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Rijksmuseum

56,221 works

Etching of a two-masted brig sailing close-hauled over choppy sea under a cloudy sky, with rigging and sails drawn in fine li

Zeilschip van dichtbij gezien

Nicolas Marie Ozanne, 1738

Etching of a two-masted sailing ship with billowing sails riding rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Schip op zee

Nicolas Marie Ozanne, 1738

Engraving of allegorical figures labeled Opinio, Stultus mundanus and Virtus beside a tree, with an hourglass and distant cit

Dwaze wereld verkiest het tijdelijke goed

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1575

Engraving of an allegorical scene: a woman pulls a cart with a globe past a bound man, with an angel and a city in the backgr

Verkeerde Overtuiging leidt de wereld naar de hel

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1575

Etching of Mary Magdalene with a halo, leaning over a crucifix beside a skull in the foreground.

De heilige Maria Magdalena met crucifix

Marcantonio Bellavia, 1660

Etching of sailing warships in battle amid clouds of gunsmoke over choppy sea, with flags flying.

Zeeslag met overname van een schip, 1652 (?)

Reinier Nooms, 1652

Circular engraving with three laurel-wreathed Roman emperor portraits, a Latin inscription in the center, and ornamental scro

Medaillon met middenboven Nero, linksonder Galba en rechtsonder Caligula

Theodor de Bry, 1588

Engraving of Christ praying in Gethsemane with an angel above and three sleeping apostles in the foreground.

Christus in de hof van Getsemane

Jacob Matham, 1615

Etched horizontal frieze with a satyr, winged monsters and arabesque foliage scrolls, attributed to Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Fries met arabesken, een sater en twee gevleugelde monsters

Giambattista Pittoni

Engraved horizontal frieze with a nude putto merging into leafy scrolls, flanked by two eagles and grape clusters.

Fries met arabesken, adelaars en een putto uitlopend in ornament

Giambattista Pittoni

Etched horizontal frieze of arabesque scrolls, acanthus leaves, grapevines and a bearded grotesque head.

Fries met arabesken en ornamentele kop met baard

Giambattista Pittoni

Engraved frieze of arabesque scrolls with three playing putti and a bearded old man merging into foliage.

Fries met arabesken, drie spelende putti en een oude man uitlopend in ornament

Giambattista Pittoni

Etched frieze of arabesque scrollwork with a flying putto, a ram's head, a dragon and a reclining figure.

Fries met arabesken, twee lichamen uitlopend in ornament, een putto, een draak en een ramskop

Giambattista Pittoni

Engraving of a Doric entablature with a central bull skull garland, rosette, and cornice mouldings, labelled DORICO.

Dorisch entablement

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Engraving of two Ionic column capitals showing spiral volutes, carved moldings and fluted shafts on a pale sheet.

Ionisch kapiteel

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Ionisch basement

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Engraved print of an Ionic entablement with scrolling acanthus foliage, grapes, and a central rosette in the frieze.

Ionisch entablement

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Engraving of a Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves and spiral volutes, dated 1536, by Agostino Veneziano.

Korinthisch kapiteel

Agostino Veneziano, 1536

Black-and-white photo of a snow-covered mountain ridge with clouds, printed on a book page beside French text.

Gezicht op een gebergte met besneeuwde toppen

M.J. Menner, 1887

Open book spread showing a photo of a carved Gothic wooden pulpit in a church, with printed text on the facing page.

Preekstoel

M.A. Vautier, 1887

Photo plate of men standing among tall icicles in a frozen pavilion, facing a page of French printed text.

Groep mannen in een bevroren paviljoen

L. Tallard, 1896

Sepia photomechanical print of the Château de Pierrefonds, a towered medieval castle above trees and rooftops, on a book page

Gezicht op het Kasteel van Pierrefonds

Ls. Sorret, 1887

Sepia oval portrait of two young children in lace collars, shown on an open book page beside printed French text.

Portret van twee jonge onbekende kinderen

F. Thévoz & Cie., 1887

Halftone print of frost-covered trees and a lamppost on a snowy road, with two women in dark coats standing nearby.

