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Rijksmuseum

54,341 works

Engraved neoclassical frontispiece with columns, pediment and inscriptions, with a harbor scene of ships in the central panel

Kalligrafie ter ere van de veertigste verjaardag van koningin Wilhelmina van Pruisen, 1814

Pieter Toornenburgh, 1814

Etching of the Leidse Poort in Amsterdam with a drawbridge, canal boat, townspeople on the quay and gabled houses behind.

Gezicht op de Leidsepoort te Amsterdam

Jan Veenhuysen, 1664

Etching of the Jan Roodenpoort tower and a three-arched canal bridge in Amsterdam, with gabled houses and moored boats.

Gezicht op de Jan Roodenpoortstoren te Amsterdam

Jan Veenhuysen, 1664

Etching of a tall clock tower beside a canal, with a stone arched bridge, moored boats, gabled houses and a tree.

Gezicht op de Munttoren te Amsterdam

Jan Veenhuysen, 1664

Etching of a tall clock tower beside a busy harbour with masted ships, rowing boats, and gabled houses along the quay.

Gezicht op de Haringpakkerstoren te Amsterdam

Jan Veenhuysen, 1664

Etching of the Schreierstoren tower in Amsterdam, with masted ships, rowing boats and a wooden jetty along the harbor.

Gezicht op de Schreierstoren te Amsterdam

Jan Veenhuysen, 1664

Etching of the Montelbaan tower in Amsterdam with a crowd on a quay and sailing ships with flags in the harbour.

Gezicht op de Montelbaanstoren te Amsterdam

Jan Veenhuysen, 1664

Engraved cityscape of a bridge over a harbor with masted ships, crowds of people, and gabled buildings.

Gezicht op het Paalhuis en de Nieuwe Brug te Amsterdam

Zacharias Webber, 1664

Engraved plan of the fort at Negombo with a street grid, river, and three-masted ships in the sea below.

Plattegrond van het fort bij Negombo

Johann Wolfgang Heydt, 1736

Oval etching of Mars and Venus with cupids, a shield, and draped curtains, after Simon Vouet, 1638.

Mars en Venus

Michel Dorigny, 1638

Etching of Venus embracing Adonis, who holds a spear, with hunting dogs and cherubs in an oval landscape.

Venus en Adonis

Michel Dorigny, 1638

Pencil drawing of a man with long curly hair and a direct gaze, on grey paper with cut corners.

Portret van een man

Gérard ter Borch, 1645

Grey chalk drawing of a man with wavy shoulder-length hair and mustache, on blue-grey paper with cut corners.

Portret van een man

Gérard ter Borch, 1648

Loose pencil sketch of a man raising a cane beside a woman in a long dress, with faint underdrawing behind.

Leo Gestel en An Overtoom met bloemstuk

Leo Gestel, 1937

Colour illustrated sheet showing paper making in a mill at centre, surrounded by scenes of paper use, writing, reading and ca

Productie en gebruik van papier

Belin et Bethmont, 1850

Lithograph of a decorated Frascati hall in Amsterdam with statues, palms, and well-dressed guests at tables under a patterned

Soiree in Frascati te Amsterdam gedurende de kermis van 1845

Johannes Hilverdink, 1845

Lithograph of a crowded 1854 Amsterdam ballroom with chandeliers, classical statues, palms and people in period dress.

Soiree in Frascati te Amsterdam gedurende de kermis van 1854

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1854

Hand-coloured print of soldiers in a military sortie with explosions and smoke near a fortress, 1832.

Uitval van de Bezetting van de Citadel van Antwerpen bij de Lunet St. Laurent / (10 December 1832.)

Johannes Steyn, 1832

Etching of a bull standing on a grassy path beside a tree and wooden fence, with flat land behind.

Landschap met stier

Dirk van Oosterhoudt, 1766

Etched landscape with cows wading in water, a goat and resting sheep, dense trees and clouds in the background.

Landschap met schapen, geit en koeien

Dirk van Oosterhoudt, 1766

Etching of two cows in a landscape, one reclining and one standing beside a gnarled tree and a pool of water.

Landschap met twee koeien

Dirk van Oosterhoudt, 1766

Etching of a standing cow and a lying cow beneath a tree in an open landscape.

Staande en liggende koe

Dirk van Oosterhoudt, 1766

Etching of a landscape with a sandy bank, a walker with a dog on a path, a tall tree and a farmhouse beside water.

