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Rijksmuseum

56,180 works

Eight-panel narrative print with hand-coloured scenes of figures, soldiers, a church and a rescue, with verse text above and

Ter vereeuwiging der volgende gebeurtenis deed de regering der stad Hoorn dit vers in steen, aan de westerpoort uitho…

Alexander Cranendoncq, 1819

Etching of a forest stream with a large leaning tree, rocks, and reeds, with a clearing visible in the distance.

Landschap met een beek

Anthonie Waterloo, 1630

Lithograph of the neoclassical Amsterdam exchange building with columns, a cobbled square, gabled houses and pedestrians.

Gezicht op de Beurs van Zocher te Amsterdam

Théodore Fourmois, 1850

Hand-coloured print of the Waag with brick towers beside a canal, boats moored and market stalls with figures on the quay.

Gezicht op de Waag op de Nieuwmarkt

Johannes Hilverdink, 1860

Engraving of an elephant and an armored rhinoceros facing off in a landscape with a palm tree and cloudy sky.

Olifant en neushoorn

Jan Griffier, 1667

Engraving of two fighting roosters with hens and chicks in a wooded landscape with a pond, church and cottage.

Vechtende kippen

Jan Griffier, 1667

Print of a rooster, peacock and hen in a rocky landscape beside a stone wall and tree, with a bird on the wall.

Kippen, een haan en een pauw

Jan Griffier, 1667

Mezzotint of a monkey, cat, squirrel and magpie on a terrace beside a flower urn, with a tree and landscape behind.

Aap, kat, eekhoorn en ekster

Jan Griffier, 1667

Engraving of a monkey riding on the back of a spotted dog in a garden with a fountain and cypress trees.

Aap op de rug van een hond

Jan Griffier, 1667

Print of a tabby cat with five kittens in a room, a dog watching at left, a dead mouse and bowl on the floor.

Poes met vijf jongen

Jan Griffier, 1667

Print of a standing horse beside a sleeping man under a bare tree, with a pale sky behind.

Een paard en een slapende man

Johannes de Groot, 1698

Engraving with three oval scenes: an old man in a canopy bed, a woman with a lion, and two men dining at a table.

Wijsheden van Jezus Sirach, onder

Gerard de Jode, 1547

Engraving of Apollo with a lute player, a reclining deer, and two elegantly dressed figures beside a tree and mountains.

Gehoor

Pieter de Jode, 1590

Engraved theatre set of an Italian-style street with classical facades and elegantly dressed figures in the foreground.

Toneeldecor: De Italiaansche Straat

Reinier Vinkeles, 1775

Engraved procession of mounted dragoons and robed academics in tiers, numbered figures with a printed key below, 1775.

Optocht bij het Tweede Eeuwfeest van de Leidse Hogeschool, 1775

Noach van der Meer, 1775

Engraving of a classical temple on a platform in a canal, with a windmill, a rowboat, and spectators on the quay.

Podium voor het vuurwerk bij de viering van het Tweede Eeuwfeest van de Leidse Hogeschool, 1775

Cornelis Bogerts, 1775

Etching of an autumn harvest scene with women gathering grapes, a cow, wooden tubs, and farm buildings in a hilly landscape.

Herfst

Jan van Ossenbeeck, 1660

Engraving of a stone bridge over a river, a watermill with a large wheel, figures and a donkey in the foreground.

Brug en watermolen

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Hand-colored print of Rotterdam town hall lit up at dusk, with a crowd in period dress behind an iron fence in front.

Afbeelding van de Illuminatie van het Stadhuis te Rotterdam, bij Gelegendheid der komst van Z.M. onzen geliefden koni…

David Welle, 1837

Five views of an ocean sunfish, including photographs and labeled skeletal diagrams, on a printed book page.

Vijf aanzichten van de Orthagoriscus Truncatus

Henri Beauregard, 1888

Open book page with a photographic plate of a banana plant with large torn leaves against a pale background.

Bananenboom

Émile Gadeceau, 1888

Colour plate of numbered Elaphomyces fungi, whole specimens and cross-sections in brown, gold and blue tones.

22 voorbeelden van schimmels en doorsneden van schimmels

Sohier, 1888

Sepia half-tone print of a young woman in a white dress among flowers, with another figure peering over a vine-covered wall.

Twee vrouwen bij een begroeide muur

C.M. Wane, 1894

Book spread: left, a woman in a lace-trimmed gown; right, a misty mountain path with sheep and a wooden footbridge.

