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Rijksmuseum

16,431 works

Ink and wash drawing with a brick building and tree, a windmill over water, and a branch of roses, signed Jan van Essen 1887.

Gezicht op het kantoor van Liefdadigheid naar Vermogen te Amsterdam

Jan van Essen, 1887

Grey wash drawing of a long low building with chimneys and a signboard on a gabled end, seen against a pale sky.

Gezicht op de Soeploods op de Herenmarkt te Amsterdam

Gerrit Postma, 1829

Watercolor of a moored cargo boat beside a canal quay with gabled houses, a tree, and figures on the waterfront.

Gezicht op de Soeploods op de Herenmarkt te Amsterdam

Gerrit Lamberts, 1816

Watercolor of a horse pulling an ornate sledge with two men and a green banner, with a torch bearer walking alongside.

Twaalfde slede

Abraham Delfos, 1776

Hand-coloured drawing of a decorated sleigh drawn by a brown horse, with two men driving and two torchbearers walking beside

Dertiende slede

Abraham Delfos, 1776

Pen drawing of nude women around a bound male captive, with a kneeling woman in front and children on their backs.

Vrouw bereidt de doding van een gevangene voor

Theodor de Bry, 1538

Pen and brown ink drawing of an elderly bearded man in a tall cap and pleated ruff collar, viewed three-quarters.

Portret van Sigismund Feyerabend

Theodor de Bry, 1595

Coloured drawing of a blue sleigh with four horn-playing musicians pulled by two horses, with two torchbearers riding alongsi

Veertiende slede

Abraham Delfos, 1776

Brown wash drawing of a path winding through trees toward distant travelers and hills under a pale sky.

Italiaans landschap met reizigers in de verte

Pen and grey wash drawing of a forest path past a boulder, trees framing a distant hazy landscape.

Tweesprong aan de rand van een bos

Pencil sketch study of horses, donkeys, a rider and a man leading a horse across rocky ground.

Studieblad met figuren, paarden en ezels

Pen and brown wash drawing of an Italian fortified building with a round tower, arched gateway and trees behind.

Italiaans gebouw met zware ronde toren

Brown ink and wash drawing of a mountain landscape with a road by a lake, trees, a ruined tower and distant hills.

Berglandschap met een weg langs een meer

Pencil sketch of a canal with a sluice gate, old houses, a tower and trees reflected in the water.

Gezicht op de Overtoomse Sluis

Anthonie van Teijn, 1927

Watercolor of a kraal with thatched huts, armed men with spears, beaded figures, and a campfire before mountains.

The kraal of “Captain” Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pen and wash drawing of a mountainous landscape with cliffs, trees, a winding road, a round tower and small figures.

Bergachtig landschap met figuren

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing woman in beaded necklaces and headwrap, with thatched huts in a green landscape behind he

Pusega, daughter of Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe tribe

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour drawing of a standing man in a yellow helmet holding spears, with a leopard-skin shield and Dutch captions.

‘Captain’ Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe tribe, wearing the grenadiers helmet given him by Robert Jacob G…

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of a standing woman with a pipe and a child in beaded jewellery on grassy ground, by Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777.

A standing, probably Khoikhoi, woman, with tobacco-pipe and child

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Hand-colored drawing of a standing man holding a spear, wearing a leopard skin, beaded necklaces and brass bracelets.

Man, probably of the AmaXhosa, wearing a leopard skin and holding a spear

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing man in a fur cloak and beaded ornaments, with domed huts and mountains behind him.

Ruiter, a Gonaqua captain

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of Namaqua chieftains and family in fur cloaks, beaded necklaces and headdresses, with spears and a bow

Chieftans of the Namaqualand region

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1779

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing Khoisan man with a smoking pipe, spear, bow and quiver, beside thatched huts.

Karmoeb, Captain of the Namaqua Khoisan

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour of a standing woman in a fur cloak and beaded jewellery holding a child, with plants at her feet.

Khoikhoi or Gonaqua woman with a child at the breast

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour of a group in feathered headdresses and beadwork walking with an ox loaded with bundles and two children.

Nomadic tribe with their possessions laden on an ox

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a dark cloak, beaded necklaces and turban, with domed huts and a river behind him.

The Gonaqua chieftain, Ruiter

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Full-length painted figure of a woman with a feathered headband and beaded jewelry holding a whisk, with a small boy beside h

Khoikhoi or San woman with her little boy

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of a standing man in a dark fur cloak and beaded belt, smoking a long pipe, with shrubs behind him.

Khoikhoi man smoking a pipe

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of seated men with spears watching a body wrapped in a hide on the ground, with a Dutch caption below.

Burial of a Khoikhoi man, with spectators

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Drawing of a standing woman with beaded jewelry and headdress holding a feather fan, with plants around her on grass.

Standing Khoikhoi woman

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777