Man en een vrouw bij een bevroren boom en lantaarnpaal

C.-B. Cotton, 1891

Printed book page with a 1895 group photograph of foreign military officers in uniform before an ornate iron gate.

Groepsportret van buitenlandse officieren

Henry Dufey, 1895

Photomechanical print of a winding road through a rocky gorge with a bare tree in the foreground, from a photography review p

Gezicht op een pad door een gebied met rotsen

M.P. du Montal, 1887

Open book: left page with French text and a blue butterfly; right page with a halftone print of an alpine lake and mountains.

Gezicht op de Bachalpsee in Zwitserland

David & Minner, 1891

Hand-colored engraved map of the fortress city of Luxembourg with a panoramic city view and decorative borders, 1757.

Vestingplattegrond van en gezicht op Luxemburg

Matthaeus Seutter, 1757

Engraved harbour view of Toulon with tall ships, rowboats, quay workers, barrels and buildings under a cloudy sky.

Haven van Toulon

Gaetano Testolini, 1776

Engraving of sailing boats on calm water under a cloudy sky, with a rowing boat and wooden posts in the foreground.

Zeilschepen op het water

Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven, 1815

Engraved interior of a fisherman's home with a fire, a standing man, a woman holding a child, and two seated men.

Interieur van een Visserswoning in Marken

Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven, 1815

Engraved ornamental print with a blank central cartouche, surrounded by grotesque motifs, putti, birds and fruit garlands.

Cartouche omgeven door grotesken

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1555

Engraved ornamental plate with a central cartouche, flanking nude female figures, grotesques, foliage and seated animals.

Cartouche omgeven door grotesken, links en rechts staat een vrouw

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1555

Engraved frieze of Roman armor with a central muscular torso, shields, helmets, spears and swords radiating outward.

Panoplia. Fries met Romeinse wapens, bovenste deel

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1572

Engraved frieze of a Roman breastplate surrounded by radiating shields, helmets, spears, arrows and swords.

Panoplia. Fries met Romeinse wapens, onderste deel

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1572

Engraved ornamental cartouche with mirrored inscription, surrounded by scrollwork, animals, birds and garlands.

Rechthoekige cartouche met inscriptie in spiegelschrift

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1569

Engraved ornamental cartouche with classical statues, eagles and lions framing a central field of looping Latin text.

Cartouche met tekst in vorm van harten

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1569

Engraved calligraphy sample with flourished Latin text, large ornamental letters, and a dragon at lower right.

Schrijfvoorbeeld: Characteres Latini (...)

Simon Frisius, 1605

Ornate calligraphy writing sample with looping flourishes and a French inscription, signed Simon Frisius, 1605.

Schrijfvoorbeeld: A mon tres cher beaufrere (...)

Simon Frisius, 1605

Calligraphic writing model with Dutch script in a block framed by large looping flourishes and ornamental swirls on paper.

Schrijfvoorbeeld: De coninck Antigonus (...)

Simon Frisius, 1605

Engraved calligraphy writing sample with French text framed by large looping flourishes on a pale sheet.

Schrijfvoorbeeld: Bias Lacon estant surpris (...)

Simon Frisius, 1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with ornate looping flourishes framing French text and an alphabet, by Simon Frisius, 1605.

Schrijfvoorbeeld: Aux choses perilleuses (...)

Simon Frisius, 1605

Etched landscape of travelers with a mule on a rocky path, with a distant hill town and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op Acquapendente

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Etching of a coastal view with mountains, harbor ships, a carriage and figures under a large tree, from 1670.

Gezicht op de kust bij Napels en de Vesuvius

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Etched print of a turbaned delegation approaching courtiers beneath a colonnaded palace arcade with carved reliefs.

Tartaarse delegatie op bezoek in een paleis

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Etching of figures in Persian court dress standing beneath an arcaded loggia, with a tower in the background.

Figuren in een loggia

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Engraving of Mercury in a winged helmet grasping the mane of the rearing winged horse Pegasus over a wooded landscape.

Mercurius en Pegasus

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Etching of a fountain basin with a balustrade and potted plants, framed by tall trees, captioned Fontana in dem Pallazzo des

Fontein bij de Villa Aldobrandini

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Engraved title page with German lettering for the fourth part of the Iconographia print series, mounted in an album.

