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Rijksmuseum

13,729 works

Sheet of ten head studies in black chalk on tan paper, showing profiles of men with curly hair and beards.

Studieblad met tien koppen

Isaac Walraven, 1744

Grey wash drawing of a man greeting a helmeted allegorical woman with a spear, shield and lion, with ships behind.

Prins Willem V biedt de Nederlandsche Maagd zijn diensten aan

Jacobus Buys, 1782

Ink wash drawing of a woman's head bent forward with eyes lowered and voluminous curly hair, within a thin border.

Vrouwenhoofd met krullend haar, driekwart naar rechts en voorovergebogen

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash drawing of Christ and the apostles at the Last Supper beneath a draped canopy and hanging chandelier.

Het Heilig Avondmaal

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Ink and wash drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city as a crowd waves palm branches.

De intocht in Jerusalem

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman offering food to a plumed warrior, with servants, a donkey and soldiers in a rocky land

David en Abigaïl

Jacobus Buys, 1734

Red chalk drawing of a naked standing boy with curly hair, one arm extended outward, on pale paper.

Naakt jongetje

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash design drawing of a funerary monument with a bust, skull, urn, two allegorical women and cherubs.

Ontwerp voor een grafmonument

Frans Decker, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical country house with shuttered windows, a pediment, and a circular driveway flanked by garde

De hofstede Vreedelust aan de Spanjaardslaan te Haarlem

W.B. Craan, 1799

Monochrome drawing of a man holding a candle near a sleeping woman in a chair, in a dim interior with a table and cupboard.

Man met kaars kietelt een slapende vrouw

J. Dillhoff, 1747

Pen and watercolour drawing of cows in a flat meadow, a milking couple, windmills and a church steeple on the horizon.

Het dorp Amstelveen

J. Dirksen, 1795

Pen drawing in a circle of a nude male figure with a staff, two lions and a classical urn beside a pedestal.

Allegorische mansfiguur, staande met twee leeuwen

Johannes van Dregt, 1778

Sailing boats and fishermen on calm water at dusk beside a walled town with towers, drawn in grey and muted colour.

Schepen voor een omwalde stad bij ondergaande zon

Jan Matthias Cok, 1730

Pen drawing of an allegorical woman beside a grave monument with a skull and urn, two women below, and an inscribed tablet.

Figuren bij een grafmonument

Johannes van Dregt, 1747

Pen drawing of a nude allegorical woman in a chariot with wheat and a torch, guiding a winged creature, in a circular frame.

Allegorische vrouwenfiguur, in triomfwagen

Johannes van Dregt, 1778

Watercolor of a farrier shoeing a horse in an open landscape, with two onlookers and a dog nearby.

Hoefsmid in landschap

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Grey wash drawing of a dentist treating a seated patient while a woman with a basket watches from a window.

De tandarts

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Collage of design studies including a bookplate for Johannes Henoch Neethling, a pencil pattern, an ornamental border sketch,

Ontwerp voor ex libris van Johannes Henoch Neethling, en twee andere ontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Design drawing for a 1918 calendar with bold geometric lettering, green tendril ornament, and a central cartouche with Dutch

Ontwerp voor Jan Ligthart kalender voor 1918

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Ink and watercolor design for a pension fund form with Dutch flags, an ornate cartouche and a company monogram.

Ontwerp voor de bijlage behorende bij de pensioenbrief van de Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Gouache drawing of four heraldic shields with lions, an eagle and a bull's head, framed by blue and orange scrollwork on gold

Vier wapenschilden

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Colored drawing of a heraldic shield with rampant lions, a black bull's head with crown, and blue and cream quarters.

Wapen van prinses Juliana

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Silhouetportret van Matthijs Andries van der Bank

Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Schröder, 1833

Pencil sketches of two decorative ornamental panels with scrolling motifs, one on gridded paper, mounted on a tan backing.

