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Rijksmuseum

3,042 works

Oval miniature of the Virgin Mary in blue holding the Christ child, with haloes and a crescent moon.

Madonna op de maansikkel

Giovanni Felice Ramelli, 1676

Painted landscape of a man herding oxen along a hillside path past a village, under a dark stormy sky.

Hercules Steals the Oxen of Geryon

Joos de Momper, 1590 - 1635

Panoramic landscape painting on a harpsichord lid with trees, a watermill, distant towers and a reclining nude figure.

Painting on a harpsichord lid with Bacchus and Cybele

Unknown artist, 1590 - 1675

Circular ceiling painting of Apollo, Minerva and the nine muses among clouds, with putti and musical instruments.

Apollo Enthroned in the Clouds, with Minerva and the Nine Muses

Gold calligraphic German text with flourishes on black reverse-glass panel in a wooden frame, dated 1678.

Behind-Glass Painting with Calligraphed Saying: The Blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God Purifies us from all Sin

Johann G. M, 1678

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who reaches for a small bird, against green drapery and a red bord

Virgin and Child

Unknown artist, 1490 - 1510

Painting of ruined stone buildings, trees, a small waterfall and three walking figures under a cloudy evening sky.

Landscape with Christ on the way to Emmaus

Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch, 1627

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary seated on clouds holding the standing infant Christ against a golden sky.

Virgin and Child

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1670

Painting of the Annunciation: kneeling Mary at a table with an open book, a winged angel with a lily, and a dove in golden li

The Annunciation

Unknown artist, 1700 - 1800

Oil painting of a bearded man in a green robe writing with a quill at a table draped in red cloth.

De evangelist Lucas

Joachim Wtewael, 1610

Painting of nude Fortuna on a column scattering gifts as a crowd below reaches upward; a swan and dog in foreground.

The Goddess Fortuna Bestowing her Gifts

Simon Flocquet, c. 1645

Virgin Mary with a halo holds the Christ child on her lap before classical columns and a dark gold-trimmed curtain.

Virgin and Child

Unknown artist, 1525 - 1550

Painting of bearded Saint Mark in red robe writing in a book, with a winged lion beside him in a dark interior.

De evangelist Marcus

Joachim Wtewael, 1610

Virgin Mary in gold veil and blue mantle with the nude infant Christ, before a landscape with a hilltop town.

Virgin and Child

Nicolò Rondinello, 1475 - 1525

Painting of nude Venus and Mars embracing on a bed with cupids removing armor, draped attendants and a pink curtain behind.

Venus and Mars

Hans Rottenhammer, 1604

Painting of the Virgin and Child with four female saints in a courtyard, with a distant gateway and landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgines

Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, 1490

Oil painting of Christ carrying the cross on the way to Calvary, with soldiers on horseback, kneeling women and a crowd.

Christ on the Way to Calvary

Unknown artist, c. 1635

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king offers gold to the Christ child in a timber stable at dusk.

The adoration of the Magi

Joris Fransz van Schooten, 1646

Painted altarpiece wing showing a gift-bearing attendant, an open coin chest, horses and figures beside a stone archway.

Wing of an Altarpiece with Adoration of the Magi, on the reverse is Presentation in the Temple

Pieter Aertsen, 1560

Painting of Christ's baptism in a river, with a dove descending from heaven and onlookers gazing upward.

The Baptism of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1535

Painted angel with large feathered wings, dark robe and red drape, head bowed against a brown background.

Angel from the Annunciation to the Virgin

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560 - 1585

Reclining nude youth with closed eyes, wounded thigh, red poppies and spear, in a stormy mountain landscape.

Dying Adonis.[1] Alternative title(s): The blood of the dead Adonis turns into an anemone (Ovid, Met. X 735).[2]

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Oil painting of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river, with nude bathers, a radiant sky and ruins on a hill.

The baptism of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1560 - c. 1565

Oil painting of a veiled woman in red and blue reading a book, with a white dove and halo above her.

Virgin from the Annunciation to the Virgin

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560 - 1585

Painting of a mythological music contest between Apollo and Pan in a forest, with nymphs, satyrs and flying cherubs.

The contest between Apollo and Pan

Denis van Alsloot, 1620

Painting of the Nativity with Mary kneeling before the Christ Child, Joseph seated, angels, shepherds, and a stable scene.

Adoration of the Christ Child

Unknown artist, 1485 - 1520

Painting of a nude woman with a laurel wreath playing a lute, seated in a dark landscape with a draped purple cloth.

Muse with Lute

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1528 - 1594

Angel descending through golden clouds above kneeling shepherds, cattle, and sheep in a rural landscape at dusk.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Abraham Hondius, 1663

Oil painting of the Holy Family in a boat ferried by a winged angel, with cherubs above and a donkey beside them.

Flight into Egypt

Unknown artist, 1750 - 1810

Religious painting of the Holy Family with infant John and elderly figures before classical arches and a mountain landscape.

The Holy Family

Garofalo, c. 1535

Painting of a nude woman with a rose wreath offering a golden cup to a large eagle against a cloudy sky.

Hebe with Jupiter in the Guise of an Eagle

Gustav-Adolphe Diez, 1826

Seated Christ with crown of thorns, red drapery and a candle in a dark holder, painted in dramatic chiaroscuro.