Landschap met wandelaar met hond

Gerrit Adrianus van Oosterhoudt, 1802

Etching of rocky cliffs above a calm sea with distant sailboats and birds in the sky.

Aan de Middelandsche Zee

Philip Zilcken, 1920

Etching of ruined castle walls on a rocky hilltop above sparse shrubs and sandy ground, by Philip Zilcken, 1920.

Ruïnes van het kasteel van Les Baux

Philip Zilcken, 1920

Etching of a stone tower on a hillside above a river, with houses and cypress trees along the bank.

Avignon. Tour Philippe le Bel

Philip Zilcken, 1920

Etching of sailing boats on a Venetian lagoon, with a bell tower and domed buildings on the distant skyline.

In de lagune van Venetië

Philip Zilcken, 1920

Etching of a Nile riverbank town at evening, with feluccas on calm water, a minaret and palm tree.

Avond aan den Nijl

Philip Zilcken, 1920

Etching of pyramids rising over a river and flat landscape with palm trees on the left, under a hatched sky.

Opkomende Semoem (Kaïro)

Philip Zilcken, 1920

Engraving of a sleeping putto lying across a dolphin amid curling foliage and waves.

Slapende putto op dolfijn

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Engraving of a winged sea horse with a curled tail ending in a flower-like form, over stylized waves.

Gevleugeld zeepaard met aan het einde van zijn staart een open blad waaruit twee stampers steken

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Engraving of a fantastical sea horse with curled tail, leafy fins and a bearded chin, rising above waves.

Zeepaard met bladvormige vinnen en een sik

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 1580

Etching of the ruined Koningsveld monastery with a tall tower, broken stone walls, and small figures among the rubble.

Gezicht op de ruïne van het klooster Koningsveld

Coenraet Decker, 1680

Engraved map of an imaginary landscape with mountains, islands, a volcano and bilingual Dutch and French titles.

Topografische kaart van een niet bestaand gebied

H. Reding, 1839

Colour print of the Rotterdam zoo with a central pond, birds, visitors and framed vignettes of animal houses.

Gezichten op de dierentuin in Rotterdam

Hendrik Wilhelmus Last, 1865

Pencil drawing of a canal with townhouses, a sailboat, rowing boats and a bridge, by Willem Hekking jr., 1835.

Gezicht op het Spui en de panden van Arti et Amicitiae en het Leesmuseum

Willem Hekking jr., 1835

Pencil sketch of the arcaded facade of student society Nos Jungit Amicitiae on the Rokin, with flags and handwritten colour n

Gezicht op Rokin 31, de studentensociëteit Nos Jungit Amicitiae

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1887

Pencil sketch of a canal lined with trees and moored boats, with a stone bridge and rowboat in the distance.

Gezicht op de Amstel

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with columns, a pyramid tomb, and a funeral procession with torches and soldiers.

Begrafenis in een gefantaseerd klassicistisch interieur

Jacques-François Blondel, 1715

Grey wash drawing of a domed church interior with Corinthian columns, a checkered floor, and kneeling robed figures.

Interieur van een koepelkerk

Jacques-François Blondel, 1715

Drawing of ruined classical columns, a carved sarcophagus and a pyramid, with two armed figures among the rubble.

Bouwvallen van antieke gebouwen

Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1751

Pen and wash drawing of a kitchen with a girl in a cap cooking at a hearth, surrounded by pans, plates and utensils.

Kitchen-sene with a Girl frying Pancakes

Louis Aubert, 1740

Pencil and wash drawing of dunes, a church tower, a coastal village, a carriage, and ships on the sea under clouds.

Scheveningen

Abraham Delfos, 1741

Engraving of a receding city street with ornate townhouses, a tower, arched shopfronts, and a figure in a doorway.

Gezicht in een straat met op de hoek de prentwinkel van Hieronymus Cock

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1563

Engraved print of a colonnaded hall with arched windows, a coffered ceiling and sculpted figures on the upper walls.

Gezicht in een hal met zuilengalerijen

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1563

Engraved interior with a canopied bed, a sunken water basin with steps, a fountain, and a nude figure sculpture in a niche.

Interieur met bed en waterbassin

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1563

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing beside a sleeping cupid, paired with Vulcan hammering at an anvil in a forge.