Twee decoratieve ontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Silhouetportret van Antonius Gerardus van Hamel

Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Schröder, 1833

Pencil study of a lobster's tail with shaded shell segments and handwritten Dutch colour notes around it.

Studie van het achterlijf van een kreeft

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Watercolor caricature of a central figure in ceremonial dress with a devil-like creature, toasting figures, and a soldier rai

Den Corsikaanse Eed op het Velt van Mars

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor caricature of a uniformed man in bed with a bulldog sitting on his legs, under a blue canopy, dated 1813.

Napoleons Engelse nachtmerrie, 1813

Wijnand Esser, 1813

Watercolor of a kneeling man in military uniform trapped in a wooden rat cage with an orange bait, with Dutch caption below.

Napoleon in de rattenval, 1813

Wijnand Esser, 1813

Watercolour caricature of four uniformed men dining with a devil figure, with a second devil holding a rifle by the door.

Geheime bijeenkomst van Napoleon en zijn broers, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Colored caricature drawing of a procession with a caged figure in green uniform, ships at sea, and a winged horse rider in th

Napoleons verbanning naar Elba, 1814

Wijnand Esser, 1814

Watercolor caricature of three soldiers, one pushing a wheelbarrow with a bound sack bearing a man's head, with Dutch inscrip

Gevangenneming van Murat, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor of a uniformed man stepping from an ox onto a donkey, with a windmill and church tower in a rural landscape.

Napoleon stapt van de os op de ezel, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolour of a cloaked figure holding a four-armed cross before a wall, with red-capped men leaning over it.

Terugkeer van Napoleon te Parijs na Waterloo, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor of Napoleon being stripped of royal regalia by red-capped Jacobins in an interior room, 1815.

Napoleon door de Jacobijnen uitgekleed, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor caricature of a man holding a cage with a small uniformed figure, while a crowned black bird flies overhead with a

Napoleon gevangen door Carnot, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor of a three-masted British warship with red flags and rowboats on calm water, with figures watching from the shore.

Deportatie van Napoleon naar Sint-Helena, 1815

Wijnand Esser, 1815

Watercolor drawing of travelers and pack animals in a river as a sedan chair overturns, with a mountain behind.

Draagstoel van het reisgezelschap slaat om bij rivier Platini

Louis Ducros, 1778

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a top hat pointing at a nude woman posing in an interior beside a seated figure and trunk.

Jurriaan Andriessen bekijkt de vrouw die naakt zal poseren op het vrouwencollege

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a seated nude woman with two men in period dress beside a stove in an interior.

Naaktmodel wordt niet lekker

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Watercolor of ancient temple ruins with fallen column drums, a standing column, a tree, and small figures under clouds.

Resten van Herculestempel binnen muren van oude Agrigento

Louis Ducros, 1778

Two men in a panelled room, one lunging with a sword and one raising a rifle, drawn in pen and watercolour.

Christiaan Andriessen en meneer Wagner verdrijven insluipers

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen sketch of two scenes: a man smoking by a table with a book, and a caped man walking in rain past a fence.

Christiaan Andriessen bekijkt loterij-uitslagen en loopt in de regen op straat

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Night street scene with a lantern casting fanned light beams, a cloaked figure beside it, and a woman at a window.

Schijnsel van een lantaarn in de mist

Christiaan Andriessen, 1807

Pen and wash drawing of a woman reading a letter in a panelled room while a man watches from an open doorway.

Naatje en Christiaan Andriessen ontvangen een brief uit Cadiz

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen drawing of a brick gabled facade with scrolled ornaments and shuttered windows, the former Rasphuis in Amsterdam.

Gevel van het Rasphuis te Amsterdam

Ernst Willem Geerling, 1864

Pen and watercolour drawing of visitors in top hats and period dresses touring a nursery with raised planting beds.

Bezoek aan een kwekerij

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Charcoal sketch of men talking and smoking at café tables, one with a pipe, with a small yellow accent near the center.

