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Rijksmuseum

54,331 works

Hand-colored engraving of a ship hit by lightning in a stormy sea, with two women on a rock at right.

Gezicht op een schip getroffen door blikseminslag op zee

Nicolas de Beauvais, 1700

Hand-coloured engraving of sinking ships and survivors in a rowboat amid rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Zeegezicht met zinkende schepen op een woeste zee

Jean-François Daumont, 1745

Hand-colored engraving of a harbor with palazzo facades, statues, quayside figures, and sailing ships on the water.

Gezicht op een haven te Boeotië tegenover het eiland Euboea

Hand-colored engraving of Baalbek temple ruins with columns, fortified towers, and small figures on a dirt path.

Gezicht op de ruïnes van het tempelcomplex te Baalbek

Hand-colored engraving of Constantinople's skyline with minarets and domes across the water, with ships and a tower in the fo

Gezicht op de stad Constantinopel

Louis-Joseph Mondhare, 1759

Engraved title page of an elegant interior with a fireplace, paneled walls, costumed figures and an ornamental frame.

Titelblad: Cheminées et Lambris

Jean Lepautre, 1665

Engraved architectural section of an ornate room and gallery with classical columns, a fireplace, and small figures.

Doorsnede van kamer en gallerij

Jean Lepautre, 1665

Engraved architectural cross-section of an ornate hall with columns, statues, a fireplace and figure vignettes in the upper c

Doorsnede van zaal

Jean Lepautre, 1665

Hand-coloured print of ten standing figures in historical costume, numbered 62, with a rifle-bearing man and women in dresses

Tien figuren in historische kledij

Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven-Hendriksen, 1832

Woodcut broadside with sixteen hand-colored scenes of Apostles' miracles and biblical events, with Dutch captions, 1716.

Hier kunt gy sien, o jeugt, en ook wel merken aan, / Wat wonderen in haar tyd d' Apostelen hebben gedaan

Jan Bouman, 1716

Hand-colored 1725 woodcut sheet with twenty-four panels of costumed figures and Dutch proverb verses.

Komt hier gij jonge jeugd / hier is wat nieuws na u begeeren: / Veel spreuken en zinnebeelden kunt gy hier leeren

Johannes Kannewet, 1725

Engraving of a winged seahorse with a leafy bud tail rising from waves, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Gevleugeld zeepaard met aan zijn staart een knop van bladeren

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Etching of a winged sea creature with a bull's head and curling fish tail above rippling waves, with foliage in the corner.

Gevleugelde zeestier met een sik

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Engraving of a winged lion with a curling mane and beard, its body merging into swirling waves.

Gevleugelde zeeleeuw met golvende manen en een baard

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Engraving of an elephant head with a curled trunk among swirling leafy scrolls and ornamental foliage.

Zee-olifant met oren van bladeren

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Engraving of a winged sea creature with a coiling tail looking back over its shoulder amid waves.

Gevleugelde zeehond die achterom kijkt

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Etching of a fox chased by three dogs across an open field, with trees on the left and a hatched sky above.

Vos en drie honden

William Young Ottley, 1828

Etching of hunters with dogs, a woman in a plumed hat, a man with a spear, and a rifle in a wooded landscape.

Jager met honden

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of a lion in combat, grappling with a snake coiled around its neck, set against a sparse landscape with a tree.

Leeuw en slang in gevecht

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of a leopard attacking a bull on rocky ground, with a ruin and palm tree in the background.

Luipaard en stier

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of two startled deer beside a large tree, one stag with antlers looking alert, the other drinking water.

Opschrikkende herten

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of a bear rearing up in a forest while two dogs attack from the left beside a tree trunk.

Beer aangevallen door honden

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of two dogs attacking a bristling porcupine beside a tree, with a hill in the distance.

Stekelvarken door honden aangevallen

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of a wild boar lying in tall grass with shrubs and distant trees on a hillside, by Abraham Daniëlsz. Hondius, 1672.

Wild zwijn

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of a wolf fighting two dogs over a dead sheep, with a shepherd and rocky hills in the background.

