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Rijksmuseum

134,045 works

Engraved oval portrait of Emperor Matthias wearing a crown, lace ruff and ceremonial chain, on a stone pedestal.

Portret van keizer Matthias

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch, 1786

Engraved portrait of a man with curled wig and white collar, resting his hand on a book, with a printed name caption below.

Portret van Johann Leonhard Rösner

Christoph Melchior Roth, 1756

Engraved full-length portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and cloak beside a coat of arms, with a town and bridge behind him.

Portret van keizer Matthias

Karel van Sichem, 1626

Portret van Cangrande della Scala II

Mathias de Sallieth

Engraving of a canopied bed with a reclining figure and armed men in plumed hats beside it, with a chandelier on the wall.

Schijnbegrafenis van keizer Karel V, 1558

Jan Luyken, 1699

Engraved print of a formal assembly in a tiled hall with a canopied dais, seated officials, and a crowd of onlookers.

Vergadering te Orléans, 1561

Frans Hogenberg, 1565

Engraved print of a parliamentary courtroom with seated judges, a clerk, spectators, guards with halberds, and a town vignett

Anne du Bourg verdedigt de protestanten in het parlement, 1559

Frans Hogenberg, 1565

Engraving of a laurel-crowned ruler examining a building plan with soldiers and workers constructing a monastery behind him.

Keizer Karel V laat een klooster bouwen, 1555

Cornelis Boel, 1614

Color lithograph of an Art Nouveau window with floral curtains, daisy-patterned drapes and a decorated valance.

Venster met gordijnen

Chanat, 1895

Colour print of a draped window with rose curtains, gold tassels, a palm in an urn, and green patterned wallpaper.

Raampartij met gordijnen

Léon Laroche, 1890

Hand-colored plate of a Louis XV window with floral damask drapes, lilac silk swags, tassels and a lace valance.

Venster met gordijnen

Léon Laroche, 1895

Engraved winter landscape of skaters on a frozen canal with bare trees, a windmill and a church tower beyond.

Wintergezicht op Leiden

Jacques Bacheley, 1730

Engraved interior view of a Gothic church nave with tall columns, arches, vaulted ceiling and small figures on the floor.

Interieur van de Sint-Janskerk te Gouda

Iven Besoet, 1760

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

Pencil sketch of the Grand Théâtre facade on Amstelstraat with handwritten material notes and staircases.

Exterieur van het Grand Théâtre des Variétés aan de Amstelstraat

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1852

Pencil drawing of a Rembrandtplein street corner with a café terrace under striped awnings, a vintage car, and tall trees.

Gezicht op het Rembrandtplein, hoek Thorbeckeplein

Jean Charles Louis Landré, 1918

Pen and wash drawing of the Jan Roodenpoort city gate with a canal, rowing boats, figures and a large tree.

Gezicht op de Jan Roodenpoort

Hendrik Tavenier, 1784

Caricature print of Napoleon beside a map, surrounded by exaggerated officers, cavalry and grenadiers, with a writing secreta

Krijgsraad van Napoleon voor de slag bij Waterloo, 1815

Johann Michael Voltz, 1815

Hand-colored satire of rats in uniforms celebrating before a stout Napoleon figure on a platform, with a balloon and ship.

Vieren van Napoleons verjaardag op Sint Helena, 1815

Johann Michael Voltz, 1815

Engraved print of uniformed delegates meeting around a draped table in a formal room with a wall painting.

Afgevaardigden op het Congres van Wenen, 1814-1815

Bernhard J. Dondorf, 1833

Engraved key of portraits of Congress of Vienna delegates in uniform, each labeled with name and country.

Sleutel met de namen van de afgevaardigden op het Congres van Wenen, 1814-1815

Bernhard J. Dondorf, 1833

Hand-colored print of a Dutch infantry standard bearer in blue uniform holding a yellow flag, with soldiers behind him.

Vaandeldrager in grote tenue, 1820-1825

A. Courtois, 1825

Hand-coloured title page with a pedestal, plumed helmet, sabres and flags, and a soldier and ship in the background.

Titelprent voor de reeks uniformen van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, 1820-1825

A. Courtois, 1825

Hand-colored print of a Dutch drum major in blue uniform and tall fur hat holding a staff, with drummers marching behind him.

Drum-major in Full Uniform

A. Courtois, 1825

Hand-colored print of a Dutch lancer standard bearer in full dress with a grey horse and orange flag.

Standaarddrager in grote tenue, 1820-1825

A. Courtois, 1825

Lithograph of a robed old man with a cane on rocks, looking at a sunrise over a city skyline and river with boats.

Hulde aan Potgieter, die steeds "onvoldaan", Hollands wedergeboorte begeerde en Jong-Holland nimmer betrad

Johan Braakensiek, 1908

Lithograph of three men in period dress walking arm in arm down a rainy street, one raising his arm in cheer, with a crowd be

Joost van den Vondel loopt gearmd met een soldaat en Herman Schaepman

Jan Holswilder, 1887

Satirical drawing of two men struggling with a winged horse on a winding road, with cypress trees and a small temple.

