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Rijksmuseum

1,312 works

Engraving of Orpheus with a lyre before a fiery underworld, with demons, flames and seated onlookers in an oval composition.

Orpheus in de onderwereld: het element vuur

Abraham van den Hecken, 1620

Engraving of a helmeted goddess crowning a young boy beneath a tree, framed by a rococo cartouche with a Latin inscription.

Jongen door Minerva gelauwerd

Adolf van der Laan, 1738

Hand-colored engraving of St Paul's Cathedral in London seen from the northwest, with figures and a carriage in the foregroun

Gezicht op Saint Paul's Cathedral te Londen gezien vanaf de noordwestzijde

Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly, 1722

Hand-colored print of a tree-lined park avenue with strolling figures in red coats and dresses, and a sentry box at left.

Gezicht op The Mall in het Saint James's Park te Londen

Hand-coloured print of a canal in a tree-lined park with strolling figures in period dress and distant buildings.

Gezicht op het kanaal in het Saint James's Park te Londen

Basset, 1700

Pen and grey wash drawing of Mercury and Venus among clouds, with gods and winged figures in a cartouche frame.

Mercurius ontsteelt Venus haar gordel

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Engraving of nude Psyche sleeping on a draped bed as a winged Cupid stands nearby with attendant putti.

Amor en Psyche

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1598

Engraving of Hercules clubbing the many-headed hydra of Lerna, with crabs, a walled city and stormy clouds around them.

Hercules verslaat de hydra van Lerna

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of a figure fleeing a fire beside a dining table as a wolf crouches below, with Latin verse beneath.

Jupiter verandert koning Lycaon in een wolf

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Halftone plate of Stratford church spire over the River Avon with a rowing boat, on a printed book page.

Gezicht op de Holy Trinity Church en de Upper Avon te Stratford-upon-Avon

Douglas McNeille, 1889

Engraving of Hercules wrestling centaurs among wine jugs and grapevines, with a small landscape battle in the background.

Hercules doodt de centaur Eurytion

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of the nymph Daphne transforming into laurel as Apollo pursues her across a rocky mountain landscape, with a cupid

Apollo achtervolgt Daphne

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded seated man at a table with a nude figure, draped women and a child under a tree.

Allegorisch-mythologische scène

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Engraving of Hercules lifting the giant Antaeus off the ground in a wrestling struggle, with a landscape and figure below.

Hercules worstelt met Antaeus

Charles David, 1613

Etching of a nude youth attacked by a wild boar in a wooded landscape, with an armed figure on a cloud above.

Adonis aangevallen door een everzwijn

Crescenzio Onofrij, 1642

Lithograph of students gathered in the Minerva student society room in Leiden, with a chandelier, tables, glasses and a dog.

Studentensociëteit Minerva te Leiden, 1832

Leendert Springer, 1832

Engraving of Hercules fighting the three-headed giant Geryon, with a wild boar, cattle and a city in the background.

Hercules verslaat Geryon

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of Orpheus playing a harp before a crowned couple and monstrous creatures in a fiery underworld cave.

Orpheus in de onderwereld

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a violinist in classical dress surrounded by sheep, deer, cattle, birds and rabbits in a wooded landscape.

Orpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a muscular nude hero subduing a bull in a landscape with trees, a grazing cow, and a ruined tower.

Hercules bedwingt de stier van Kreta

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of a fallen youth with hunting dogs in the foreground, a woman and cupid with swans in clouds above, and a hilly la

Death of Adonis

Magdalena van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Apollo and Cyparissus in a forest, with a dead stag, a lyre, and a figure riding a stag by a pond.

Apollo en Cyparissus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of nude Hercules strangling the Nemean lion in a forest with gnarled trees and a caption below.

Hercules houdt de Nemeïsche leeuw in een wurggreep

Charles David, 1613

Print of Hercules battling the Hydra of Lerna in a wooded landscape with rocky cliffs and tall trees.

Hercules doodt de Hydra van Lerna

François-Louis Français, 1842

Etching of a seated nude youth under a tree by a river, with a swooping eagle, a rearing animal and a distant town.

Jupiter schaakt Ganymedes

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of a nude hero clubbing a winged dragon beside columns, with a garden and figure picking fruit beyond.

Hercules doodt Ladon en plukt de gouden appelen van de Hesperiden

Charles David, 1613

Etching of a satyr and a bacchante tending a drinking child beneath a draped cloth and grapevine, with the title Meridies.

Sater, bacchante en drinkend kind

Charles Le Brun, 1640

Engraving of two nude youths beneath a tree, a lyre on the grass, a horned creature and a distant castle on a hill.

Apollo verzorgt Hyacinthus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1636

Engraving of Hercules standing over a nude corpse as a horse lowers its head to it, with herdsmen and cattle in a rocky lands

Hercules voert Diomedes' lijk aan de paarden

Charles David, 1613

Engraving of a nude woman chained to rock, a winged rider above, a sea monster at left, and onlookers before a city.

Perseus en Andromeda

Carlo Cesio, 1656