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Rijksmuseum

134,045 works

Woodblock print of a samurai warrior in blue and red armor holding a raised sword, with a lying figure below against a dark b

Vechtende helden

Katsushika Hokusai, 1827

Woodblock print of a red dragonfly hovering above bellflowers in white, blue and mauve with green leaves on a pale background

Ballonklokje en libelle

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Woodblock print of a cloaked figure with a straw hat carrying a pole, a hanging trap above, a fan and a moon below.

De vossenval

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1843

Woodblock print of four trout swimming in a diagonal blue stream, with calligraphy and red seals on a pale background.

Trout

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Lithographic portrait of a seated man with curly hair and moustache, dark coat and cravat, one hand on a book.

Portret van Gustav von Mevissen

Valentin Schertle, 1848

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a ruff collar and fur robe, framed by fruit garlands and coats of arms.

Portret van Emanuel van Meteren op 73-jarige leeftijd

Robert de Baudous, 1610

Hand-colored postcard of the Giralda bell tower in Seville seen from a narrow street under a blue sky.

Sevilla. La Giralda desde la Calle de Placentines

Rafael Garzón, 1905

Colored comic print with twelve vignettes of an absent-minded gentleman in humorous situations, with Dutch captions.

De verstrooide

Colour print with eight panels showing craftsmen working with wood, including clog makers, coopers, and boat builders.

Het hout

Multi-panel colour print of cautionary scenes with disobedient children, a wizard, and children turned into pigs at a table.

De ongevallen van ongehoorzame kinderen

Twelve-panel colour comic strip titled Mijnheer Grenouillard showing a man in period dress, a flute, a bed, and a family meal

Mijnheer Grenouillard

Multi-panel colour print showing cotton harvesting, ginning, spinning, dyeing, and textile trade scenes.

De boomwol

Twelve-panel colour illustration of a young cabin boy's sea adventures, including a storm, shipwreck, and island encounters.

Geschiedenis van een kleinen scheepsjongen

Multi-panel colour comic sheet of two boys, Briochet and Fricandeau, performing pranks in twelve scenes with Dutch captions.

De grappen van Briochet en Fricandeau

Colour print of nine comic panels titled De slimme Kiriki, showing figures in Asian-style costume, a boat, a donkey and guard

De slimme Kiriki

Henry Hennault, 1894

Colour comic-style sheet of ducks pulling a farmhand, a runaway horse and cart, and a figure in a pond, with Dutch captions.

Isidoor de lamme

Henry Hennault, 1894

Multi-panel 1894 print of a girl turned into a cat, showing household scenes, a chemist's laboratory, and a family reunion.

Het meisje dat veranderde in eene kat

Colour comic-style print in panels showing a boy stealing cherries, a guard, a consul, a doctor, and a boy in a stone cell.

De kersen van den jongen Brutus

Printed sheet with eight colored scenes of infantry and cavalry units in historical uniforms, each labeled in Dutch.

Infanterie en cavalerie

Chromolithograph of eight framed scenes of girls playing games such as croquet, lawn tennis, bicycling, and jump rope outdoor

De spelen van Yvonne

Pencil sketch of domed mosque and tomb architecture with arched windows and handwritten captions on paper.

Torens van moskeeën

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Multi-panel colour print of a sentry confronting a bear in a sentry box, with marching soldiers and Dutch captions.

De beer en de schildwacht

Pencil sketch of a village of low buildings and palm trees beside a hillside, with a small boat on the shore.

Oase

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of seated men in robes, one smoking a long pipe, with handwritten notes on an aged sketchbook page.

Compositie met rustende mannen

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of two veiled women, a standing figure, and several military medals and crosses on cream paper.

Compositie met vrouwen en de militaire Willemsorde

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of standing and seated Egyptian figures, including a barber tending a seated man and several men in robes.

Compositie met staande en zittende Egyptenaren

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Pencil sketch of palm trees and cypresses behind a garden wall, with seated people and riders on donkeys in the foreground.

Rustende Egyptenaren bij een tuinmuur

Willem de Famars Testas, 1858

Brown wash drawing of a canal with a bridge, a tall clock tower, moored boats, trees and gabled houses.

