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Rijksmuseum

73,892 works

Hand-colored print of a vanilla orchid vine with green leaves, a caterpillar, a chrysalis, and several butterflies.

Vanille-orchidee (Vanilla planifolia) met vlinder, rups en andere insecten

Pieter Sluyter, 1705

Hand-coloured print of a cacao tree with yellow pods, one split open, plus a moth, caterpillar and pink flowers.

Cacaoboom (Theobroma cacao) met nachtvlinder, rups en pop

Pieter Sluyter, 1705

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and dark jacket, above a printed biography page.

Portret van Jan Heemskerk Azn

Smeeton & Tilly, 1898

Engraved print of an ornate urn with two mermaid handles, a fluted pedestal and acanthus leaf decoration.

Vaas met meerminnen

Gabriel Huquier, 1729

Engraving of a vase-shaped fountain with water spouts, lion mask column and a bearded seated figure on top.

Vaasvormige fontein

Gabriel Huquier, 1729

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in lace ruff and armor, with name inscription on a pedestal below.

Portret van Lodewijk Gunther, graaf van Nassau

Watercolor of white ducks and ducklings among reeds and grass beneath willow branches at a pond's edge.

Eenden onder wilgen

Willem Maris, 1844

Lithograph of floodwaters rushing over a dyke, with submerged farmhouses and bare trees in the flooded fields behind.

Overstrooming Maas en Waal jan. 1926

Herman Heuff, 1926

Etching of a snowy canal at dusk with bare trees, snow-covered moored boats, lit house windows and a street lamp.

Prinsengracht

Frans Everbag, 1940

Etched portrait of a young girl in a white blouse with puffed sleeves and ruffled collar, against a dark background.

Portret van Wilhelmina, koningin der Nederlanden

Carel Lodewijk Dake, 1885

Hand-coloured caricature of a kneeling bookseller offering a book to a stooped customer in a green coat full of books.

Boekverkoper met een klant op straat

Adrien Victor Auger, 1817

Engraved map of the river Eem with place names, canals and tree rows, topped by heraldic coats of arms on ribbon banners.

Kaart van de rivier de Eem (tweede deel)

Thomas Doesburgh, 1692

Engraving of a Venetian woman in a wide hat and apron carrying a basket and net bag, walking to market.

Venetiaanse vrouw onderweg naar de markt

Domenico Bonavera, 1650

Engraved map of the Eem river area with a walled city, winding waterways, tree-lined roads, a compass rose and scale bar.

Kaart van de rivier de Eem (derde deel)

Thomas Doesburgh, 1692

Engraved print of a woman in Venetian dance dress with plumed headdress lifting her skirt mid-dance on a striped floor.

Venetiaanse dansende vrouw

Domenico Bonavera, 1650

Engraving of a standing woman in a veil and dark shawl holding a book and rosary, with a Venetian caption below.

Venetiaanse vrouw

Domenico Bonavera, 1650

Engraved print of a Venetian nobleman in summer dress with long curly hair, cap and wide-sleeved robe, standing on a ground l

Venetiaanse edelman in zomerkleding

Domenico Bonavera, 1650

Etching of a large tree beside a rocky cliff, with soldiers resting at its base and figures in the distant woods.

Rustende krijgsmannen onder een boom

Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer jr., 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a velvet cap and fur-trimmed robe, with Italian verse and dedication below.

Portret van Baldassare Castiglione

Reinier van Persijn, 1642

Engraved title page showing a preacher in an ornate pulpit above a crowd, with allegorical figures and an inscribed banner be

Titelblad: Chaires de Predicateurs

Jean Lepautre, 1659

Engraving of an ornate pulpit with angel figures, putti and a crowd of listeners below, by Jean Lepautre.

Kansel van voren gezien

Jean Lepautre, 1659

Etching of a bearded preacher in an ornate pulpit addressing a seated congregation in a classical church interior.

Kansel van opzij gezien

Jean Lepautre, 1659

Mezzotint of a young scholar trimming a quill at a cluttered desk beside stacked books and an arched window.

Geleerde die zijn pen scherpt

Gottlieb Heiss, 1733

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man in a long coat, leaning on a column and holding a palette and brushes.

Portret van Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove

Frederik Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1850

Engraving of three nude female figures standing beside a seated woman in a lace gown, with classical columns and a draped cur

Portret van Amalia van Solms

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1639

Engraved full-length portrait of an armoured man with a laurel-bearing winged figure on horseback and a distant city.

Portret van Frederik Hendrik, prins van Oranje

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1639

Engraved tabernacle design with a central statue of Christ, flanking columns, cherubs, angels holding a chalice, and garlands

Tabernakel met een standbeeld van Christus

Franz Ertinger, 1658

Decorative festive print with oval and framed portraits of a girl, a uniformed man, two women, a crown and foliage.

Portretten van prinses Wilhelmina, koningin-regentes Emma en de Duitse keizer en keizerin, 1891

Roeloffzen & Hübner, 1891

Engraved print of a classical altar with a crucifixion scene above, a dove, clouds, flanking figures and steps.

