relief with musical instruments for on a pedestal in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of a bearded sculpted Jupiter with thunderbolt, eagle and ram in a niche, after Hubert Quellinus, 1655.

Sculpture of Jupiter in the southern gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of three vertical garlands of grapes, pine cones and leaves tied with ribbons, on a pale paper sheet.

Three festoons with grapes, pinecones and leaves in the southern gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan leaning on a red railing beside a pine tree, with an inset bridge scene.

Courtesan compared to Koteiken

Utagawa Sadatora, 1830

Woodblock print of a patterned porcelain bowl and a pair of shears, with calligraphy above and red seals.

Porcelain bowl and scissors

Shozo Ittei, 1820

Woodblock print of a reclining woman in a red patterned kimono beside a patterned chest, with calligraphy.

Doll and small chest

Shozo Ittei, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a seated geisha in purple kimono and patterned obi, with calligraphy on a cream background.

Geisha ties her sash

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man in ornate military uniform with a sash and star decoration, titled Friedrich Wilhelm I

Portrait of Frederick William III, King of Prussia

Friedrich Jentzen, 1831

Woman in patterned black kimono sits writing with a brush beside a potted plum branch, with calligraphy above.

Woman writing a poem

Suzuki Kiitsu, 1822

Bust-length print of a man in a military uniform with epaulettes and medals, with the caption Friedrich Wilhelm III below.

Portrait of Frederick William III, King of Prussia

Friedrich Jentzen, 1818

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beneath a large hat, with calligraphy above.

Courtesan Makino from the Sansho house

Woodblock print of a dancer in orange ceremonial robes with outstretched arms, flowers in headdress, and calligraphy above.

Dancer

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

Japanese print of tea ceremony utensils: a speckled tea bowl, a patterned tea caddy, and a bamboo scoop, with calligraphy.

Supplies for the tea ceremony

Etching of a Cairo mosque with a tall minaret, a large arched portal, a domed tomb, and a crowd of riders and figures below.

Mosque and mausoleum of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey in Cairo

Marius Bauer, 1894

Etching of a crowded vaulted bazaar in Constantinople with market stalls, awnings, jars and robed figures.

Bazaar in Constantinople

Marius Bauer, 1877

Lithograph of a funeral procession of men in top hats walking toward a city skyline with a church tower, wreaths and birds.

The funeral of the Dutch Etching Club

Marius Bauer, 1896

Lithograph of a winged armored figure with a sword above a burning city, with soldiers and shields at right.

Hard times (an emperor print)

Marius Bauer, 1895

Dark lithograph of a crowded procession with a palanquin, mounted riders on a gateway, and domed buildings under a hazy sky.

Procession with palanquin

Marius Bauer, 1877

Dark etching of two veiled women in the foreground facing a lit room with a group of standing figures beyond.

Two veiled women

Marius Bauer, 1877

Loose sketch of a sleeping figure reclining beside a table with a cup and pipe, signed M. Bauer.

Opium smoker

Marius Bauer, 1877

Brown ink sketch of two shirtless men reclining on a platform in a dim room, one with closed eyes and head back.

Two opium smokers

Marius Bauer, 1877

Etching of a Turkish bazaar with stretched cloth overhead, a dark archway, robed figures and seated merchants.

Turkish bazaar with stretched sails

Marius Bauer, 1892

Etching of a female dancer in ornate costume and headdress on a dim stage, with seated figures at the sides.

Wajang Wong

Marius Bauer, 1926

Etching of robed men in turbans seated and standing on a stone staircase, with a child and a dog in the foreground.

Men by a staircase

Marius Bauer, 1890

Etching of mounted riders and robed figures passing through a large dark archway in a city street.

Riders under a gate

Marius Bauer, 1898

Etching of an ornate treasure chamber with hanging textiles, lamps, arched doorways, and heaps of treasure on the floor.

Ali Baba in the treasury

Marius Bauer, 1894

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono reaching for pink cherry blossoms beside a stone lantern.

