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Rijksmuseum

2,210 works

Engraving of Hercules holding up a large celestial globe on his shoulders, standing on a pedestal with a lion skin.

Hercules draagt de hemelglobe op zijn schouders

Antoni Zürcher, 1765

Amor en Psyche

Monogrammist VG, 1600

Etching of Apollo and Hyacinthus flying over clouds in a framed panel, flanked by two seated figures on a classical pedestal.

Apollo en Hyacinthus

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Etching of Juno and Diana in a landscape, one pointing toward a small bear, depicting the Callisto myth.

Juno wijst Diana op de in een beer veranderde Callisto

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Etching of nude Diana pointing at Callisto, whose pregnancy is revealed by companions, in a forest setting with a putto.

Diana ontdekt de zwangerschap van Callisto

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Print with four small mythological scenes: Hercules and a serpent, Diana and nymphs, Minerva with a seated man, and Icarus fa

Hercules vecht met de draak in de tuin van de Hesperiden/ Diana ontdekt de zwangerschap van Callisto/ Minerva laat be…

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Lithograph of an election scene: a stooped official looks into a ballot box while onlookers watch and candidate names hang on

De doos van Pandora

Marius Bauer, 1897

Engraved fireplace design with an oval cartouche showing Venus and Cupid, flanked by putti and fruit garlands.

Onderboezem, schacht gedecoreerd met Venus en Cupido

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraved fireplace design with Apollo shooting a bow at a sea monster, flanked by female figures and cherubs.

Onderboezem, schacht gedecoreerd met Apollo

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraved print of an ornate mantelpiece with an oval landscape scene showing figures beside a pool.

Mantelpiece with Narcissus

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraved design of a decorative fireplace with caryatids and a central panel showing Minerva with a shield, by Abraham Bosse.

Onderboezem, schacht gedecoreerd met Minerva

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraved print of armored Minerva with shield and spear inside an ornamental cartouche, with an owl above.

Minerva met schild en lans

Etienne Delaune, 1528

Engraved ornamental panel with a central standing figure holding a lyre, flanked by grotesques, lions and scrollwork.

Apollo

Etienne Delaune, 1528

Engraving of Mercury presenting the infant Bacchus to reclining nymphs by a waterfall, with goats and verse below.

Geboorte van Bacchus

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1748

Sepia engraving of Diana with bow and arrow and Callisto with a dog, two draped women standing on clouds.

Diana en Callisto

Stefano Mulinari, 1751

Sepia engraving of Saturn with sickle and wheat, Venus, and Cupid standing on clouds, with fish below.

Saturnus, Venus en Amor

Stefano Mulinari, 1751

Sepia print of Jupiter seated on a cloud with a bull, as a draped woman touches its horns; a sheep leaps above.

Jupiter en Europa

Stefano Mulinari, 1751

Sepia engraving of Venus rising from a shell, wringing her hair, with a goat and flying doves around her.

Venus Anadyomene

Stefano Mulinari, 1751

Engraving of nude nymphs in a forest, one kneeling in front and another reclining, with Latin verse below.

Diana's nimfen ontdekken de zwangerschap van Callisto

Jacob Matham, 1588

Engraved print of a nude figure seen from behind, standing on a cloud beneath a crescent moon with radiating light lines.

Diana als Luna

Jacob Matham, 1589

Engraving of Apollo as Helios, a nude muscular figure with a radiant halo rising above clouds and a distant landscape.

Apollo als Helios

Jacob Matham, 1589

Engraved print of Venus seated with Cupid and a small child in a rocky landscape with cattle and trees by a river.

Venus met Cupido en een jong kind in een rotsachtig landschap

Carl Friedrich Holtzmann, 1763

Etching of a satyr family with goat legs by a stone pedestal, a bearded satyr reclining, and an owl perched on a post.

Satyr Family

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of satyrs resting by a stone monument with a goat, drum, pipes and a wine jug on the ground.

Satyr Family with Musical Instruments Sitting by a Monument

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of nude Hercules wrestling the Nemean lion in a forest, with a club on the ground and a second figure at left.

Hercules in gevecht met de Nemeïsche leeuw

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of infant Hercules in a cradle strangling two serpents, with a nude woman, a swan, and a cherub beside him.

Hercules als kind in de wieg wurgt slangen

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Hercules with a club beside a cave, with cattle and the crouching figure of Cacus below, inscribed in Latin.

Hercules doodt Cacus

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of nude Hercules with a club and lion skin battling a many-headed hydra among rocks and skulls.

Hercules Slaying the Lernean Hydra

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Hercules standing with a club while Antaeus wrestles him, with a hilltop town in the background.

Hercules verslaat Antaeus

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of nude Hercules leading the three-headed dog Cerberus on a chain past a walled city with a tower.

Hercules en Cerberus

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of two nude men wrestling beside a tree and a scaled creature, with a city in the distance, dated 1550.

Hercules vecht tegen riviergod Achelus

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Hercules pinning the river god Achelous, who is shown as a serpentine creature, beside a tree and a distant city

Hercules vecht tegen de riviergod Achelus

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Hercules pinning the dragon Ladon, with a tower and tree in the background.

Hercules doodt de draak Ladon

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of nude Atlas holding a celestial globe while Hercules in drapery points to it, with a landscape behind.