Reproductie van een schilderij van een berglandschap met schapen en brug door Robert Russ

Josef Löwy, 1894

Book page with three views of Stokesay Castle and a facing photo of a smiling woman with a pitchfork and geese by a haystack.

Drie gezichten op Stokesay Castle

Jones, Son & Harper, 1894

Sepia book page with a photograph of a smiling farm woman with a pitchfork and geese, beside Stokesay Castle views.

Boerin met hark en ganzen

G.H. Cowen, 1894

Colour plate of a cow and calf in a pasture beside a wall, shown on a book page facing printed text.

Reproductie van een tekening van een koe met kalf

Wilhelm Cronenberg, 1894

Open book showing French text on the left and a black-and-white view of Huy's riverfront and stone bridge on the right.

Gezicht op Hoei met het fort

Victor Gaillard, 1885

Rotated photo of the Château de Neufmoustier in Huy beside a page of French text in an open book.

Gezicht op het kasteel van Neufmoustier

Victor Gaillard, 1885

Open book showing a photograph of the Pierre l'Ermite statue in Huy behind an iron fence, with French text on the left page.

Standbeeld van Peter de Kluizenaar in Hoei

Victor Gaillard, 1885

Engraved print with eight vignettes of Dutch street vendors and children, each with a rhyming Dutch caption, dated 1806.

Men stopte u eertyds, lieve jeugd! slechts prullen in de hand, / Monstreuse vodden, zonder smaak, zelfs schaadlyk voo…

Johan Noman, 1806

Sixteen framed caricature heads with exaggerated noses and Dutch verses beneath, on a printed sheet numbered 237.

Lieve kindren, wilt niet vrezen / Voor de neuzen, die gy ziet [(...)]

Sheet of sixteen small woodcut figures of Dutch street vendors and tradesmen, each with rhyming verse beneath, 1806.

Hoort, jongens! hoe dees prent u kan ten spel verstrekken; / gy moet hem heel- en- al met wit papier bedekken [(...)]

Johan Noman, 1806

Etching of a dilapidated brick farmhouse with a turret, a figure with a wheelbarrow, trees and a fence in the foreground.

Ruïne van het huis Snaatburg te Maarssen

Anthonie van den Bos, 1801

Sixteen-panel woodcut sheet with Dutch captions showing a criminal's arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution as moral instr

Deez' printjes, lieve kindren, zyn niet geschikt tot vreugd, / Maar om u voor te lichten op 't smalle pad der deugd.…

Johan Noman, 1806

Twaalf neuzen en monden

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1803

Etched landscape of large prehistoric stone tombs in open country, with foreground figures in 18th-century dress and a rider.

Gezicht op hunebedden in Drenthe

Jacobus Schijnvoet, 1711

Engraved view of Huis Batestein near Harmelen, a brick manor with stepped gables beside a moat and footbridge, with trees.

Gezicht op kasteel Batestein bij Harmelen

Hendrik Spilman, 1745

Hand-drawn 18th-century nautical chart of Hout Bay with depth soundings, coastline wash and a small ship.

Map of Hout Bay

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1780

Long hand-drawn coastal map in pale ink and wash showing a bay, shoreline, rivers and inland features, dated 1788.

Kaart van de westkust tussen Saldanhabaai en Tafelbaai

J.C. Friderici, 1788

Etching of a three-masted ship behind a procession of figures carrying a pole through a tree-lined landscape under a cloudy s

Processie met modelschepen in een landschap

Jean Frélaut, 1932

Hand-drawn 1780 map of False Bay and the Cape Peninsula with coastline, mountains, rivers, compass rose and handwritten notes

Map of False Bay and the Cape Peninsula

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1780

Hand-drawn 1777 map of the southern Cape showing coastline, rivers, mountain ranges and district names in ink.

Map of the Southern part of the Cape from St Helena Bay to the Great Fish River

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Long horizontal ink and wash map of a South African coastline with hatched hills, bays and labelled capes.

Map of the south coast of South Africa between Cape Agulhas and the Sundays River

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1789

Etching of a three-masted ship seen over a meadow, with two mowers carrying a pole in the foreground beneath a tree.

Maaiers onder een boom

Jean Frélaut, 1927

Etching of a beached sailing ship with rigging on wet sand, a small figure at its stern and a distant lighthouse.