Gezicht over het Singel op de Torensluis en de Jan Rodenpoortstoren

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a Gothic church, gabled houses, moored boats and figures working on the quayside.

Gezicht op het Rokin, gezien naar de Beurs van Hendrik de Keyser

Jan de Beijer, 1713

Brown wash drawing of a crowd on a canal quay with rowing boats, a sailing vessel, and a distant church tower under cloudy sk

Uittocht van zeshonderd gewapende Amsterdamse burgers naar Utrecht, 17 juli 1787

Geerlig Grijpmoed, 1787

Grey wash drawing of a canal beside old timber houses, with a footbridge and a large tree on the right.

Gezicht op een kanaaltje buiten de Weteringpoort

George Pieter Westenberg, 1817

Hand-coloured print of medieval nobles with dogs and a falcon under trees, beside a peasant family in a rural landscape.

Floris V met zijn gevolg van edelen, 1296

Lankhout & Co, Samuel, 1878

Colour print of a medieval falconry party, with a veiled noblewoman holding a falcon among attendants and horsemen on a hill.

Jacoba van Beieren op de Valkenjacht, ca. 1420

Lankhout & Co, Samuel, 1878

Hand-colored print of a woman on a dais watching male advisers at a table in a paneled room, 1878.

Margaretha van Parma in overleg met haar raadgevers, ca. 1560

Lankhout & Co, Samuel, 1878

Colour print of nobles in a panelled hall presenting a document to a seated woman on a red dais under a canopy.

De aanbieding van het smeekschrift door het verbond der edelen aan Margaretha van Parma, 1566

Lankhout & Co, Samuel, 1878

Color lithograph of a historic assembly hall with seated men at tables, hanging heraldic banners, and a checkered floor.

De grote zaal op het Binnenhof, Den Haag, tijdens de grote vergadering der Staten Generaal in 1651

Lankhout & Co, Samuel, 1878

Decorative print with a central scene of mourners over a body on a frozen river, surrounded by four medallions of 15th-centur

Gebeurtenissen in en rond het jaar 1477

Emrik & Binger, 1877

Decorative print of soldiers by campfires under a moonlit sky, framed by drapery and small scenes of castle, organ and knight

Gebeurtenissen in en rond het jaar 1492

Emrik & Binger, 1877

Antique printed map of the Netherlands in Roman times, with rivers, forests, Roman roads and inset maps of tribal areas.

Kaart van de Nederlanden in de Romeinse tijd

Pieter Willem Marinus Trap, 1855

Engraved historical map of the Netherlands in the Frankish period, with regional names, rivers and coastline in black line.

Kaart van Nederland in de Frankische tijd

Laurens Philippe Charles van den Bergh, 1850

Hand-coloured 1855 historical map of the Netherlands around the tenth century with several inset maps of Frankish divisions.

Kaart van de Nederlanden omstreeks de tiende eeuw

P.J. Fassbender, 1855

Engraving with two armored warriors in an arched frame above a circular harbor scene with a ship and towers.

Glasraam 2 in de Sint-Janskerk te Gouda: Inname van Damiate, 1219

Pieter Tanjé, 1738

Portret van Johannes Kojo

Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883

Black and white photo of a wooden canoe on gravel in a pavilion, with spectators behind a railing and a painted jungle backdr

Marronkorjalen met toeschouwers op de Koloniale Tentoonstelling, Amsterdam 1883

Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883

Halftone plate of a seated woman with braided hair and an off-shoulder blouse, facing the viewer against a plain backdrop.

Portret van Jacqueline Ricket

Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883

Black-and-white book plate of a young child with short curly hair in a light dress, captioned Lina.

Portret van Lina

Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883

Engraving of Saint Bartholomew beside a flaying scene before a crowned king, soldiers, a statue and a domed temple.

Martelaarschap van Bartolomeüs

Hans Collaert, 1576

Silhouette of a couple kissing above bold Dutch text advertising a GEM safety razor, with a razor illustration below.

Advertentie voor GEM safety razor

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1920

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor with long curled hair and lace collar, with text and a coat of arms below.

Portret van Anne Hilarion, comte de Tourville

Nicolas de Larmessin, 1642

Engraving of Saint Thomas kneeling as armed men with spears surround him, with a robed apostle and palm trees at right.

