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Rijksmuseum

3,042 works

Engraved plate of an ornate reliquary with robed saints in niches, angels in gables, and lion supports below.

Reliquary of Saint Gorik

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1676

Etching of putti playing flute, trumpet and lute beneath drapery, with a winged horse Pegasus leaping above and a dog below.

Making music putti with Pegasus

Gérard de Lairesse, 1670

Engraving of two figures embracing on a canopied bed, with a cherub above and a city view through an arched window at right.

Apollo seduces Leucothea

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraved title page with a seated figure, putti, and the banner Acta Sanctorum Mensis Iulius above a reclining winged figure.

Acts of the Saints of the month of July

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1727

Engraving of Apollo with a torch beside a seated woman with a violin, a relief of musicians, and trees behind them.

Apollo and the invention of music

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Engraving of a winged hero attacking a sea monster near a chained nude woman on a rock, with a harbor town behind.

Perseus and Andromeda

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the risen Christ with a banner rising from a tomb while soldiers fall around and angels sit by the opening.

Resurrection of Christ

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Engraving of a man with a staff defending women at a well as sheep drink, with trees and a town in the background.

Moses defends the daughters of Reuel at the well

Pietro Aquila, 1660

Engraving of a labyrinth in a landscape with a helmeted hero and a woman in the foreground, with Latin verses below.

Theseus and Ariadne

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the Virgin Mary mourning the dead Christ in a rocky tomb, with a cross leaning against the cave wall.

Lamentation at the grave

Jean Morin, 1610

Engraving of Apollo with laurel wreath and bow, standing beside a dragon within a framed niche.

Sculpture of Apollo in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of Hercules aiming a bow at the centaur Nessus carrying a woman across a river, with a distant town.

Hercules kills Nessus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Jesus in a manger, shepherds, an ox and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jean Morin, 1612

Engraving of a bearded sculpted Jupiter with thunderbolt, eagle and ram in a niche, after Hubert Quellinus, 1655.

Sculpture of Jupiter in the southern gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Engraving of nude women bathing by a fountain in a hilly landscape, with an archer and dog at right, Latin verse below.

Diana and Callisto

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Achilles in a chariot dragging Hector's body past city walls, with soldiers and spectators in the scene.

Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot

Bernard Picart, 1719

Engraving of Christ healing a paralytic lowered on ropes before a crowd, with a radiant halo and Dutch text below.

Christ heals a paralyzed man

Salomon Savery, 1639

Engraving of a risen Christ standing on a globe with a cross among clouds, above a reclining figure and broken weapons.

Christ conquers time

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving by Bernard Picart, 1716: Apollo crowns Terence while Thalia and a flute-playing child stand nearby before a Roman c

Apollo crowns Terence with laurel

Bernard Picart, 1716

Engraved allegory with a seated bearded man, a winged woman by a flame, a cherub, and a laurel garland border.

Allegory on the Resurrection of Christ (?)

Arnold van Westerhout, 1687

Engraving of the archangel Michael in armor, spearing a coiled dragon beneath him against a rocky landscape with a halo.

Archangel Michael and the dragon

Agostino Veneziano, 1500

Engraving of the archangel Michael in armor with spear and halo, standing over a defeated demon among rocks.

Archangel Michael

Marco Dente, 1500

Engraving of a haloed saint raising a child before kneeling figures, with angels and a chalice in the clouds above.

Resurrection by St. John of Sahagún

Arnold van Westerhout, 1688

Engraving of a standing robed figure pointing toward a tree while a kneeling monk prays nearby by a stone wall.

Saint Paul and a Franciscan monk

Agostino Veneziano, 1517

Engraving of Saint Luke writing beside a winged ox, with crucifixion and nativity scenes in the background.

Evangelist Luke

Johannes Wierix, 1559

Brown ink drawing of a marriage ceremony in an arched frame, with bearded figures Paulus and Mozes at the sides and a banquet

Sacrament of marriage, in a frame with Paul and Moses

Etching of playful putti and bacchanten with grapes, a wine jug and a basket on a stone ledge in a landscape.

Frieze with eight bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618

Engraving of Saint John the Evangelist writing with an eagle beside him, a tree overhead, and background scenes.

Evangelist John

Johannes Wierix, 1559

Engraving of Neptune standing nude on a dolphin, holding a trident and a fleur-de-lis globe, with billowing drapery.

Neptune with trident and globe standing on a dolphin

Cherubino Alberti, 1563

Etching of five nude putti drinking wine beside a barrel, with grapes, a jug and a grapevine in the background.

Five bacchantes

Cornelis Schut, 1618