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Rijksmuseum

3,097 works

Woodcut of nude Hercules wrestling two cattle beside a club and foliage, with dense hatched shading.

Hercules en de runderen van Geryon

Gabriel Salmon, 1528

Etching of Hercules in a lion skin kneeling and drawing a bow, with a hilly landscape behind him.

Hercules met leeuwenvel en boog

Giuseppe Cammarano, 1776

Engraved scene of Hercules in a lion skin leading a veiled woman before a seated man, with onlookers behind a curtain.

Hercules brengt Alcestis terug uit de onderwereld

Joseph Spiegl, 1795

Etching of a standing woman beside a cow, a kneeling herder with a staff, goats, and a tree in a pastoral landscape.

Juno en Argus

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, 1618

Engraving of Saint Matthew with an angel beside him, framed by a floral wreath, with a Latin inscription below.

Evangelist Mattheüs

Michel van Lochom, 1611

Engraving of Saint Mark writing in a book with a lion beside him, framed by a floral oval border.

Evangelist Marcus

Michel van Lochom, 1611

Engraving of a statue of Venus holding a cup, with a Cupid seated on a dolphin beside her, on a plinth.

Standbeeld van Venus met Amor die op een dolfijn zit

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1636

Engraving of a classical bacchante statue holding grapes, with a vine-wrapped column and serpent beside her.

Standbeeld van een bacchante

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of a nude classical statue of Apollo holding a bow, standing on a pedestal beside draped cloth.

Standbeeld van Apollo met boog in de hand

Claude Mellan, 1636

Engraved title page with a robed woman, a bearded nude man, a globe, crossed weapons and Latin lettering on a pedestal.

Titelprent met Hercules en personificatie van Geschiedenis

Pieter de Jode, 1650

Engraving of a woman dipping a nude figure into water as two dogs lie below, with a rocky coast and boats behind, framed by p

Thetis dompelt Achilles onder in de Styx

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of a centaur teaching a young boy in a landscape, framed by classical pillars, garlands and a dead boar at the bott

Achilles onderwezen door Chiron

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of a warrior in a helmet among women in a classical colonnade, with caryatids, putti and a basket of treasures.

Achilles en de dochters van Lycomedus

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of Vulcan handing a shield to Thetis beside a nude infant, with classical pillars, cherubs and forge tools.

Thetis krijgt van Vulcanus wapens voor Achilles

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraved rococo cartouche with Minerva, Apollo with a lyre, Mercurius and a rooster, plus putti, signed B. Picart 1725.

Apollo, Minerva en Mercurius bijeen

Bernard Picart, 1725

Engraving of Juno on a chariot decorating peacocks with eyes while putti play nearby and a nude figure reclines.

Juno Decorating her Peacocks with the Eyes of Argus

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a seated bearded nude god with a staff beside an eagle and a grazing cow under a tree, with figures in clouds.

Jupiter en de koe

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Johannes de Evangelist

Jan Lievens, 1625

Etching of Saint Luke writing in a book at a desk, with an ox beside him, inkwell and scroll nearby.

De evangelist Lucas

Laurent de La Hyre, 1625

Engraved room interior with a Venus fountain in a niche, statues, busts, and standing figures with a dog.

Fontein van Venus in de Villa d'Este te Tivoli

Giovanni Francesco Venturini, 1653

Monochrome print of a seated nude woman with an elderly woman beside her gesturing toward coins, beneath a hanging lamp.

Jupiter en Danaë

Bernard Picart, 1683

Sepia print of a reclining nude woman with a hand mirror and a sleeping cupid on draped cushions.

Venus en cupido

Jurriaan Cootwijck, 1724

Engraving of Apollo and Diana shooting arrows from clouds at figures lying dead and grieving in a landscape before a city.

Apollo en Diana doden de kinderen van Niobe

Bernard Picart, 1733

Engraved circular medallion showing Apollo with a lyre above three dancing nude women and putti holding a garland.

Penning met Apollo en de drie gratiën

Bernard Picart, 1717

Red chalk print of a nude woman standing on clouds beside two doves, with a draped cloth at her side.

Naakte Venus met twee tortelduiven

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1753

Hand-colored engraving of a grand domed cathedral interior with columns, arches and small figures in period dress on a checke

Gezicht op het interieur van Saint Paul's Cathedral te Londen

Robert Sayer, 1753

Print in brown tones of Perseus holding Medusa's severed head aloft beside a fallen body, with a sea monster and trees.

Perseus met het hoofd van Medusa

Giovanni Gallo, 1535

Engraving of an enthroned emperor watching soldiers burn incense before a statue, with a crowd and city skyline behind.

Tronende koning aanschouwt soldaten die wierook bij een beeld van Jupiter strooien

Jan Luyken, 1694

Open book with a mounted plate showing three photographs of Saturn with rings and three of Jupiter with cloud bands.

Gezichten op Saturnus en Jupiter

Henry Frères, 1886

Open book with six round photographs of Jupiter showing cloud bands, beside a page of French text.

Gezicht op Jupiter

Henry Frères, 1886

Etching of Paris, Venus and Mercury among clouds, with Cupid, a winged caduceus and a seated man with a staff.