Martelaarschap van Tomas

Hendrick Goltzius, 1576

Engraving of Saint Matthew standing as a soldier attacks figures near an altar, with kneeling women and classical architectur

Martelaarschap van Matteüs

Hans Collaert, 1576

Engraving of Saint James the Less watching as men club a kneeling figure in a square, with soldiers and onlookers around.

Martelaarschap van Jakobus de Mindere

Hans Collaert, 1576

Engraved title page with classical architectural frame, allegorical female figures, and a Latin inscription in an oval cartou

Geloof, Hoop en Liefde rond een architectonische omlijsting

Hans Collaert, 1570

Engraving of the martyrdom of Saint Paul, an executioner with raised sword, Roman soldiers, a mounted rider and city building

Martelaarschap van Paulus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1576

Engraving of Adam and Eve with animals beneath a tree, beside a panel of Christ in glory flanked by two prophets.

Schepping van Eva

Hans Collaert, 1570

Engraving of a bride and groom seated on a scale weighed against coins, with Cupid and watching older men.

De huwelijksweegschaal

Pieter de Jode, 1590

Engraving of an allegorical painter figure with putti working at easels and reading among columns and draped curtains.

Schilderkunst

Pieter Sluyter, 1693

Engraved oval allegory of sculpture: a draped woman with a chisel works on a bust, attended by putti and tools.

Beeldhouwkunst

Pieter Sluyter, 1693

Engraved allegory of optics: a seated woman raises a telescope while putti work with instruments before a distant town.

Zichtkunde

Pieter Sluyter, 1693

Engraved oval allegory of Mechanics: a seated woman with putti, a clock, books, machines and scaffolding before a classical b

Mechanica

Pieter Sluyter, 1693

Uitvinding van de schilderkunst

Pieter Schenk, 1693

Engraved title page with ornate calligraphic flourishes framing Dutch text, dated 1618, by Hans Strick.

Titelprent voor een serie kalligrafische schrijfvoorbeelden

Hans Strick, 1618

Printed page of Dutch and French verse in two columns, with headings and a sonnet praising Maria Strick, on aged paper.

Vier drempeldichten

D. Manhorst, 1618

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a ruff collar and cap, framed by an ornate cartouche with Dutch text.

Portret van Maria Strick op 41-jarige leeftijd

Willem Jacobsz. Delff, 1618

Scan of an aged printed page with two Dutch verse poems in columns, headed Sonnet and Lof-dicht, with decorative initials.

Twee drempeldichten

Jan van de Velde, 1618

Engraved dedication page with flourished calligraphy addressed to Rotterdam magistrates, with a large ornamental monogram on

Dedicatie aan het stadsbestuur van Rotterdam

Hans Strick, 1618

Engraved calligraphy specimen with a large decorative capital A, swirling flourishes, and French text lines beside it.

Schrijfvoorbeeld met kapitaal A

Hans Strick, 1618

Engraved calligraphy sheet with an ornate capital B, swirling flourishes, French text and a flourished signature.

Schrijfvoorbeeld met kapitaal B

Hans Strick, 1618

Engraved calligraphy specimen with looping flourishes around a block of French handwriting, signed Maria Strick at lower left

Schrijfvoorbeeld met kapitaal C

Hans Strick, 1618

Engraved calligraphy sheet with looping flourishes framing a block of German script and a cursive signature.

Schrijfvoorbeeld met kapitaal D

Hans Strick, 1618

Engraved calligraphy model with swirling flourishes framing French text and a signature in the lower left corner.

Schrijfvoorbeeld met kapitaal E

Hans Strick, 1618

Etching of a naval battle off Duinkerken with sailing warships and gun smoke, above a coastal chart with towns and sandbanks.

Zeeslag voor Duinkerken, 1639

Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode, 1651

Lithograph of sailing warships in battle off Dunkirk, with gun smoke rising over calm grey water under a cloudy sky.

Zeeslag voor Duinkerken, 1639

Petrus Johannes Schotel, 1848

Grey lithograph of a night sea battle with sailing warships firing cannon under a moon breaking through clouds.

