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Rijksmuseum

71,494 works

Engraving of two Exodus scenes: a battle with fallen warriors above, and a crowd dancing around a golden calf below.

Battle of Israel against the Amalekites and the worship of the golden calf

Jacob Folkema, 1791

Engraving of a standing man, a kneeling man and several women in classical robes before a columned building with an arch.

Man leaves home

Bernard Picart, 1683

Etching of robed figures and soldiers in a classical interior with urns, a pedestal, and a draped table.

Romans around a tomb

Bernard Picart, 1683

Engraving of a sacrifice scene: a flame on a draped altar, a robed priest, kneeling figures, and an urn before classical colu

A calf is prepared to be sacrificed

Bernard Picart, 1683

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe and white ruff, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Portrait of Christoph Zeller

Bartholomäus Kilian, 1669

Engraving of figures pushing and steering a relief-decorated cart past a classical temple, with an obelisk and urn behind.

Figure in triumphal chariot

Bernard Picart, 1683

Engraving of robed figures in a classical hall preparing an offering at a garlanded altar, with a flute player and kneeling a

A calf is prepared to be sacrificed to Juno

Bernard Picart, 1683

Engraving of a triumphal gate with a central arch and spire, crowds, soldiers with pikes, and a carriage passing through.

Triumphal arch in honor of 200 years of freedom in Vlissingen, 1772

Reinier Vinkeles, 1780

Brown-toned print of a miller in a cap beside a flour sack and hoist rope in a dim wooden interior.

Miller near a sack of flour

Willem Witsen, 1910

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace, lace collar and draped shawl, on a sheet of paper.

Portrait of Marie-Claire de Créquy, Countess of Jarnac

Louis Auguste Darodes, 1819

Engraving of a group of richly dressed figures meeting in a timber-beamed interior with leaded windows and a table.

Nobles in a deliberation

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraving of a plumed nobleman entering a bedchamber with two ruffed women, a canopy bed and a servant near discarded clothes

Lovers caught in a bedroom

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraving of a woman holding a dagger to her chest as men and a woman react in a panelled room with a curtain.

Woman stabs herself in the chest

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraving of a seated plumed man gesturing to two women in an interior with a curtain, column and doorway.

The Spanish little heathen girl Preciosa

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraved market street scene with a clergyman in a black cloak, a fruit seller with a basket, and a church tower behind.

Cleric robbed by a thief

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraving of a kneeling man kissing the hand of a woman in oriental dress before armored men and a walled city.

Oriental woman welcomed with a hand kiss

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraving of armoured knights fighting on horseback beside a tree, with spears and a helmet on the ground and mountains in th

Knights in combat

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Engraving of a bedchamber where a man in a doorway gestures toward a couple embracing on a bed, with a candle and a cat.

Man catches his wife with lover

Jacob Folkema, 1702

Satirical 1884 print of a helmeted rider on a horse labeled Tweede Kamer, with the word Verkiezingen beneath and verse below.

Caricature about the House of Representatives, 1884

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1884

Pen drawing of Saint Nicholas gesturing to a reclining woman on a sofa, with a kneeling figure and a lion, 1884 caricature.

Caricature about the sugar scarcity, 1884

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1884

Engraved plate of Corinthian and Composite columns with detailed capitals, bases, and ornamental fragments.

Columns of the Corinthian and Composite order

Johann Christoph Feinlein, 1630

Engraving of three classical columns labeled Tuscan, Doric and Ionic, with scales and enlarged capital details.

Three columns of the Tuscan, Doric and Ionic order

Johann Christoph Feinlein, 1630

Engraved plate of Corinthian columns and capitals with numbered measurements and a geometric construction diagram.

Columns and capitals of the Corinthian order

Johann Christoph Feinlein, 1630

Engraved rococo altar frame with scrollwork, a winged cherub head, a climbing putto and a standing female figure.

Altar with putti and woman

Balthasar Sigmund Setletzky, 1705

Political caricature of a woman holding a Liberale Unie banner beside a horse and rider, with Dutch caption, 1885.

Caricature about the expectations for 1885

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1885

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with a ruff collar, hand on chest, with Dutch inscription above.