Wolf aangevallen door honden

Abraham Hondius, 1672

Etching of four hounds beside a hunter holding up a dead hare in an open landscape with trees and clouds.

Vier honden, een jager en een haas

Abraham Hondius, 1671

Etching of a wild boar attacked by hunting dogs under trees, with horsemen hunting across a hilly landscape behind.

Wild zwijn door honden aangevallen

Abraham Hondius, 1671

Engraved landscape of a river winding past a hilltop castle, boats, and a foreground with an angel and travelers beneath a la

Tobias en de engel vangen de vis in de Tigris

Hendrick Hondius, 1600

Engraved landscape with large trees, a river, village houses and a peasant couple walking a country road at lower right.

Landschap met een boerenpaar op een landweg

Hendrick Hondius, 1599

Engraved view of the Tower of London with its walls, turrets and trees, and Tower Bridge at right.

Tower of London

James Valentine, 1902

Watercolor drawing of five butterflies, a wasp and two flies on cream paper, by Pieter Withoos, 1680.

Blad met vijf vlinders, een wesp en twee vliegen

Pieter Withoos, 1680

Watercolor of a speckled purple-grey spotted crake with yellow bill and legs standing on grass beside shrubs and a tree.

Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) ?

Pieter Withoos, 1687

Watercolor drawing of seven insects including beetles, a grasshopper and two flies on a cream background.

A Sheet with Seven Different Insects

Pieter Withoos, 1680

Watercolor of a common snipe with a long bill standing on a grassy bank beside water, signed lower left.

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Pieter Withoos, 1687

Pen drawing of a hilly landscape with a shepherd, sheep, shrubs, ruined walls and village houses.

Italiaans landschap met herder

Pieter de With, 1650

Brown ink drawing of an Italian street with weathered buildings, arched windows, column fragments and small figures.

Italiaans stadsgezicht

Thomas Wijck, 1626

Pen drawing of a river landscape with rocks, a sailing boat, a rowing boat, a jetty and a distant ruined tower.

Riviergezicht

Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, 1590

Black and white print of soldiers fighting in a snowy street between mud brick houses, with fallen figures in the snow.

A severe fight in the streets of Newchwang

Ordnance Survey, 1894

Photograph of a decorated triumphal arcade with flags at Hibiya, Tokyo, with a crowd and lined street in the foreground.

The triumphal arcade at Hibya, Tokyo

Ordnance Survey, 1895

Engraved page with nine scenes of 1718 war events, including a Mediterranean map, naval battle, cavalry clash and processions

Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XIX), 1718

Leonard Schenk, 1718

Engraved print with a historical map and five vignettes of ancient Germanic sacrifices, funerals, feasts and warriors.

Historische kaart van de Nederlanden met afbeeldingen van het dagelijkse leven van de Germanen

Pieter van der Keere, 1617

Engraved page with nine panels of 1717 battle maps, fortress plans, a naval battle and cavalry scene.

Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XVIII), 1717

Pieter Schenk, 1717

Engraved book page with nine panels of maps, naval battles, city plans, and military scenes from 1716.

Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XVII), 1716

Pieter Schenk, 1716

Engraved page with nine scenes: naval battles, a royal bedchamber, city maps, troops and a burning town, 1715.

Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XVI), 1715

Pieter Schenk, 1715

Engraved page with nine scenes of court ceremonies, a naval battle, and military events, by Leonard Schenk, 1720.

Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XXI), 1720

Leonard Schenk, 1720

Engraved page of nine scenes showing battles, processions, coaches and courtly audiences, with Dutch and Latin captions.

Schouwburg van den oorlog (blad XX), 1719

Leonard Schenk, 1719

Sepia etching of a rocky gorge with a water wheel, sluice gates, cypress trees and a tower on the cliff.

Rotsachtig landschap met waterrad bij een stuwmeer

Franz Hegi, 1784

Engraving of a bearded seated man with an open book and lion, surrounded by winged putti and angels on clouds.

H. Marcus omgeven door leeuw en engelen

François de Louvemont, 1658

Engraving of Saint John seated with an eagle and surrounded by putti and angels in a triangular spandrel frame.

