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Rijksmuseum

7,277 works

Brown wash drawing of a seated peasant seen from behind, with light highlights on the garment and a wooden chair.

Zittende boer, op de rug gezien

Adriaen van Ostade, 1620

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded shepherd leaning on a long staff, with a flask at his side.

Knielende herder

Isaac van Ostade, 1644

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a child's head and shoulders turned upward and to the left.

Portret van een onbekend kind

Willem Witsen, 1870

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated man in a hat and loose coat holding a clay pipe.

Zittende boer met pijp

Adriaen van Ostade, 1659

Hand-colored drawing of a kabuki actor's bust with red face makeup, white wig, and Japanese calligraphy.

Busteportret van een acteur

Utagawa Kunisada

Charcoal portrait of a young woman with pulled-back hair, white collar and dark bow, against a shaded oval background.

Portret van een jonge, onbekende vrouw

Willem Witsen, 1880

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak on blue paper.

Sitting Man with a Pipe

Adriaen van Ostade, 1658

Pencil drawing of a curly-haired man holding an open book beside a lit candle in an ornate wall sconce.

Portret van Godfried Schalcken bij kaarslicht

Christiaan Josi, 1795

Pen drawing of Hercules raising a club while a multi-headed hydra coils at his feet, on a grey-toned sheet.

Hercules en de Hydra

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Hoofd van een man met een hoed op

Adriaen van Ostade, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of a festive street crowd in an Eastern city, with garlands, a swing, domes, and spectators on balconies

Islamitisch feest in een Oosterse stad

Jacob Folkema, 1735

Pen drawing of a classical huntress drawing her bow beside a leaping hunting dog over low ground.

Arcadisch tafereel met een vrouwelijke jager en een jachthond

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Black chalk drawing of a man in a hat and cloak playing a hurdy-gurdy, on grey-blue paper.

Spelende liereman

Adriaen van Ostade, 1650

Pen drawing of a baptism in a Gothic church with ornate arched border, tan paper, white highlights.

Ontwerp voor een doopprent

Johann Klein, 1851

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman gesturing toward a ship, with an anchor and open book beside her.

Allegorie op de scheepvaart

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Pen and ink drawing of a flower bouquet with roses and leaves tied with a bow, in a footed vase.

Mand met bloemen

Leo Gestel, 1891

Grey wash drawing of an armored man in a cloak beside a helmeted woman, a lion, and a trumpeting angel above.

Portret van Karel II, koning van Spanje, staande in harnas, ten voeten uit

Jan van Cleve, 1700

Grey ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in flowing drapery holding flowers and balancing a basket overhead.

Flora

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Black ink drawing of a mountain landscape with pine trees, clouds, grazing cattle, a pond with swans and a distant village.

Berglandschap met bomen en vee

Leo Gestel, 1925

Ink and wash drawing of a ceremonial hall with a raised throne canopy, galleries of spectators, and a procession of robed fig

Inhuldiging van keizer Karel VI in de Sint-Bavokerk te Gent in 1717

Jacob Colin, 1717

Pen drawing of a robed allegorical figure holding a scale, with two books on the floor beside bare feet.

Gerechtigheid of Wetenschap

Abraham van Strij, 1763

Gezicht van een man en een vrouw

Leo Gestel, 1891

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic cathedral tower with clock face and tall spire, flanked by buildings, rendered in pen and ink.

Kathedraal te Antwerpen

Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe, 1781

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman in a high wig and lace collar, sewing with her head bent over her lap.

Zittende dame met hoge pruik

Louis Bernard Coclers, 1781

Ink drawing of many overlapping stylized faces and profiles, some with round spectacles, shaded with hatching.

Maskers

Leo Gestel, 1939

Pen sketch sheet by Rik Wouters showing studies of women with a cat, a figure at a wash tub, and an interior scene.

Studies van een vrouw met poes en vrouwen aan wastobben

Rik Wouters, 1900

Studie van een jonge vrouw, half op de rug gezien

Eugène François de Block, 1845

Pen drawing of three heads overlapping: two women with long hair behind and a man with short hair in front.

Twee vrouwenhoofden en een mannenhoofd

Leo Gestel, 1891

Silhouet van Madame Eugène de Block-Looz

Charles Auguste Fraikin, 1852

Pencil sketch of tall bare trees and rocks beside a dark pool in a wooded landscape, signed and dated 1869.

Bois de Boulogne te Parijs

Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, 1869