Mars en Venus / Vulcanus in de smidse

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro, 1550

Engraving of a woman picking fruit from a tree beside a nude young man and a climbing figure on a tree trunk.

Vrouw plukt fruit van een boom / Jongeman vastgebonden aan boomstam

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1520

Watercolor drawing of a river town with a tall church tower, sailboats on the water, and fields in the foreground.

View of Rhenen and the Rhine from the East

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1663

Pen and ink drawing of several men in wide-brimmed hats gathered around a table in an interior.

Officers of the Coopers’ and Wine-Rackers’ Guild

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1667

Engraving of Neptune calming stormy waves with sea horses while ships and struggling men are tossed in the sea.

Neptunus kalmeert de golven (‘Quos Ego’)

Giulio Bonasone, 1531

Pen and brown ink drawing of two tall trees in an undulating landscape with a fence, path and distant hills.

Undulating Landscape with Two Tall Trees

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1662

Brown wash drawing of a young man in a wide hat and lace collar reclining on his stomach while reading a book.

Liggende jongen

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1653

Engraved allegory with a bust portrait on a pedestal, a crowned standing figure, a seated woman, cherubs and a domed colonnad

Portret van Maria Magdalena Kress von Kressenstein met allegorie op haar overlijden

Johann Adam Schweickart, 1764

Engraved front elevation of an 18th-century Amsterdam townhouse with a pediment, coat of arms, pilasters and sash windows.

Voorgevel van het Huis onder 't Zeil te Amsterdam

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1776

Lithograph of the Oranje-Nassau barracks in Amsterdam with soldiers, pedestrians and a windmill in the background.

Gezicht op de Oranje-Nassau Kazerne te Amsterdam

Johannes Hilverdink, 1846

Lithograph of the Oranje-Nassau barracks in Amsterdam beside a canal, with boats, a windmill and a large tree in the foregrou

Gezicht op de Oranje-Nassau Kazerne te Amsterdam

Paulus Lauters, 1836

Engraved print of the Oranje-Nassau barracks in Amsterdam, with a family in the foreground and a domed building in the distan

Gezicht op de Oranje-Nassau Kazerne te Amsterdam

Etching of a fantastic dragon-like creature beside a bearded man with a scrolled volute body, with ornamental details.

Fantastisch wezen naast een man met een voluut als lichaam

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Etched print of two symmetrical ornamental panels with scrolls, grotesque figures, serpents and tasseled pendants.

Twee vlakdecoraties met bladranken en grotesken

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Engraving of a winged Fama blowing two trumpets atop a globe, flanked by cherubs blowing bubbles and reading in a landscape.

Fama met twee bazuinen

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Etching of three winged putti on rearing horses in a landscape, one holding a bird and another blowing a trumpet.

Landschap met drie putti te paard

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Engraving of three winged putti fighting in a landscape, one lying fallen beside a sword and shield, with a distant hill town

Landschap met drie putti

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Etching of four winged putti dancing beside a tree, with a piper in the branches and a rural landscape behind.

Vier putti die twee aan twee dansen bij een boom

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Etching of four putti with a sea creature, a lobster, and a flute beside a tree and tall reeds.

Vier putti

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Engraving of four winged cherub heads with feathered hats and ruffs, surrounded by scrolling ornament and small feathers.

Vier cherubijntjes

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Oval engraving of a winged child riding a serpentine sea creature beside reeds and clouds, with a distant shoreline.

Liggend ovaal met putto op zeewezen

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Three winged putti play with a ball in a wooded landscape, with a goblet on the ground, in a 1573 print.

Landschap met drie putti die een balspel spelen

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Engraving of a winged putto riding a serpent over clouds, with sailing boats and a coastline in the distant sea.

Liggend ovaal met putto

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Engraving of a fleet of armed sailing pinks on choppy water near the Moerdijk, with a rowing boat of men in the foreground.

Gewapende pinken bij de Moerdijk, 1793

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1793

Engraving of gunboats and sailing vessels on the Dordtsche Kil under a cloudy sky, with trees along the distant shore.

Kanonneersloepen in de Dordtsche Kil, 1793

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1793

Etching of two men, one seated playing a mandolin and laughing, the other dancing beside him against a dark background.

Twee muzikanten

Jacob Gole, 1670

Etching of a nude figure on rocky ground attacked by exotic birds, with a parrot in a tree, by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1702.