Titelprent voor het vierde deel van de prentserie 'Iconographia

Melchior Küsel, 1682

Engraving of a garden fountain with a winged statue in front of a large villa with arcades and tall trees.

Fontein in de tuin van een villa van de Medici familie

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Etching of a garden avenue lined with tall cypresses, statues on pedestals, and small figures and dogs walking along the path

Tuin met cipressen bij de Villa Montalto

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Etching of a classical building with a fountain, curved staircase and ships at a harbor edge, under a sky with trees.

Klassiek gebouw met zuilengalerij en trap aan een pier

Melchior Küsel, 1670

Engraving in an oval of a young woman in a ruff collar with a lapdog and a small bird, French verses below.

Een jonge vrouw met schoothond

Bernard Picart, 1705

Engraving of a bearded judge on a dais with a standing man raising his hand to swear an oath, with a scribe and a background

Voor de rechter zweert een man bij God

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of a man gathering wood in a hilly landscape while a crowd listens to a robed woman preaching from a raised platfor

Man sprokkelt hout op de sabbat

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of drunken Noah reclining in a tent with grapes, two sons covering him, and a landscape with ark and rainbow.

Dronkenschap van Noach

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of Cain killing Abel with a jawbone beside a burning altar, a rainbow above, and the inscription NON OCCIDES.

Kaïn doodt Abel

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of women bathing in a round pool before a classical palace, with a man holding a letter and a caption reading Non m

Batseba ontvangt de brief van David

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of a man lifting a tent curtain beside a seated woman, with soldiers and a burning city behind them.

Achan begraaft de buit in zijn tent

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraving of a seated judge in a columned hall as a veiled woman is restrained by two men before onlookers.

Susanna beschuldigd door de ouderlingen

Harmen Jansz Muller, 1564

Engraved print of a palace hall where a bearded king on a canopied bed watches young men while a robed figure gestures.

Daniël voor koning Nebukadnessar

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1646

Engraving of a seated king under a canopy listening to a interpreter in a hall with statues in niches and guards.

Droom van Nebukadnessar

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1646

Engraving of a banquet hall where a king dines as a hand writes on the wall, servants and musicians nearby.

Feestmaal van Belsassar

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1646

Engraving of a crowd kneeling before a golden statue on a column, with horn players, a burning furnace and a king on a balcon

Koning Nebukadnessar en de aanbidding van het gouden standbeeld

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1646

Engraving of a sleeping man in a canopy bed with four fantastic beasts and angels in the clouds above.

Daniëls droom van de vier dieren

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1646

Engraving of a dragon on a pedestal in a Babylonian street, with a crowd, soldiers and classical buildings around it.

Daniël en de draak

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1646

Brown wash drawing of a decayed gatehouse, wooden bridge, and figures fishing from a boat on a stream.

Vervallen poortgebouw met brug

Bartholomeus Barbiers, 1784

Grey wash drawing of two thatched farmhouses, a church tower, a tree, and a farmer with a hoe on a path.

Landschap met twee boerderij en een kerktoren

Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers, 1759

Brown ink drawing of a large oak beside a waterfall over a wooden sluice, with a thatched cottage and two figures on a path.

Landschap met watervalletje onder twee grote bomen

Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers, 1759

Pencil drawing of a forest pond with a small wooden footbridge and tall trees on both sides.

Vijver in een bos

Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers, 1759

Pencil landscape of dunes with a large tree, resting figures, a horse and cart on a road, and a distant church spire.

Noord-Hollands landschap (Egmond richting Castricum?)

Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers, 1759

Pen and grey wash drawing of an interior scene with figures in period dress around a table and a standing man facing a woman.

Toneelscène uit Jacob Simonsz de Rijk

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Grey wash drawing of a snowy winter farm with bare trees, a thatched farmhouse, and figures working in the snow.

Winterlandschap met boerderij

Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers, 1759

Pen and grey ink drawing of a tavern scene with a woman at a table, men, and musicians playing violin and bagpipe.