Altaar met een schilderij van de Kruisiging

Jean Lepautre, 1658

Engraved alphabet sheet with letters A to Z, each paired with a vignette of Leiden student life and academic customs.

Spotprent uit Leidse studentenalmanak, 1838

François Desterbecq, 1838

Engraved print of an altar with a rising figure painting, flanked by armored figures and onlookers on steps.

Altaar met een schilderij van de Opstanding

Jean Lepautre, 1658

Printed sheet with twelve Dutch historical scenes of battles, sieges and sea voyages, some hand-coloured in red.

Hier ziet gij menig schoon taf'reel van trouw, beleid en moed / En hoe ons dierbaar Vaderland door God soms werd behoed

Alexander Cranendoncq, 1819

Engraved architectural floor plan with labeled rooms, a portico, staircases and a garden, with measurements and compass direc

Plattegrond van de begane grond van het Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi te Genua

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved floor plan of a basement level with rectangular rooms, staircases and a circular space, with Italian inscriptions.

Plattegrond van het souterrain van het Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi te Genua

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraving of a procession of Germanic warriors and horsemen with numbered key and explanatory text below.

Utrechtse maskerade van 1851: Germanen, 70 n. Chr

F.W. Boom, 1851

Printed title page reading 'Schets, Verklaring en Toelichting der Maskerade', Utrecht, 1851, with commissioners' names and a

Boekje bij de prentenreeks van de maskerade van de Utrechtse studenten, 1851

F.W. Boom, 1851

Line drawing of a medieval knight procession with banners and numbered figures, above a printed key of names.

Utrechtse maskerade van 1851: Christendom, 719

F.W. Boom, 1851

Engraved print of a medieval knight procession with banners and a tower, with a numbered key of participants below.

Utrechtse maskerade van 1851: Ridderwezen, 1217

F.W. Boom, 1851

Printed page with a drawing of numbered mounted riders and hunting dogs above a Dutch title and list of participants.

Utrechtse maskerade van 1851: Hofleven in 1296

F.W. Boom, 1851

Black and white print of a Spanish soldier procession with a cart of prisoners, mounted riders, and a numbered key below.

Utrechtse maskerade van 1851: Spaanse tirannie in 1567

F.W. Boom, 1851

Engraved portrait of a seated bearded man in a frock coat and bow tie, with a script name below.

Portret van Ferdinand Möhring

August Weger, 1849

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache in a dark jacket and bow tie, with a signature below.

Portret van Jesús de Monasterio

August Weger, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace shoulder cape and a small book, standing beside a pedestal.

Portret van Giulia Molino-Colombini

August Weger, 1849

Portret van Friedrich Konrad Müller

August Weger, 1864

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat holding a pen beside an inkwell, with a signature below.

Portret van Gottfried von Neureuther

August Weger, 1855

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat wearing medals, with the signature J. F. Neigebaur below.

Portret van Ferdinand Neigebaur

August Weger, 1849

Engraved bust portrait of a man in military uniform with epaulettes, sash and medals, mounted on cream paper.

Portret van Nicolaas I Pavlovitsj, tsaar van Rusland

August Weger, 1849

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark double-breasted coat, with printed name caption below.

Portret van Johann, Graf Larisch von Moennich

August Weger, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a bespectacled man with curly hair, dark coat and bow tie, with handwritten verse below.

Portret van Johann Heinrich Heim

Louis Wegner, 1826

Lithographic portrait of a man with moustache, dark overcoat and white gloves, standing beside a column.

Portret van Eduard Gerlach

Louis Wegner, 1844

Lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and bow tie, captioned Hs. U. Zehnder, Bürgermeister des Canton

Portret van Hans Ulrich Zehnder

Louis Wegner, 1826

Engraved portrait of an older man with long light hair, dark coat and white cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

Portret van Matthias Claudius

Willem Frederik Wehmeyer, 1842

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark coat holding a quill, with a handwritten signature below.

Portret van Joseph Albertus Alberdingk Thijm

Willem Frederik Wehmeyer, 1834

Engraved half-length portrait of a man with wavy hair, moustache and dark double-breasted coat, with a signature below.

Portret van Abraham Johannes de Bull

Willem Frederik Wehmeyer, 1842

Ink drawing of a boy in a dark swimsuit standing barefoot on a diving board beside a metal railing, looking down.

Jongen op een duikplank

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a hunched boy in a striped knit hat sitting on cobblestones beside a building wall and window.

Zittende jongen op een stoep

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a smiling man carrying a girl with pigtails on his shoulders, she waves, standing on cobblestones.

Meisje zittend op de schouders van een man

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a girl with a bob haircut watering a row of potted flowers on a window ledge, brick wall behind.

Meisje geeft planten water

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a woman watching children play in a meadow with cypress trees and hills behind.

Vrouw en spelende kinderen in een weide

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of three smiling children in Chinese dress under a parasol, with a black and white cat eating from a plate below.

Drie Chinese jongens en een etende kat

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a crying girl in a sun hat above a boy splashing in a puddle under clouds.

Huilend meisje en jongen spelend in het water

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink caricature of a bearded king in a crown and fur robe, weeping as onions fly around him.