Christ on the Cold Stone

Unknown artist, after c. 1614

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling priest and a bishop, with a Dutch inscription below.

Memorial Panel for Lubbert Bolle

Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst

Virgin Mary in a gilded niche kisses the Christ Child, with cherries, grapes, an apple and a landscape window.

The Virgin and Child

Quinten Metsys, 1520

Painting of angels appearing in the night sky to sleeping and awakened shepherds beside cattle, sheep and a barn.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Joachim Wtewael, 1595 - 1603

Oil painting of shepherds adoring the Christ child with Mary, angels in gold clouds above, a donkey and ox beside them.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Anthonie Blocklandt, 1560 - 1572

Painting of the Madonna with auburn curls and halo holding a nude infant Christ, with a landscape of river and hills behind.

Madonna and Child

Giampietrino, 1510

Oil painting of John the Baptist preaching to a crowd in a forest, with a valley of cottages and dancing figures beyond.

Preaching of John the Baptist

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590 - 1610

Oil painting of the mystic marriage of St Catherine with the infant Christ, Mary, and figures in a wooded landscape with ruin

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

Unknown artist, 1650 - 1720

Small panel painting of a haloed saint holding up a hanged man on a gallows, with armed men and a walled city behind.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saves a Hanged Man

Zanobi Machiavelli, 1470

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and the infant Christ under an archway, shepherds kneeling, and angels glowing above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Pieter Bout, c. 1680

Panel painting of Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, with a gold halo and green tree against a gold background.

Saint Sebastian

Unknown artist, c. 1460

Painting of Mercury descending to a nude woman as a bearded man in armor rests beside her, with a helmeted child in front.

Mercury ordering Calypso to release Odysseus.

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Dark interior scene lit by a candle, with two men leaning over a table and several figures gesturing behind them.

St Peter's Denial

Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Oil on copper painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, ruins and a landscape with cam

The Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, c. 1640 - c. 1650

Corner of a gilded ceiling painting with reclining women, trumpeters, cherubs and classical architectural ornament.

Plafondschildering in vijf delen met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen, geschilderd voor de 'grote zaal…

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Pencil sketch on tan ground of the Madonna seated with the infant Christ and young St John offering fruit.

Madonna and Child with St John

Adriaen van der Werff, 1700 - 1722

Oil painting of the Holy Family with the infant Christ, Saint Joseph in red, and the young Saint John offering fruit.

Holy Family with Young Saint John

Unknown artist, 1550 - 1575

Painting of a kneeling nude man gesturing to a woman in blue with attendants, a fruit basket and dog, under a stormy sky.

Odysseus and Nausicaa

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder, 1630

Nude infant Hercules holds a blue-banded serpent in a dim interior with red drapery and a landscape window.

The Infant Hercules with a Serpent

Pieter van der Werff, 1700 - 1722

Oil painting of a blonde woman in a pink satin dress beside a winged cupid child against a dark background.

Venus and Cupid

Unknown artist, 1575 - 1590

Full-length painting of a bishop saint in a gilded mitre holding a book and crosier against a gold background.

Saint Louis

Vittore Crivelli, 1481

Oil painting of the infant Bacchus asleep with grapes and a jug, beside a tree in a dusky hilly landscape.

The Infant Bacchus

Pieter van der Werff, 1700 - 1722

Dark interior painting of Christ seated among mothers and children in an arched stone hall, with a kneeling child before him.

Christ Blessing the little Children

Jacob Willemsz de Wet, 1640 - 1672

Full-length painting of a bishop saint with mitre, crosier and open book, wearing an ornate gold-embroidered cope against gol

Saint Bonaventure

Vittore Crivelli, 1481

Oil painting of a brick weigh house with turrets, a market stall with people, gabled houses and a tree in a cobbled square.

The Saint Anthony Weigh House in Amsterdam

Isaac Ouwater, c. 1780 - c. 1790

Winter village with a crowd and horses in snow, showing the Adoration of the Magi, by Pieter Brueghel the Younger.

The Adoration of the Magi

Pieter Brueghel, 1590 - 1638

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, who reaches for red cherries on her necklace, against a dark background.

Virgin and Child

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 1520

Oil painting of a kneeling centurion in a feathered helmet before Christ in a red robe, with onlookers in a dim setting.

Christ and the Centurion

Adam Camerarius, 1644 - 1665

Painting of Christ seated between two women, one preparing fish in a kitchen beside a still life, the other reading a book.

Christ with Martha and Mary

Vincent Malò, c. 1630 - c. 1634

Painting of a Gothic church interior with a crowd of people gathered between tall stone columns and pointed arches.

Church interior with Christ preaching to a crowd

Cornelis van Dalem, 1545

Dark painting of Christ with a halo gesturing to disciples gathered under a stormy sky, by Honoré Daumier.

Christ and his Disciples

Honoré Daumier, 1830 - 1879

Oil painting of mythological gods and cupids in dark clouds, with a red-robed woman, a nude goddess and fallen figures below.

Diana and Virtus Punish Venus and Bacchus

T. van Malsen, 1694

Orpheus playing a lyre amid lions, an elephant, a camel, a unicorn and other animals in a forest clearing.

Orpheus charming the wild animals

Paulus Potter, 1650