Schip aangemeerd op het strand

Jean Frélaut, 1932

Etched bird's-eye view of the fortified town of Gulich under siege, with cannon fire, trenches, tents and soldiers.

Inname van Gulik, 1610

Georg Keller, 1610

Engraved panorama of the fortified town of Gulik with a church spire and a military siege camp of tents in the foreground.

Prins Maurits belegert Gulik, 1610

Simon Frisius, 1613

Etching of a huge cod on a riverbank beside a windmill, houses, boats, and figures along the water.

Grote kabeljauw gevangen in het Spaarne, 1610

Cornelis van Noorde, 1760

Engraving of soldiers attacking villagers as houses burn under thick smoke, with boats along the water behind.

Franse wreedheden in Bodegraven en Zwammerdam in 1672

Bernard Picart, 1727

Engraving of a round domed temple with columns, a central fountain basin, and a coffered dome with an oculus.

Ronde tempel met centraal bassin en fontein

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraving of men drawing lottery tickets from barrels on a platform, with a trumpeter and a card showing 50000.

Trekking van een loterij te Amsterdam, ca. 1710-1719

Pieter van den Berge, 1696

Engraving of an arcaded colonnade with barrel vault, a tiered fountain in the foreground and obelisks, framed in an oval bord

Portaal met tongewelf en gezicht in een straat met arcades

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraving of a colonnaded gallery with a broken vaulted ceiling and a stone well in the foreground, within an ornate circular

Zuilengalerij met een geruïneerd gewelf en een waterput

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraved architectural print of a double portico with a pediment, columns, arches and an ornamental border.

Dubbel portiek bekroond met een fronton

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraving of a canal with an arched bridge, stone stairs, townhouses, a rowing boat and swans, within an ornamental oval fram

Gezicht op een kanaal met brug

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraved print of a receding colonnade with arches, classical columns and small figures walking along the paved passage.

Colonnade rond een binnenplaats

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1562

Engraved palace facade with an open Ionic colonnade on the ground floor, a staircase, and arched upper windows.

Paleis met een open hal op de begane grond met zuilen van de Ionische orde

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1562

Engraved classical colonnade with arches framing a circular fountain and distant building, enclosed in an oval ornamental bor

Geruïneerde poort ondersteund door Ionische zuilen

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraving of a classical portico with pediment and composite columns, framed by city buildings in an oval border.

Portaal met fronton en zuilen van de composiete orde

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraving of a colonnaded street with arcades, a stone well in the foreground, and a domed building at the far end.

Gezicht in een straat met colonnades aan weerszijden en een waterput op de voorgrond

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraving of a ruined portico with columns and arches framing a tiered fountain with a bird figure on top.

Geruïneerde portiek met daaronder een fontein

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1560

Engraved city gate with a vaulted archway, statues in niches, a shop at left and small figures and a dog on the cobbled stree

Stadspoort met links een winkel en rechts een rond gebouw

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1562

Engraved interior of a vaulted entrance hall with a spiral staircase, arched niches, and a distant gateway with a figure.

Overwelfde entreehal met een wenteltrap

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1562

Engraving of a classical arcaded building with columns and roof statues, figures in the street, and townhouses on the right.

Zaal op overwelfde kelder staand in water

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1562

Engraving of a canal flanked by tall houses with gabled roofs, a stone bridge in the foreground and figures on the street.

Gezicht op een kanaal of gracht met huizen aan weerszijden

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1562

Engraving of a seated woman with a cornucopia of fruit beside an ox and distant horsemen hunting, with Latin text below.

Aarde

Jacques de Gheyn, 1580

Engraving of a seated female figure pouring water beside a coastal scene with a sailing ship and town, with shells in the for

Water

Jacques de Gheyn, 1580

Engraving of a bearded wind figure blowing clouds above a hunting scene with trees and distant sea.

Lucht

Jacques de Gheyn, 1580

Engraving of Tobias bidding farewell to an elderly man as a winged angel stands beside him, with travelers and a dog in a lan

Afscheid van Tobias

Jacques de Gheyn, 1580

Engraving of a classical banquet hall where a woman presents a severed head on a platter to seated guests and an armored sold

Presentatie van het hoofd van Johannes de Doper aan Salome

Matthijs Pool, 1705

Engraving of three men in a blazing furnace, with soldiers, onlookers, a statue and a city in the background.

