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Rijksmuseum

3,042 works

Painting of the Virgin in a red dress holding the nude Christ Child, both with gold halos, before a dark background with jars

Madonna and Child

Defendente Ferrari, 1526

Painting of a stormy sky over rushing water breaching a dike, with a figure in a red cloak on a cliff at left.

The Breach of the Saint Anthony’s Dike near Amsterdam

Jan Asselijn, 1651

Dusk forest landscape with classical figures and hounds on a rocky path, under a warm cloudy sky.

Diana and Her Nymphs Hunting

Abraham Genoels, 1685

Painting of nude Venus holding a flaming heart as winged Cupid draws his bow beside her, with a dove and red drapery.

Venus and Amor

Jacques de Gheyn, 1605

Ceiling painting fragment with female figures, a floating putto, gilded relief and red drapery in architectural setting.

Onderdeel (rechtsonder) van een plafondschildering met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Painting of the Madonna with long auburn hair holding the nude Christ Child, with a landscape view of a castle and river.

Madonna and Child

Giampetrino, 1510

Madonna with Child seated before a gold background, red gilded mantle, and dark flowering hedges on each side.

Madonna of Humility

Giovanni da Francia, 1429

Fragment of a 1676 ceiling painting by Gerard de Lairesse with gods, putti, gilded reliefs and a Diana scene.

Onderdeel (rechtsboven) van een plafondschildering met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Painted church interior with arches and columns, an angel appearing to a priest at an altar, and kneeling worshippers in fron

The Archangel Gabriel Appearing to Zacharias

Nicolaes de Giselaer, 1625

Pastoral landscape with a flute player, grazing cattle and goats, a nude child, and a hilltop town under cloudy skies.

De jonge Mercurius steelt runderen van Apollo’s kudde

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1530

Ceiling painting fragment with trumpeters, draped women, cherubs and gilded ornament, by Gerard de Lairesse, 1676.

Onderdeel (linksonder) van een plafondschildering met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Painting of an Arcadian landscape with tall trees, a classical building and obelisk, and two gesturing figures under a cloudy

Arcadian Landscape with Jupiter and Io

Johannes Glauber, 1680

Painting of the dead Christ supported by grieving women on a rocky ledge, with a red cloth and crown of thorns below.

The Lamentation

Pieter de Grebber, 1640

Ceiling painting fragment with draped female figures, cherubs, gilded relief ornament and a marble pedestal, by Gerard de Lai

Onderdeel (linksboven) van een plafondschildering met als hoofdvoorstelling Diana en haar gezellinnen

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Painting of angels descending in a fiery sky over shepherds, cattle and sheep kneeling in a rural landscape.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Abraham Hondius, 1663

Painted panel of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ Child in an arched niche, with gilded halos and a Latin inscription below

Madonna of Humility

Nativity scene with Mary holding the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, a kneeling man in red, and a shepherd beside a rocky la

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Bramantino, 1500

Nativity painting with the Virgin and infant Christ in a manger, kneeling angel, shepherds, and cherubs with a blue banner ab

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Abraham Hondius, 1663

Painting of a smiling satyr playing a pipe beside a goat, ram and sheep under a tree.

A Satyr

Jacob Jordaens, 1630

Triptych altarpiece: central Lamentation of dead Christ with mourners and crucifixion behind, flanked by saints and a kneelin

Triptych with the Lamentation of Christ

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1508

Narrow painted frieze with robed figures, a fig tree, a seated man writing in a central roundel, and a woman at a carved ches

Moses and the Tablets of the Law, the Curse of the Withered Fig Tree, and the Widow's Mite

Lodovico Mazzolino, 1525

Circular painting of the Holy Family with the infant John the Baptist, Mary kneeling in prayer before the Christ Child.

Worshipping the Christ Child

Meester Allegro, 1480

Painting of a barefoot man leading cattle through a hilly landscape with village houses and a distant church spire.

Hercules steelt de kudde van Geryones

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1590

Painting of a man in a red headdress and green robe holding a rod and brass instrument against a gold background.

Saint Damian (or Cosmas)

Bartolommeo Vivarini, 1465

Painted cathedral interior with a Gothic altarpiece, checkered floor, and figures in period dress beside stone pillars.

The Ghent Altarpiece by the van Eyck Brothers in St Bavo Cathedral in Ghent

Pierre François De Noter, 1829

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, angels, kneeling donors, soldiers on horseback, and a crowd before a city

The Crucifixion

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1507

Half-length painted portrait of a man in red and blue robes holding an open book, raising one hand, against a dark background

Saint Cosmas (or Damian)

Bartolommeo Vivarini, 1460

Oval miniature of the Madonna in a blue mantle holding the Christ child, with a crescent moon and haloes behind them.

Madonna op de maansikkel

Felice Ramelli, 1676

Still life of market produce with a woman vendor and a small background scene of figures at a table.

Still life with fruits and vegetables with Christ in Emmaus

Floris van Schooten, 1630

Interior scene of a family in a rustic room, an elderly man reading a large Bible while others sit and a man yawns.

Bible Reading

Eduard Pistorius, 1831

Small painting of Christ blessing children in a landscape, set in a gilded frame above a niche with a cherub sculpture.

Christ Blessing the Children

Johannes Voorhout, 1690

Painting of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, two angels playing flute and violin, in a vaulted church interior.