Pratende mannen in café

Martin Monnickendam, 1926

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind, with short hair and a hatched jacket, on aged paper in a white mount.

Jacques op de rug gezien

Martin Monnickendam, 1909

Brown wash drawing of men on a quay beside a barge, one figure poling from the hull, with a street lamp and trees.

Aanlegplaats van de Weesper trekschuit aan de Weesperzijde bij de IJsbreker

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Voorstudie Zondagmorgen / Mansportret en profil

Martin Monnickendam, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical scroll and cloud-motif ornamental design inside a rectangular frame on graph paper.

Decoratieontwerp in grijs en wit

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Two brown wash rug designs on squared graph paper, with scrolling borders and handwritten dimensions below.

Twee ontwerpen voor kleden voor de Java-China-Japan-Lijn

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Three ornamental bookplate designs on graph paper: a yellow lattice pattern and two grey scrolling foliate panels.

Drie ontwerpen voor een ex libris

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1940

Design sheet on grid paper with watercolor ornamental borders, pixel-patterned band, pencil scrolls and a black and grey carp

Ontwerpen voor een kleed met ornamentale randen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Three decorative design studies on grid paper: a patterned band with blue crosses, a central symmetrical wave motif, and a re

Drie decoratieve ontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Grey wash design drawing of a symmetrical foliage pattern with scrolls and acanthus leaves on graph paper, with a small sketc

Ontwerp voor een kleed (?) met bladmotief

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil and watercolor design studies on grid paper with geometric spirals, stylized foliage and a pink repeating pattern.

Enkele ontwerpen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Black ink drawing of ten stylized doves in a symmetrical pattern, designed for a tapestry, on cream paper.

Ontwerp voor wandtapijt met tien duiven

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Brown ink drawing of five cows drinking at a ditch edge, with a woman in a bonnet among them on a flat meadow.

Vijf koeien drinkende aan een slootkant

Willem Maris, 1854

Brown wash drawing of a forest path with grazing cows, figures, two riders and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Boslandschap met figuren en vee

Jacob Maris, 1847

Monochrome wash drawing of a young couple standing close together, one leaning head toward the other, in soft grey tones.

Jeugdig paar

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Engraved neoclassical frontispiece with columns, pediment and inscriptions, with a harbor scene of ships in the central panel

Kalligrafie ter ere van de veertigste verjaardag van koningin Wilhelmina van Pruisen, 1814

Pieter Toornenburgh, 1814

Pencil sketch of a café interior with a standing woman in a long dress and seated figures, dated 1887.

Kapstok in een café

George Hendrik Breitner, 1887

Pencil drawing of a man with long curly hair and a direct gaze, on grey paper with cut corners.

Portret van een man

Gérard ter Borch, 1645

Grey chalk drawing of a man with wavy shoulder-length hair and mustache, on blue-grey paper with cut corners.

Portret van een man

Gérard ter Borch, 1648

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald head and hatched jacket, signed by Paul de Saint-Étienne.

Portret van Jean Macé

Paul de Saint-Étienne, 1815

Loose pencil sketch of a man raising a cane beside a woman in a long dress, with faint underdrawing behind.

Leo Gestel en An Overtoom met bloemstuk

Leo Gestel, 1937

Ontwerp voor raam in het Amsterdams Lyceum

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1922

Pencil drawing of a canal with townhouses, a sailboat, rowing boats and a bridge, by Willem Hekking jr., 1835.

Gezicht op het Spui en de panden van Arti et Amicitiae en het Leesmuseum

Willem Hekking jr., 1835

Pencil sketch of the arcaded facade of student society Nos Jungit Amicitiae on the Rokin, with flags and handwritten colour n

Gezicht op Rokin 31, de studentensociëteit Nos Jungit Amicitiae

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1887

Pencil sketch of a canal lined with trees and moored boats, with a stone bridge and rowboat in the distance.