Hercules en Atlas

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin driving cattle through a forest while women gesture and one kneels nearby.

Hercules rooft de runderen van Geryon

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of a classical palace hall where a seated woman on a throne receives homage from attendants and putti, with winged

Psyche in het paleis van Amor

Sébastien Leclerc, 1647

Etched ornament with acanthus scrolls, a reclining Hercules in a central medallion, two eagles and two female term figures.

Ornament van acanthusranken met rustende Hercules

Paul Androuet Ducerceau, 1660

Engraved ornamental cartouche with an oval medallion of Hercules and Antaeus surrounded by acanthus scrolls and winged figure

Hercules en Antaeus in medaillon te midden van acanthusranken

Paul Androuet Ducerceau, 1660

Etched ornament with Hercules in an oval medallion surrounded by acanthus scrolls, female terms and a lion mask.

Hercules in medaillon te midden van acanthusranken

Paul Androuet Ducerceau, 1660

Engraved ornament of acanthus scrolls framing a figure drawing a bow, with a lion mask above and female heads below.

Ornament van acanthusranken met Hercules met pijl en boog

Paul Androuet Ducerceau, 1660

Engraved stage design of a fiery classical mortar with cherub, Hercules, Mars and an old man beside a garden terrace.

Tuinvaas met Mars, Hercules en Vader Tijd

Georg Lichtensteger, 1724

Engraving of allegorical women with attributes for Minerva in a columned interior, with a sun above and a lion at right.

Drie vrouwen met attributen voor Minerva

Reinier Vinkeles, 1764

Engraving of a seated allegorical figure on a throne with women and nude figures gathered around an incense burner and garlan

Personificatie, mogelijk Minerva, op een troon omringd door vrouwen

Reinier Vinkeles, 1751

Engraving of a woman holding a lamp over a sleeping nude figure on a canopied bed, with a dedication and coat of arms below.

Amor en Psyche

Theodorus de Roode, 1746

Engraving of Perseus on a winged horse above a sea monster, with a rocky landscape, tree and castle on a hill behind.

Perseus en het zeemonster

Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881

Engraving of a formal garden with a Venus fountain, promenading figures, a dog, tall trees and classical pavilions in the dis

Venus fontein in de tuin van Paleis Het Loo

Jan van Call, 1700

Engraving of Venus reclining nude with Mars embracing her, a winged cupid with a torch, helmet and armor beside them.

Mars, Venus en Amor

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Fries met veertien koppen in medaillons, derde rechts onder Hercules

Virgilius Solis, 1524

Book page with a line illustration of a nude woman reclining with a swan with spread wings, above French text.

Leda en de zwaan

Aristide Maillol, 1935

Engraved rococo ornamental panel with an oval cartouche showing putti and sea clouds, framed by scrolls and crossed trumpets.

Geboorte van Venus

Gabriel Huquier, 1729

Engraving of bearded Jupiter reclining with an eagle, holding a globe, with a distant town and Latin text in an oval frame.

Jupiter

Crispijn van de Passe, 1592

Black and white ornamental print with a central candelabra, winged figure, rams, satyrs and sea creatures in dense engraved l

Ornament met kandelaber met bokken als bekroning boven gevleugelde vrouw met hoornen des overvloeds en fabeldieren en…

Peregrino da Cesena, 1500

Engraved allegorical vignette of a Minerva-like figure crowning a young man with laurel, with putti, canopy and flower urns.

Allegorisch vignet met Minerva die een jongeman lauwert

Simon Fokke, 1737

Circular engraving of a river landscape with two figures, a walled city with spires, a boat, herons, and a cherub in clouds.

Diana en Endymion

Jonas Silber, 1572

Engraving of women attending a woman giving birth under a canopied bed, with a seated figure and a messenger in a room beyond

Alcmene baart Hercules

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of maenads attacking near water while a lyre-bearing figure stands beside a winged creature, with mountains behind.

De dood van Orpheus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Bacchus on a donkey facing King Midas, who gestures with raised hand, with soldiers and a distant castle.

Bacchus honoreert de wens van koning Midas

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of three classical goddesses with a cherub holding lilies, a dove in flight, a lion and a peacock.

Cybele, Juno en Minerva

François de Poilly, 1632

Engraving of Jupiter and Danaë embracing on a bed, with an eagle and golden rain falling from clouds above.

Jupiter en Danaë

Jean Baptiste de Poilly, 1679

Engraving with six circular emblematic scenes of Atlas, Hercules, a deer hunt and a sea fall, with Latin verses below.

Zes voorstellingen uit het leven van Atlas en Hercules

Jeremias Falck, 1650

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman with a horse head beside her, with ink and white paint marks.

Schets Venus Vignet voor boek 'L'art Hollandais contemporain' van Paul Fierens

Leo Gestel, 1932

Engraving of Diana on a cloud aiming a bow at a reclining woman and two children on a rocky shore, with a ship at sea.

Diana doodt Chione

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of workmen building walls beside a sea monster and nude figure, with a walled city and domed building behind.

Apollo en Neptunus bouwen de muren van Troje

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of the myth of Apollo and Pan's musical contest, with Midas and gods in a wooded landscape, Latin text below.

Apollo en Pan

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602