Koning met uien

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a young girl with a bob haircut, wearing a button-trimmed dress and fringed shawl, hand on hip.

Meisje in een jurk met omslagdoek

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a woman with her head in her hand seated at a desk with a quill, inkwell, papers and a striped lamp.

Lezend meisje aan een tafel

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Satirical 1867 print of two men at a table, one turning a screw press pressing a newspaper labeled De Courant.

Spotprent op de verlaging van het dagbladzegel, 1867

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1867

Print of an equestrian statue of Maximilian I in Munich, showing an armored rider on a horse pointing forward.

Ruiterstandbeeld van Maximiliaan I van Beieren in München

Pietzsch & Comp., Eduard, 1839

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and ermine cloak, with crown, coat of arms and inscription below.

Portret van Frederik Augustus II

Jan Caspar Philips, 1735

Hand-colored Dutch educational sheet with small scenes of children, figures, ships and numbers, each with rhyming verses.

Opdragt aan de jonge en leerzame jeugd / Présent pour la jeunesse docile

Philippus Jacobus Brepols, 1800

Hand-colored children's sheet with sixteen scenes of figures, ships and animals, each with Dutch and French rhyming verses.

Opdracht aan de jonge en leerzame jeugd / Présent pour la jeunesse docile

Philippus Jacobus Brepols, 1800

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark gown, lace veil and jeweled tiara, resting her arm on a stone balustrade with flowers.

Portret van Sophie van Württemberg

Benoit Taurel, 1849

Portret van Sophie van Württemberg

Jean Baptiste Alfred Cornilliet, 1835

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark gown and tiara with a young boy beside her, before a balcony and landscape.

Portret van Sophie van Württemberg en Willem, prins der Nederlanden

Johannes de Mare, 1849

Etching of a small waterfall cascading over rocks into a stream, surrounded by dense vegetation and a wooden fence.

Waterval

Jan Gerard Smits, 1872

Etching of a man in seventeenth-century dress with a plumed hat and sword, standing in a stone doorway.

Man in zeventiende eeuwse kledij, staand in een deuropening

Jan Gerard Smits, 1838

Haan

Jan Gerard Smits, 1872

Etching of a rooster and hen on straw below two hens perched on a wooden beam in a dark barn interior.

Drie kippen en een haan

Jan Gerard Smits, 1873

Etching of a crowing rooster with raised head and curved tail feathers standing on hatched ground.

Kraaiende haan

Jan Gerard Smits, 1872

Etching of a man in a top hat smoking a pipe while seated sideways on a wooden chair, rendered in dense crosshatching.

Pijp rokende man met hoge hoed op een stoel

Jan Gerard Smits, 1838

Etching of a dark autumn woodland with a large tree, a fallen trunk in the foreground, and small figures among the trees.

Herfstlandschap met boom

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of two women seated at a draped table in a dim room with candelabra and vases on a mantelpiece behind them.

Twee vrouwen aan tafel

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of a still life: a baluster vase beside a carved chair with twisted legs, a dark cushion and draped white cloth.

Stilleven met stoel en vaas

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of a young woman seated in a chair, reading a sheet, beside a window and a table with a tea set.

Lezende jonge vrouw

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of a dense bouquet of petunias spilling from a dark round vase on a hatched tabletop.

Petunia's in kan

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of tulips in a dark jug on a table with a dotted cloth, rendered in fine hatched tones.

Tulpen in een kan

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of two large sunflowers and a smaller daisy with leaves and stems, rendered in fine hatched lines on a pale sheet.

Drie zonnebloemen

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Etching of a bouquet of petunias spilling from a dark vase against a hatched background.

Petunia's in een kan

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, 1872

Hand-coloured 1814 caricature of a seated woman in a feathered headdress holding a puppet of a young man with an Orange banne

De prins van Oranje als speeltje voor prinses Charlotte, 1814

George Cruikshank, 1814

Engraving of a man in a top hat and waistcoat standing on a boat deck, with a windmill and water in the background.

Veerschipper, 1840-1841

Henry Brown, 1839

Etching of the ancient Via Appia's polygonal paving stones and curbs, with a lone walking figure and overgrown trees.

Gezicht op de Via Appia Antica

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762

Engraving of an ancient tomb with a stone arch above a lettered cutaway plan of an underground heating system.

Graftombe en een ondergronds verwarmingssysteem

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762

Etched title page with a drawing of a sleeping elderly man, a decorative border, a skull, and an inscribed title.

Titelprent met tekening door Guercino

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764

Engraved plate with a cross-section of arched vaults cut into a hillside and a floor plan of a cistern with a measurement sca

Waterreservoir te Castel Gandolfo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762

Portret van paus Pius VI

Francesco Piranesi, 1782

Engraved plate of ancient architectural fragments: carved cornice, column base, and stone blocks with labeled construction ho

Details van restanten van de Curia Hostilia te Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756

Pencil drawing of a cluster of wilted sunflowers with drooping heads and bent stems on tan paper.

Uitgebloeide zonnebloemen

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and dark coat, with a coat of arms and Latin verse below.

Portret van Jean Hindret

Pieter van Schuppen, 1697