H. Johannes omgeven door adelaar en engelen

François de Louvemont, 1658

Etching of three windmills beside a calm waterway under a cloudy sky, with reeds in the foreground and a tree at right.

Landschap met molens

Herman Löwenstam, 1855

Engraving of two scholars in period dress studying a celestial globe with compasses, beside an armillary sphere and open book

Astronoom en mathematicus

Herman Löwenstam, 1858

Etching of a coastal landscape with boats at a harbor and a family walking along a path beneath a large tree.

Landschap met de verdrijving van Hagar en Ismaël

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Etched coastal landscape with figures on a path, a large tree, rocky cliffs, a hilltop building and boats on the shore.

Landschap met de verdrijving van Hagar en Ismaël

Engraved landscape of a waterfall over rocky cliffs, framed by trees, with figures and a dog walking on a path.

Figuren bij een waterval

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Engraved landscape with a stone house, water wheel, trees and an angel beside a kneeling figure near a stream.

Landschap met Tobias en de engel

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Engraved landscape of a forest with tall trees, two figures on a wooden bridge, a cow on a path, and distant hills.

Landschap met Abraham en Isaak

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Black and white etching of a rocky landscape with a lion, a donkey, a fallen figure, and a large tree under a stormy sky.

Landschap met een dode godsman, leeuw en ezel

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Engraving of a ruined stone building with a large tree, a group of women and children on a path, and a distant town.

Ruïne met een groep vrouwen en kinderen

Guilliam van Nieulandt, 1594

Etching of a storm at sea with a capsized ship, figures on dunes, a rider on horseback, and a ruined tower under dark clouds.

Storm op zee

Joost van Geel, 1666

Etching of sailing ships and a small boat on choppy sea under clouds, with a distant lighthouse on the horizon.

Ontvangst van de post op zee

Joost van Geel, 1666

Etching of a coastal scene with a lighthouse tower, a running figure, and a rowing boat on rough water.

Bezorgen van post

Joost van Geel, 1666

Etching of sailing ships on rough seas, with a small pilot boat approaching a large vessel under a stormy sky.

Een loodsman komt aan boord van een schip

Joost van Geel, 1666

Etching of a thatched cottage with flagpoles on a dune path, sailing ships on the sea, and figures near a fence.

Posthuis met een postbode op uitkijk

Joost van Geel, 1666

Hand-coloured print of Wiesbaden town seen across fields, with large trees, a road, riders and church towers.

Gezicht op Wiesbaden

Monogrammist DS, 1800

Etching of a brick farmhouse with a tall telegraph pole and trees beside it under a cloudy sky.

Boerderij met telegraafpaal

Willem de Zwart, 1896

Etching of a woman in a bonnet walking a tree-lined dirt road beside a grazing cow, with an open horizon beyond.

Vrouw met een koe aan een touw op een landweg

Willem de Zwart, 1896

Etching of a meadow with grazing cows and trees under a cloudy sky, signed Willem de Zwart.

Weide met koeien

Willem de Zwart, 1896

Open book page showing a black-and-white group photo of children in costume with a caption about a Vienna photography school.

Groepsportret van een onbekende groep meisjes

K.K. Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie, 1887

Printed portrait study of a smiling young woman in an apron lifting a water jug on her shoulder beside a stone archway.

Portretstudie van een onbekend meisje met een waterkan

K.K. Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie, 1887

Print of a symmetrical ornamental frieze with two bearded tritons with fish tails facing each other amid scrolls and fish.

Ornament met twee vechtende tritons

Ralf Leopold von Retberg, 1846

Photographic reproduction of a landscape with a white goat and sheep beside trees, printed on an open book page.

Reproductie van een schilderij van een geit in een landschap door Jacob van der Does

Joseph Maes, 1878

Book spread with catalogue text on the left and a sepia photomechanical reproduction of a crowded village scene with horses o

Reproductie van een schilderij van verschillende onbekende personen en paarden in een landschap met huizen door Jan B…

Joseph Maes, 1878

Open book: left page is printed catalogue text, right page holds a sepia photo reproduction of an interior scene with figures

Reproductie van een schilderij van een groep onbekende personen rond een trommel door Johan le Ducq

Joseph Maes, 1878

Sepia photomechanical print of a mountain landscape with a lake, dark conifers and rocky peaks, on an open book page.