Titelpagina voor het pamflet: De Geplukte Tapoeijer, 1702

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1702

Etching of two men in plumed hats and cloaks in a columned interior, with a statue in a niche behind them.

Illustratie voor de Decamerone van Boccaccio

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1697

Etching of two cats riding a large bird over a farm landscape, with a fox on the ground and hens nearby.

Titelblad voor het pamflet: De Misleide Poesjes, 1702

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1702

Hand-coloured print of Portofino harbour with pastel houses, anchored sailing boats and wooded hills behind the bay.

Gezicht op Portofino vanuit de baai

Lithograph of a tree-lined street by a canal with a wooden bridge, gabled houses, and walking figures under a cloudy sky.

Biltstraat in Utrecht

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809

Print of a canal bank with houses, tall trees, a rowboat and figures, with a church tower in the distance.

Stadswal in Utrecht

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1809

Etching in three rows showing fifteen small sketched figures of street people, beggars, peasants and a dog in everyday scenes

Vijftien scènes uit het dagelijks leven

Michał Płoński, 1802

Engraving of a woman with a water jug at a well speaking with a bearded man beneath trees, a city visible in the distance.

Christus en de Samaritaanse vrouw

Hans Collaert, 1585

Engraved print of a formal assembly in a tiled hall with a canopied dais, seated officials, and a crowd of onlookers.

Vergadering te Orléans, 1561

Frans Hogenberg, 1565

Engraved print of a parliamentary courtroom with seated judges, a clerk, spectators, guards with halberds, and a town vignett

Anne du Bourg verdedigt de protestanten in het parlement, 1559

Frans Hogenberg, 1565

Engraving of a laurel-crowned ruler examining a building plan with soldiers and workers constructing a monastery behind him.

Keizer Karel V laat een klooster bouwen, 1555

Cornelis Boel, 1614

Colour print of a draped window with rose curtains, gold tassels, a palm in an urn, and green patterned wallpaper.

Raampartij met gordijnen

Léon Laroche, 1890

Engraved winter landscape of skaters on a frozen canal with bare trees, a windmill and a church tower beyond.

Wintergezicht op Leiden

Jacques Bacheley, 1730

Engraved interior view of a Gothic church nave with tall columns, arches, vaulted ceiling and small figures on the floor.

Interieur van de Sint-Janskerk te Gouda

Iven Besoet, 1760

Trompe l'oeil drawing of folded papers, a dedication scroll, a city map, engravings, a quill and a feather on black.

Schijnbedrieger met kaart van wijk 26 en opdracht aan Jacob Guillot

Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1772

Collage of printed pages and a coloured engraving of militiamen with flags and muskets, under a banner reading Eendragt Maakt

Schijnbedrieger met schuttersbrief van kapitein Christiaan van Marselis

Pencil sketch of the Grand Théâtre facade on Amstelstraat with handwritten material notes and staircases.

Exterieur van het Grand Théâtre des Variétés aan de Amstelstraat

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1852

Pencil drawing of a Rembrandtplein street corner with a café terrace under striped awnings, a vintage car, and tall trees.

Gezicht op het Rembrandtplein, hoek Thorbeckeplein

Jean Charles Louis Landré, 1918

Pen and wash drawing of the Jan Roodenpoort city gate with a canal, rowing boats, figures and a large tree.

Gezicht op de Jan Roodenpoort

Hendrik Tavenier, 1784

Caricature print of Napoleon beside a map, surrounded by exaggerated officers, cavalry and grenadiers, with a writing secreta

Krijgsraad van Napoleon voor de slag bij Waterloo, 1815

Johann Michael Voltz, 1815

Hand-colored satire of rats in uniforms celebrating before a stout Napoleon figure on a platform, with a balloon and ship.

Vieren van Napoleons verjaardag op Sint Helena, 1815

Johann Michael Voltz, 1815

Engraved print of uniformed delegates meeting around a draped table in a formal room with a wall painting.

Afgevaardigden op het Congres van Wenen, 1814-1815

Bernhard J. Dondorf, 1833

Engraved key of portraits of Congress of Vienna delegates in uniform, each labeled with name and country.

Sleutel met de namen van de afgevaardigden op het Congres van Wenen, 1814-1815

Bernhard J. Dondorf, 1833

Engraving of soldiers slaughtering civilians on a rocky hillside, with a bearded elder and women and children among the falle

Leger van Antiochus Epifanes doodt Israëlieten

Johannes Wierix, 1579