Paris, Venus en Mercurius

Samuel Bottschild, 1693

Etching of Pallas and Juno on clouds, with a helmeted warrior holding a spear and Medusa shield and a flying putto with a tor

Pallas (Minerva) en Juno (Heres)

Samuel Bottschild, 1693

Etching of Psyche reaching toward the three-headed dog Cerberus, which exhales smoke, within an oval rocky setting.

Psyche voert Cerberus

Samuel Bottschild, 1693

Grey wash drawing of Bacchus offering a cup to a crowned Ariadne beneath a tree, with a satyr and nymphs nearby.

Bacchus en Ariadne

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Engraving of a helmeted warrior raising a club while struggling with a crouching centaur on a rocky pedestal.

Theseus overwint de centaur

Josephus Nauwens, 1840

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno on a cloud chariot with Venus and cupid, above a battle before a walled city.

Jupiter kalmeert Venus en Juno

Crispijn van de Passe, 1612

Hand-coloured engraving of a Venus fountain with a statue in a formal garden, with strollers and trees.

De Venus-fontein in de grote tuin van Paleis Het Loo

Jan van Call, 1694

Engraving of a formal garden with a fountain and faun statue between high hedges, with figures in period dress around the poo

Beeld van de Faun in het doolhof van de tuinen van Paleis Het Loo

Jan van Call, 1694

Engraving of a seated antique statue of Minerva in a helmet and breastplate, holding a scroll, with bilingual captions.

Antiek standbeeld van Minerva

Étienne Baudet, 1681

Engraving of nude nymphs bathing in a river while a hunter with dogs watches from the bank, with a cave and trees behind.

Diana verandert Actaeon in een hert

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraved plate with two classical marble busts of bearded men, one wearing a turban, numbered 38 in the lower corner.

Bustes van Apollo

Michel Natalis, 1636

Bustes van Hercules en een sater

Theodor Matham, 1636

Engraving of two classical busts: a laurel-wreathed male figure above and a female head with braided hair below.

Beelden van Jupiter en Afrika

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of two classical marble busts with bearded faces and curled hair, one above the other, on a book page.

Twee bustes van Apollo

Michel Natalis, 1636

Engraving of Apollo and Daphne embracing before a rocky cliff with a large tree and waterfall.

Rotsachtig landschap met Apollo en Daphne

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1811

Woodblock print of a grey rat beside a blue patterned bowl with yellow flowers and a pine branch, with calligraphy.

Rat en kom met Adonis

Totoya Hokkei, 1828

Pencil sketch of a bearded man holding a round shield beside a seated helmeted woman under a rocky arch.

Odysseus en Minerva

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil sketch of a mythological scene with a central figure, sea creatures and cherubs in waves, and winged figures among clo

Mythologische voorstelling met Galatea

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil sketch of a mythological scene with winged figures, putti, seated women and clouds on pale paper.

Mythologische voorstelling met Mercurius, Cupido en drie vrouwen

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Pencil sketch of mythological figures and a goat in a wooded landscape, with putti among clouds above, on pale paper.

Jupiter gezoogd door de geit Amalthea

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Engraving of the Virgin Mary crowned and haloed, seated on a crescent moon holding the infant Christ among clouds and rays.

Madonna zittend op de maansikkel

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1630

Engraving of the seated Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ, with a halo and rays of light.

Zittende Madonna

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1630

Engraving of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ child on a cloud, with a star halo and cherubs around her.

Madonna zittend op de maansikkel

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1625

Engraving of a seated Madonna with a halo holding the nude infant Christ, who touches his mouth, with a dedicatory inscriptio

Zittende Madonna

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1633

Engraving of the seated Madonna with the Christ child, Saint Joseph, and infant John the Baptist before a landscape.

Zittende Madonna en Jozef met bril

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1642

Etched print of an ornate urn on a pedestal, decorated with a relief of dancing satyrs and bacchantes.

Vaas met dansende satyrs en Bacchanten

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornate urn with garlands and handles, topped by two satyr figures on its lid, on a carved plinth.

Vaas met op de deksel een koppel satyrs

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraved dedication plate with two centaurs holding up an urn of foliage above an inscription tablet dated 1764.

Twee centaurs torsen een ornamentele vaas met een plaquette op een muur

Benigno Bossi, 1764

Engraved ornamental urn with a relief of Venus in a swan-drawn chariot, flanked by putti, on a fluted pedestal.

Vaas met Venus in een kar getrokken door zwanen

Gabriel Huquier, 1729

Etched print of the warship Hercules launching from a shipyard, with a crowd on shore, boats in the water and smoke from a sa

Oorlogsschip Hercules loopt van stapel, 1782

Johannes Schoenmakers, 1782

Etching of a pedestal with three relief panels showing Hercules fighting serpents, warriors, and nude struggling figures.

Piëdestal met de geschiedenis van Hercules

Reinier van Persijn, 1636

Engraving of a seated king on a dais with a standing youth, a lion, cherubs and classical statues framing the scene.

Twist van Achilles met Agamemnon

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of Achilles and Polyxena with horses, putti, and classical statues in an architectural frame.

Achilles en Polyxena

Franz Ertinger, 1679

Engraving of Achilles fighting Hector before classical statues, a goddess with a sword, an owl, and fighting roosters.

Achilles doodt Hector

Franz Ertinger, 1679