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne

Defendente Ferrari, 1528

Girl in a red gown dancing on a wooden floor while a woman and a seated lute player watch in an interior.

Airs and Graces, Opus CX

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, 1872

Painting of the Finding of Moses: women by a riverbank lift an infant from a basket beside a rocky cliff.

Finding of Moses

Johannes Voorhout, 1690

Sepia painting of a winged rider with sword above a chained nude woman, a sea monster, and a city by the water.

Perseus en Andromeda. Allegorie op de bevrijding van de Nederlanden door prins Frederik Hendrik

Pieter Symonsz Potter, 1642

Sepia drawing of a nude hero restraining a three-headed dog on a boat crowded with anguished faces, by Jacob van Campen.

Hercules Gets Cerberus from the Underworld (Charon, the Ferryman of the Styx)

Jacob van Campen, 1645

Full-length painting of Saint Paul with a sword and open book, wearing a green robe and red mantle, before a rural landscape.

Saint Paul

Macrino d' Alba, 1490

Painting of three women finding an infant in a basket by a river beneath a cliff and tree at dusk.

Finding of Moses

Johannes Voorhout, 1690

Brown monochrome painting of muscular men battling centaurs, one wielding a club, with a bow drawn at upper right.

Hercules Slays the Centaurs (Jupiter Defeating the Centaurs)

Jacob van Campen, 1645

Painting of a stormy rocky landscape with a fallen rider, soldiers on horseback, a town on a ridge, and a large tree.

Landscape with Conversion of Saint Paul

Kerstiaen de Keuninck, 1600

Painting of a mounted armoured rider giving a red cloak to a beggar in a snowy village street with crowds and bare trees.

Saint Martin Cutting Off Part of His Cloak for a Beggar

Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot, 1623

Muscular bearded male nude in brown tones straining against a large curved gate with metal fittings.

Triomf over de dood: Simson draagt de deuren van de poort van Gaza | Hercules doodt de centaur Nessus

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1555

Circular ceiling painting of a seated huntress with a bow, roses, a winged figure in clouds, and a chariot in a golden sky.

Part (central part) of a ceiling decoration with Diana and her companions as the principal representation

Gérard de Lairesse, 1676

Painting of a piper herding cattle and goats through a meadow, with a nude child, a walled town and hills behind.

The Young Mercury Stealing Cattle from the Herd of Apollo

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1540

Painted imitation of a niche with a woman holding fruit, a dog at her feet, and a frieze of dancing figures above.

Behangselschildering met bacchante

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1786

Panel painting of the crucifixion with angels, mounted riders, kneeling women and a walled city on green hills.

De kruisiging

Unknown artist, c. 1505

Oval painting of Saint Catherine with halo, palm frond and wheel, gazing upward in a golden-green robe and pearl necklace.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Cecco Bravo, 1617

Panel painting of the Virgin Mary with bowed head, blue starred mantle and tooled gold halo background.

Bust of Saint Mary (formerly entitled Madonna)

Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1381 - c. 1425

Christ rising from a stone tomb with a red banner while soldiers sleep below, a city and burning gate in the background.

Resurrection of Christ

Unknown artist, c. 1485 - c. 1500

Tempera panel of the Virgin and Christ child in a gilded halo, framed by dark foliage and gold roundels on green.

Virgin and Child

Unknown artist, c. 1440 - c. 1450

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary and the Christ child in a thatched stable, kneeling king in red, walled city

The Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, c. 1600 - c. 1650

Oil painting on copper of a crowd on a shore facing boats on a bay, with a mountain and town in the hazy distance.

The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee

Unknown artist, 1600 - 1699

Oil painting of the Madonna embracing the Christ child, with two putti holding a red cloth behind them.

Madonna and Child

Unknown artist, 1525 - 1535

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns and golden halo rays, wearing a red cloak, hands crossed on his chest, dark backgro

Christ with Crown of Thorns

Unknown artist, c. 1557 - c. 1600

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a radiant halo, white veil and cloak, hands clasped, gazing downward against a dark backgrou

Virgin Mary

Unknown artist, c. 1557 - c. 1600

Gilded panel of the crucified Christ with Mary and John beside the cross, and an enthroned Madonna and Child above.

Christus aan het kruis, met Maria en Johannes

Unknown artist, c. 1250

Dark etching of shepherds with a lantern gathering at night around a kneeling group, by Rembrandt van Rijn.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo wall-light with five candle arms and a satyr figure at its centre.

Design for a wall-light

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, c. 1717

Drawing of Venus kneeling with Cupid aiming a bow, two swans in reeds below, a carriage in a forest to the left.

Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Roelant Savery, 1586 - 1639

Etching of mourners around a shrouded body on a stone slab inside a dark rocky tomb, by Rembrandt van Rijn.

The Entombment

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1654

Grey ink landscape drawing with framing trees, a river and bridge, a hilltop castle, cattle and boats, and distant rocky hill

Landscape with the Healing of the Blind

David Vinckboons, 1601

Brush and watercolor drawing of the crucified Christ with Mary and John below and God the Father with cherubs above.

Christ on the Cross

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1650 - c. 1659

Pen and ink sketch of figures lowering a draped body beneath an arch, with a smaller standing figure at left.

The entombment after a sketch of an executioner

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640 - c. 1641

Pen and grey wash drawing of an angel appearing in the sky above shepherds, sheep, and a dog in a landscape.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

David Vinckboons, 1604