Berglandschap met een meer

Bernhard Johannes, 1887

Printed reproduction of a Jan van Goyen seascape showing a river mouth, a manor bastion, village houses and sailing ships.

Reproductie van een schilderij van een gebouw aan het water van Jan van Goyen

Joseph Maes, 1878

Book page with a circular photo of a small child hugging a large dog, with a German caption below.

Portret van een onbekend meisje met hond

William Henry Partridge, 1887

Woodcut of armed soldiers with spears marching toward a classical city gate, with a walled city and military camp behind.

Camillus

Jost Amman, 1549

Etching of Adam and Eve standing nude in Eden among animals, with God and angels in clouds above.

Adam en Eva in het paradijs

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1673

Engraving of three winged putti in a decorated arch, one floating with a staff and two below with a book and scroll.

Drie engelen of putti bij een boog

Jan Schenk, 1720

Open book spread with four photographs of Jupiter being occulted by a dark body against a night sky, plus printed text.

Vier fasen van de verduistering van Jupiter

William Henry Pickering, 1892

Two photographic plates: a large rambong fig tree with aerial roots, and rows of pepper vines on poles on a Sumatra plantatio

Peperaanplant en kapokbomen op een plantage op Sumatra (boven) en rubberplant (onder)

Carl J. Kleingrothe, 1898

Engraving of a classical throne room where a king is about to drink from a cup while a helmeted man restrains him, a woman in

Alkoof met Aigeus en Theseus

Jean Lepautre, 1662

Photographic plate of Comet Swift 1892 with bright head and long diagonal tails over a star field on a dark background.

Comet A 1892, 1. swift

Edward Emerson Barnard, 1892

Engraving of a draped alcove with classical statues, putti and figures of Mercury and Herse, with French verse below.

Alkoof met Mercurius en Herse

Jean Lepautre, 1662

Engraving of a canopy bed in a colonnaded interior, with a kneeling woman and reclining armored men on the floor.

Alkoof met Scylla

Jean Lepautre, 1662

Open book showing a plate of a dense star field and Milky Way near Messier II, photographed by Barnard in 1892.

Milky way near Messier II

Edward Emerson Barnard, 1892

Open book page showing a black-and-white photograph of a faint elongated nebula among scattered stars, beside printed text.

California-nevel

Edward Emerson Barnard, 1895

Open book spread with horsemanship text on the left and a rotated photo of a rider with a horse on the right.

Man voor een paard

Alexander Nicol, 1879

Photograph of a rider on a dark horse beside an open book page of horsemanship instructions.

Man naast een paard

Alexander Nicol, 1879

Open book: left page with French botanical text on marshmallow, right page with a circular microscope image of plant fibers a

Microscopische weergave van heemst

Léon Herlant, 1891

Book page with a circular microscope image of ipecacuanha root tissue and crystals, facing French text on the right.

Microscopische weergave van braakwortel

Léon Herlant, 1891

Black and white micrograph of Jalap starch grains and resin, shown beside a printed French page describing the plant.

Microscopische weergave van Jalap of Ipomoea purga

Léon Herlant, 1891

Open book: left page French text on licorice plate VII; right page circular microscope image of plant fibers and starch.

Microscopische weergave van zoethout

Léon Herlant, 1891

Black and white microscope photograph of turmeric granules beside a printed French page describing Curcuma longa rhizomes.

Microscopische weergave van kurkuma

Léon Herlant, 1891

Open book showing French text on ginger and a circular microscope photograph of ginger starch granules, labeled IX.

Microscopische weergave van gember

Léon Herlant, 1891

Book page with a round microscope image of iris plant starch grains and crystals, beside printed French text describing the p

Microscopische weergave van iris florentina

Léon Herlant, 1891