Zeeslag bij nacht tegen de Spaanse vloot bij Folkestone, 1639

Petrus Johannes Schotel, 1848

Lithograph of a marble bust of a young man in a Gothic niche on a pedestal with a Latin inscription.

Buste van Friedrich Carl Timotheus Emmerich in een nis

Johann Daniel Beyer, 1820

Portret van paus Leo XII

Leopold Beyer, 1823

Engraved bust portrait of opera singer Giovanni David in a draped classical tunic, with Italian caption, Vienna 1822.

Portret van de operazanger Giovanni David

Leopold Beyer, 1822

Hand-coloured print of a busy Viennese street with coffee house terraces, a rider, a cart, soldiers and rowboats by the water

Gezicht op de koffiehuizen tegenover de brug tussen Wenen en Leopoldstadt

Leopold Beyer, 1801

Hand-coloured print of a Hamburg lakeside promenade with pedestrians, carriages, half-timbered houses and moored boats.

Gezicht op de Jungfernstieg te Hamburg

Leopold Beyer, 1799

Hand-coloured print of Hamburg seen across the Alster lake, with church spires, boats, and figures strolling on a promenade.

Gezicht op Hamburg

Leopold Beyer, 1794

Oval engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed hat and ornamented robe, with Latin inscription.

Portret van de kunstenaar Michelangelo

Christoforo Bianchi, 1612

Engraved oval portrait of Cardinal Flavio Chigi in clerical dress, with coats of arms and Latin inscription below.

Portret van kardinaal Flavio Chigi

Giulio Cesare Bianchi, 1771

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a broad-brimmed hat and white collar, with Latin inscription and ornamental border.

Portret van Lazarus Augustinus Cotta

Gaetano Bianchi, 1719

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled hair, mustache and lace collar, with Italian inscription below, 1658.

Portret van Luis de Benavides Carillo

Giovanni Paolo Bianchi, 1658

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a plumed helmet and ornate coat, with an inscription naming Stefano Giorgizza.

Portret van Stefano Giorgizza

Giulio Cesare Bianchi, 1781

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in armour and lace collar, with Latin inscription, on a printed book page.

Portret van Vercellinus Maria

Giulio Cesare Bianchi, 1771

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal in biretta and cape, with coats of arms above and an inscription below.

Portret van kardinaal Giacomo Rospigliosi

Giulio Cesare Bianchi, 1771

Engraving of a kneeling man in fur-trimmed robes submitting to an armored standing figure beside a tree and a military camp.

Willem II van Gelre onderwerpt zich aan keizer Karel V, 1543

Reinier Vinkeles, 1796

Engraving of a kneeling armored knight submitting before a standing nobleman, with soldiers, tents and a city behind.

Willem II van Gelre onderwerpt zich aan keizer Karel V, 1543

Philippus Velijn, 1823

Engraving of bearded men in period dress at a table with papers, a standing figure gesturing, in a paneled interior.

Burgemeester Joost Buyck van Amsterdam neemt Filips II de eed af, 1549

Barent de Bakker, 1780

Engraving of six men in historical dress marching with torches and a sword past brick buildings, a crowd behind them.

Jan de Paepe en zijn medegezellen, 1554

Charles Onghena, 1833

Engraving of a 16th-century sea battle with burning ships and men rescuing others from the water in small boats.

Zeeslag in De Hoofden, 1554

Reinier Vinkeles, 1780

Engraved street scene of richly dressed men in plumed hats gathered before city buildings and a church tower.

Aankomst van Filips II van Spanje te Brussel, 1555

Reinier Vinkeles, 1780

Etched print of a crowded gothic hall with a draped canopy over a throne, courtiers in cloaks and soldiers in the foreground.

Troonsafstand van keizer Karel V, 1555

Simon Fokke, 1782

Lithograph of a Gothic hall where a kneeling emperor in robes cedes power while courtiers and clergy watch.

Troonsafstand van keizer Karel V, 1555

Johannes Steyn, 1834

Engraving of a gothic hall where a robed man kneels before courtiers and clergy under a canopy, with heraldic windows.

Troonsafstand van keizer Karel V, 1555

Simon Fokke, 1747