Gezicht op de Amstel

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Pencil drawing in an oval of a man in a tall wide-brimmed hat and high-collared coat, with small study sketches at upper left

Zelfportret in ovaal

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1746

Pencil landscape sketch on tan paper showing a rocky cliff at left and a bare leafless tree at right.

Landschap met ruïnes en een boom

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1746

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with columns, a pyramid tomb, and a funeral procession with torches and soldiers.

Begrafenis in een gefantaseerd klassicistisch interieur

Jacques-François Blondel, 1715

Grey wash drawing of a domed church interior with Corinthian columns, a checkered floor, and kneeling robed figures.

Interieur van een koepelkerk

Jacques-François Blondel, 1715

Circular medal design of a kneeling female figure with arms raised beside a flaming altar and fleur-de-lis shield.

Ontwerp voor een gedenkpenning ter herdenking van het herstel van de Franse koning

Edmé Bouchardon, 1744

Drawing of ruined classical columns, a carved sarcophagus and a pyramid, with two armed figures among the rubble.

Bouwvallen van antieke gebouwen

Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1751

Pen and wash drawing of a kitchen with a girl in a cap cooking at a hearth, surrounded by pans, plates and utensils.

Kitchen-sene with a Girl frying Pancakes

Louis Aubert, 1740

Pencil sketch of an arched interior with small figures around a table, with a red chalk face study above, in a sketchbook.

Gezantschap van de VOC op audiëntie bij de vorst van Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pen and wash drawing of card players in a dim interior with a stone column, a cat on a chair, and a man tending a fire.

De Kaartspelers

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Grey-wash drawing of a traveler speaking to a seated turbaned man and woman, with donkeys and a town behind them.

De Leviet met zijn bijvrouw wordt overnachting aangeboden in Gibea

Abraham Delfos, 1779

Pencil drawing of a thatched cottage, stone wall, tree and fisherman beside a river with ducks and a rowing boat.

Oude stadswal

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Pencil and wash drawing of dunes, a church tower, a coastal village, a carriage, and ships on the sea under clouds.

Scheveningen

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Watercolor drawing of a river town with a tall church tower, sailboats on the water, and fields in the foreground.

View of Rhenen and the Rhine from the East

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1663

Pen and ink drawing of several men in wide-brimmed hats gathered around a table in an interior.

Officers of the Coopers’ and Wine-Rackers’ Guild

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1667

Pen and brown wash sketch of a winged figure, a seated shepherd with a staff, and a cow on rocky ground.

Mercury, Argus and Io

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of two tall trees in an undulating landscape with a fence, path and distant hills.

Undulating Landscape with Two Tall Trees

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1662

Brown wash drawing of a young man in a wide hat and lace collar reclining on his stomach while reading a book.

Liggende jongen

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1653

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a white headdress working at a spinning wheel beside a wooden chair.

Woman spinning

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1653

Pen and wash drawing of a boy asleep in a wooden chair, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and buttoned jacket.

Sleeping Boy Sitting in a Chair

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1653

Grey wash drawing of a ruined church interior with broken arches, columns and rubble on the floor.

Interior of a Delapidated Church

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1645

Drawing of a seated boy with a walking stick and tall hat beside him, in black chalk and white highlights on grey paper.

Seated Boy with a Stick and a Hat

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650

Pen and wash title-page design in an ornate frame showing figures gathering manna in a desert camp with Moses holding a staff

Titelbladontwerp met de inzameling van het manna

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1667

Trompe l'oeil drawing of folded papers, a dedication scroll, a city map, engravings, a quill and a feather on black.

Schijnbedrieger met kaart van wijk 26 en opdracht aan Jacob Guillot

Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1772

Collage of printed pages and a coloured engraving of militiamen with flags and muskets, under a banner reading Eendragt Maakt

Schijnbedrieger met schuttersbrief van kapitein Christiaan van Marselis