Een aangenaam dagje voor Apollo

Johan Braakensiek, 1893

Engraving of soldiers slaughtering civilians on a rocky hillside, with a bearded elder and women and children among the falle

Leger van Antiochus Epifanes doodt Israëlieten

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of warriors tearing down stone reliefs and a rotunda while a commander with a spear watches, a severed head in the

Reinigen van de tempel in Jeruzalem

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of an armored soldier raising a severed head before a crowd, with spearmen and classical buildings in the backgroun

Hoofd en hand van Nikanor aan het volk getoond

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of soldiers executing captives before burning towers and a battle scene, by Johannes Wierix, 1579.

Dood van Timoteüs, Chereas en Apollofanes

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of a battle with armored warriors and fallen soldiers, with five mounted riders in the clouds above.

Vijf hemelse ruiters vechten tegen Timoteüs

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve by a tree with a serpent, surrounded by animals including a cat, rabbit, bull and parrot.

Adam en Eva

Johannes Wierix, 1566

Engraving of Cain striking Abel beneath a large tree, with a rocky landscape and distant hills behind them.

Kaïn doodt Abel

Antonie Wierix, 1579

Engraving of Moses dying, attended by angels, with a devil reaching for him and God in clouds above a wide landscape.

Dood van Mozes

Johannes Wierix, 1582

Ornament met kop van een soldaat

Lucas van Leyden, 1527

Hand-coloured Dutch children's print with sixteen small vignettes of carriages, riders, musicians and children, each with a v

T volk kon in Rome's glorie-dagen [(...)]

Albertus Willem Sijthoff, 1861

Hand-colored Dutch children's print with nine scenes from Robinson Crusoe, each with a rhyming caption below.

Hier zien wij weêr den nijvren man [(...)]

Albertus Willem Sijthoff, 1861

Hand-colored Dutch children's print with nine scenes of children, adults, and animals in gardens and interiors, with verses b

Twee duifjes in een bennetje [(...)]

Albertus Willem Sijthoff, 1861

Etched print of a crowded Haarlem town square with gabled houses, a horse and cart, and figures on cobblestones.

Gezicht op het huis van Laurens Jansz. Coster op de Grote Markt te Haarlem

Hendrik Spilman, 1742

Etching of a landscape with a leaning tree, a river weir, rocky hills, a hilltop building and grazing animals.

Landschap met ruïne

Monogrammist MEG, 1700

Engraving of men attacking a figure in a canopy bed, with an armed man at the doorway and objects strewn on the floor.

Beernt Proys, burgemeester van Utrecht, wordt in zijn bed vermoord, 1425

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of a seated man and woman under a tree beside a flower urn, with a dog, a river, a boat and a sun in the sky.

Embleem: zon

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraved street scene of a crowd greeting a rider on a donkey in a town square with a church spire behind.

Kardinaal Nicolaas Cusa komt aan in de Nederlanden, 1451

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of two figures in a boat on a moonlit river, one pointing at the moon beneath a leaning tree.

Embleem: maan

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of two men at night holding a lantern, looking up at stars above a bridge and city buildings.

Embleem: sterren

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of a woman holding a smoking censer beside a seated man tending a brazier, with a distant rocky landscape.

Embleem: vuur

Caspar Luyken, 1695

Engraving of a man in a loose robe reaching toward a small flying creature under a cloudy sky, with trees and a river below.

Embleem: lucht

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of a woman pouring water into a stone basin beside a seated woman, with ruins and a river landscape behind.

Embleem: water

Caspar Luyken, 1695

Engraving of two men in a landscape, one holding a shovel with food, beside a seated figure, trees and hills.

Embleem: aarde

Caspar Luyken, 1695

Etching of two robed figures on a rock gesturing toward dramatic clouds, with a distant town and fields below.

Embleem: wolken

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Etching of lightning striking a tree as figures flee across a meadow and a dog barks in a stormy landscape.

Embleem: hagel

Jan Luyken, 1695

Etching of two women embracing on a hill during a lightning storm, with a town and fleeing figures below.

Embleem: onweer

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of two cloaked figures walking through snow past gabled houses, a bare tree and a small market stall.

Embleem: sneeuw

Caspar Luyken, 1700

Engraving of a man gesturing toward a double rainbow over a river with sailing boats and a distant town.

Embleem: regenboog

Caspar Luyken, 1695

Engraving of Perseus beheading Medusa on a rock as Athena and Hermes look on, with a lunette frame and Latin verses below.

Perseus onthoofdt Medusa

Nicolas Mignard, 1637

Engraving of the Munttoren tower in Amsterdam with gabled houses and pedestrians in the street.

Gezicht op de Munttoren te Amsterdam

Willem Writs, 1804

Etching of the Doelen bridge over an Amsterdam canal with the Munt tower, gabled houses, pedestrians and a rowboat.

Gezicht op de Doelenbrug, Rondeel, Munttoren en Munt in Amsterdam

Willem Writs, 1804

Engraving of a crowded Amsterdam hall with men in 18th-century dress gathered below a staircase and chandelier.

Deputatie uit de Handboogdoelen te Amsterdam naar Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, 1787

Noach van der Meer, 1787

Engraved bird's-eye view of Hechingen town with Hohenzollern Castle on a hill above, surrounded by fields and river valley.

Gezicht op Hechingen en Burg Hohenzollern

Matthäus Merian, 1643

Engraved view of Heidelberg castle with a central tower, ornate palace facade, round towers and figures on a path.

Gezicht op Schloss Heidelberg

Pieter Schenk, 1694

Satirical drawing of men in top hats struggling in water sprays from a conical fountain in a courtyard.

Het Waterballet op het Prinsenhof

Johan Braakensiek, 1900