Shadrach, Meshach en Abednego in de vurige oven

Matthijs Pool, 1705

Engraved ceiling design with scenes of Hercules, gods and allegorical figures framed by architectural ornament and cartouches

Plafond met de apotheose van Hercules

Matthijs Pool, 1718

Engraved print of a canal lined with trees and boats, with cherubs holding an Amstel banner above a crowned coat of arms.

Gezicht op Amstel Lust

Matthijs Pool, 1696

Engraving of monkeys dressed as 18th-century gentlemen and ladies playing music in an elegant interior with curtains.

Apen in de hedendaagse mode van rokken met baleinen, 1716

Matthijs Pool, 1716

Engraving of Hercules and Omphale seated in a cave with a lion skin, a satyr with pipes in the foreground, and a landscape be

Landschap met Hercules en Omphale

Matthijs Pool, 1696

Engraving of cloaked men gathered in a candlelit tavern around a kneeling young man, with revelers in the background.

Inwijding van een nieuwe Bentvueghel, ca. 1700

Matthijs Pool, 1690

Engraved architectural elevations of Amsterdam canal houses along the Keizersgracht and Herengracht, with gabled facades and

Gevels van huizenrijen aan de Keizersgracht van de Binnen-Amstel naar de Utrechtsestraat en de Herengracht van de Bin…

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1768

Engraved architectural elevations of Amsterdam canal houses along the Keizersgracht and Herengracht, with stepped gables and

Gevels van huizenrijen aan de Keizersgracht van de Binnen-Amstel tot de Utrechtsestraat en de Herengracht van de Binn…

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1768

Brown wash drawing of travelers, a dog and a fence on a road, with village houses and a church spire behind.

Twee reizigers bij de spoorweg tussen Den Haag en Amsterdam

Job Augustus Bakker, 1846

Brown ink drawing of a falconry hunt with horsemen, a falconer holding a bird, hounds, and birds flying over trees.

Valkenjacht

Dirk Maas, 1669

Two white cranes fly beside a red sun above pine trees, framed as an unrolled scroll with decorative end caps.

Prentenboek der kunsten

diverse vervaardigers, 1892

Olive-green songbird perched on a rock beside yellow flowers and grass, in a Japanese print with calligraphy and red seals.

Bloemen- en vogelschetsen van Bairei

Kôno Bairei, 1892

Engraved book page with four military plans of fortified towns, showing star-shaped bastions, rivers and marshy terrain.

Plattegronden van Luxemburg, Thionville, Montmédy en Damvillers, 1726

Laurens Scherm, 1726

Japanese print of a bird with spread wings among reddish vine leaves and branches on a pale background.

Bird and red vine

Kôno Bairei, 1893

Etching of soldiers with a donkey discovering brigands hidden in a stable loft and under a wooden stall.

Bandieten in een stal verstopt

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819

Print of a white and grey wagtail beside yellow chrysanthemums with brown leaves, with red seal stamps and calligraphy in the

Japanse kwikstaart

Kôno Bairei, 1893

Engraving of a church with a tall tower and spire, figures walking on a road, trees and clouds in the sky.

Gezicht op de kerk te Beverwijk

Hendrik de Leth, 1729

Two white cranes fly beside a red sun and pine branches, drawn within an illustrated scroll frame with calligraphy.

Bloemen- en vogelschetsen van Keibun- deel één

Keibun, 1892

Engraving of a tree-lined street in Beverwijk with riders, a carriage, pedestrians and a town hall with a bell tower.

Gezicht op de Breestraat te Beverwijk, 1729

Hendrik de Leth, 1729

Engraving of the village of Velsen with a church tower, tree-lined road, carriage, walkers and a rider.

Gezicht op Velsen

Abraham Rademaker, 1728

Etching of three bandits whose cloaks are blown by a gust of wind beside large trees, with a woman and child at right.

Bandieten verrast door de wind

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819

Engraved print of the Hôtel de Cluny in Paris, showing its gabled stone facade, a carriage and rubble in front.

Exterieur van Hôtel de Cluny te Parijs

Charles Nègre, 1851

Etching of four bandits in hats counting coins at a table in a cave beside an open treasure chest and a rifle.

Bandieten tellen de buit

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819

Etching of armed brigands on rocks, one woman holding a child pointing toward a tree, with an Italian caption below.

Bandieten worden gewaarschuwd

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819

Etching of armed brigands with rifles, one tending a wounded companion among rocks, with mountains in the distance.

Bandieten aangevallen

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819