De arrestatie van Pieter Dirksz. Hasselaer

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen drawing of robed men around a lantern-bearing figure beside a classical statue on a pedestal, with trees behind.

Diogenes met een lantaren een mens zoekend

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowded church interior with a congregation gathered before an altar area.

Katholieke communie

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782

Engraved 17th-century nautical chart of Aegean islands and Greek coast, with compass roses and allegorical title cartouche.

Paskaart van het westelijk deel van de Egeïsche Zee met een deel van de kust van Griekenland

Jan Luyken, 1682

Engraved 1682 nautical chart of the southeastern Aegean Sea with islands, rhumb lines, compass roses and a Rhodes city plan.

Paskaart van het zuidoostelijk deel van de Egeïsche Zee

Jan Luyken, 1682

Engraved 1684 nautical chart of the Guiana coast with rhumb lines, a sailing ship, and a decorative cartouche with figures.

Paskaart van de kust van Frans Guyana

Jan Luyken, 1684

Engraved 1684 nautical chart of the West Indies and Caribbean Sea with rhumb lines, a sailing ship, and an ornate title carto

Paskaart van West Indië en de Caribische Zee met het aangrenzende deel van de Atlantische Oceaan

Jan Luyken, 1684

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched barns, a wooden fence, tall trees, and a small figure on a dirt path.

Landschap met schuren

Edward Edwards, 1789

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a tall tree, a stream, and a hunter standing beside a dog at right.

Landschap met een jager bij rotsen

Edward Edwards, 1789

Engraving of Argonauts on a ship as a muscular merman rises from rough sea waves beside the hull.

Euphemus ontvangt de kluit aarde en Triton wijst de Argonauten de weg

Joseph Anton Koch, 1799

Etching of a castle behind trees with figures working in a garden and birds flying in the sky above.

Voorjaar, ca. 1625

Hessel Gerritsz, 1620

Line drawing of a man lounging in a rocking chair in a gazebo with a flag reading Buitenzorg, a volcano and palms behind.

Spotprent op gouverneur-generaal Mijer,1866

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1866

Caricature of a standing man with hat speaking to a seated man at a desk with an open ledger and inkwell, with Dutch caption.

Spotprent op de dreiging door Schimmelpenninck van een nieuwe kamerontbinding, 1866

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1866

Satirical 1866 print of mounted caricature figures riding past a row of top-hatted men in front of a church facade.

Spotprent op de nieuwe volksvertegenwoordiging, 1866

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1866

Line drawing of a long hall with a table and chairs, a robed man gesturing, and two men reading newspapers, with a Cairo sign

Spotprent op de onenigheid tussen gouverneur-generaal Sloet van de Beele en zijn opvolger Mijer, 1866

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1866

Cream leaflet with blue headline 'Tien wenken voor de gebruikers van electrische toestellen' and Amsterdam coat of arms, in t

Tien wenken voor de gebruikers van electrische toestellen

Fré Cohen, 1930

Engraving of a city skyline with spires, mounted commanders and soldiers in the foreground, and a military camp below smoky c

Het ontzet van Kamerijk door de hertog van Anjou, 1581

Jan Luyken, 1678

Engraving of mounted officers overlooking a military camp and a walled city with church spires under smoky clouds.

Ontzet van Kamerijk door de hertog van Anjou, 1581

Jan Luyken, 1680

Engraving of soldiers on horseback and on foot storming a city gate, with many figures falling into water below.

De Franse Furie te Antwerpen, 1583

Jan Luyken, 1679

Engraving of a pistol shot fired in an arched hall, with startled onlookers and a crowd visible in the doorway.

Moord op de prins van Oranje, 1584

Jan Luyken, 1679

Engraving of soldiers on horseback storming a city gate as men fall and drown in water, with smoke and windmills in the backg

Franse Furie te Antwerpen, 1583

Jan Luyken, 1730

Etching of a gunman firing a pistol at a man on a staircase inside a hall, smoke rising, onlookers reacting.

Moord op de prins van Oranje, 1584

Jan Luyken, 1730

Engraved church interior with a tomb monument, obelisks and iron railing, surrounded by visitors in period dress.

Graftombe van Willem van Oranje, 1623

Jan Luyken, 1679