Cherry blossom time

Onchi Kōshirō, 1946

Etching of a night fire blazing at the Amsterdam town hall, with smoke and a crowd of onlookers in the street below.

Fire in the city hall of Amsterdam, 1762

Reinier Vinkeles, 1783

Engraved bird's-eye view of the siege of Hulst in 1591, with fortified town, troop camps, and ships on waterways.

Conquest of Hulst, 1591

Pieter Bast, 1608

Engraving of men in period dress meeting around a table in a formal room, with framed portraits on the back wall.

William V takes his seat in the Council of State for the first time, 1763

Reinier Vinkeles, 1795

Engraving of a procession of guards and a carriage moving down a street lined with townhouses, 1763.

Departure of the Prince of Orange after attending a meeting of the States-General and the Council of State, 1763

Iven Besoet, 1763

Engraved allegory of 1763 bankruptcies in Amsterdam, with a monkey writing at a desk and an empty money chest.

Allegory on the bankruptcies in Amsterdam due to the bill-brokerage trade, 1763

Jan Caspar Philips, 1763

Engraving of Achilles in a chariot dragging Hector's body past city walls, with soldiers and spectators in the scene.

Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot

Bernard Picart, 1719

Engraving by Bernard Picart, 1716: Apollo crowns Terence while Thalia and a flute-playing child stand nearby before a Roman c

Apollo crowns Terence with laurel

Bernard Picart, 1716

Engraving of Clio instructing a young nobleman beside a globe and books, with a curtain revealing an allegorical stage scene.

Allegorical title page with Clio

Bernard Picart, 1731

Line drawing of a tobacco field with leafy plants in the foreground and small figures working among the crops.

Tobacco fields

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Grey ink drawing of a dragon head with bulging eyes and whiskers emerging from swirling dark and pale clouds.

Dragon and clouds

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Pen sketch of a seated samurai in armor with a sword across his lap, with red preliminary lines visible.

Samurai in armor

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Pen sketch of a crowd of Japanese figures in robes and topknots on a street, with several overlapping studies.

Street scene, including a man with a fan

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink sketch in a frame of three bust-length figures, two in women's roles with elaborate hairstyles, one with a bald head.

Bust portrait of three actors, two of whom in female roles

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink sketch of two folded lotus leaves with radiating veins on a pale sheet, mounted within a light border.

Sketch page with folded lotus leaves

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Small sketch sheet with grey ink strokes, red inscriptions and a yellow wash, attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige I.

Sketch page

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Sketch of a palanquin with a curved roof resting on carrying poles, with a figure seated inside, drawn in grey ink.

Sketch sheet with sedan chair

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Faint grey ink sketch of a boat with ropes and a figure on pale paper, mounted in a cream frame.

Sketch sheet

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Ink and wash drawing of a fox holding an open parasol and a sake flask, with a long bushy tail.

Fox with carafe and parasol

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1841

Three studies of cicadas on a pale sheet, two lightly coloured with transparent wings and one in pencil outline.

Three studies of flies

Nonoyama Kōzan, 1790

Lithographed title page in Dutch with ornate display lettering and calligraphic flourishes for animal studies after Old Dutch

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820

Title page with decorative lettering and flourishes for Original Beasts Studies after Dutch old masters, published in Amsterd

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1796

Engraved portrait of a young woman with curly hair holding flowers, with Latin verse inscription below.

Flora

Joachim von Sandrart

Engraved portrait of Johan de Witt in a dark robe, with a crowd and canal city scene behind him and text below.

Portrait of Johan de Witt

Jakob von Sandrart, 1672

Engraved portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace cravat within an octagonal frame, with inscriptions and a coat of a

Portrait of Johann Paul Auer

Johann Joachim von Sandrart, 1688

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, with a Latin inscription on a pedestal below.

Portrait of Friedrich Molanus

Johann Joachim von Sandrart, 1689

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with braided cords and a star-shaped order on his chest.

Portrait of Frederik Willem van Brunswijk

William Colley Wrankmore, 1841