Portrait of a man with his hand on his chest

Hendrick Goltzius, 1581

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly hair, wide-brimmed hat and cloak, with an Italian verse below.

Portrait of Sybrand Cameij

Reinier van Persijn, 1642

Engraved oval portrait of a long-haired man in a white collar, above a pedestal with an inscription.

Portrait of Thomas Bartholinus at the age of 61

Gonsales Appelmans, 1670

Portrait of Carel Wouter Visscher

Cornelis Apostool, 1796

Engraved print with a medallion portrait of a man in armor above a candlelit scene of men gathering in a room with a banner.

First initiatives for the elevation of William IV to stadtholder among the civic guard in Veere, 1747

Jan Caspar Philips, 1747

Two etched views on one sheet: the town hall of Haarlem above and the Grote Kerk church below, with figures in the squares.

View of the town hall of Haarlem / View of the Saint Bavo Church in Haarlem

Jan Caspar Philips, 1742

Two etched architectural views of Dordrecht: the town hall with clock tower above, and the Grote Kerk with its tall tower bel

View of the town hall of Dordrecht / View of the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht

Jan Caspar Philips, 1742

Ink and pencil book cover design with blackletter title Waal-Waal, ornamental borders and a flourished lower-right corner.

Book cover design for: Margarete Boie, Waal - Waal! Das leben eines Sylter Grönlandfährers, 1942

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1942

Pen and ink study sheet with looping calligraphic flourishes and spirals on ruled grid paper, with a wash smudge at left.

Study sheet

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Watercolor self-portrait of a dark-haired man in a blue garment against a red and ochre patterned background.

Self-portrait of Jan Toorop

Jan Toorop, 1881

Engraved allegorical scene with a central standing figure, seated personifications, soldiers, angels with trumpets, and coats

Maurits as protector of Religion and Freedom, 1624

Simon de Passe, 1624

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures by a column, with ships in a harbor and barrels in the foreground.

Allegory of Shipping, Trade and Abundance

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey ink drawing of a seated ruler under a canopy receiving a woman and attendants in a vaulted hall.

A monarch on his throne receives a woman and her entourage

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and watercolour design of a domed circular temple with columns, a central statue, and the word Concordia on its frieze.

Design for a Temple of Harmony

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Print of a stream flowing past grass toward a small wooden footbridge, with trees and a hillside beyond under a pale sky.

Landscape with brook and bridge near Moret

Paul Naudot, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with caption naming Reinier Pauw, Amsterdam burgomaster.

Portrait of Reinier Adriaensz. Pauw

Jacob Houbraken, 1749

Portrait of Pope Pius VIII

Friedrich Giessmann, 1829

Portrait of Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Reinier Vinkeles, 1805

Lithographic portrait of Pope Pius IX in a dark cloak with fur trim and an embroidered stole, shown in three-quarter view.

Portrait of Pope Pius IX

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1846

Hand-colored broadside with twelve woodcut panels showing scenes of a man's life, with Dutch verses beneath each image.

Not always does wealth or money bring man happiness and prosperity, / As you can verify from the history of Hans van…

Johannes Egbertus van Lieshout, 1827

Hand-colored print of sixteen small figures in period dress in a grid, each with a Dutch rhyming caption below.

See how an encounter causes miss fair-face / To change well six times on this plate

M. Hemeleers-van Houter, 1827

Etching of a wooded riverbank with two fishermen beside a wooden gate and a gabled house.

Forest view with two fishermen by a house

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1860

Etching of a tall pine tree on a hillside with a figure and dog in a distant field under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a fir tree

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a tall spruce and two smaller conifers in a landscape, with a small figure on a path and clouds above.

Landscape with three fir trees

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a group of tall pine and deciduous trees in a woodland clearing, with a small seated figure and cloudy sky.

Fisherman in front of a group of trees

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Engraved portrait of a woman with pearl-studded hair, wearing a patterned silk gown and jeweled brooch beside a column.

Portrait of Terentia Albia

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Engraved portrait of a crowned woman in an embroidered gown with a jeweled necklace, Latin caption above and verse below.

Portrait of Empress Statilia Messalina

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Portrait of Aemilia Lepida

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Portrait of Petronia

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Portrait of Marcia Furnilla

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Engraved portrait of a woman in ornate dress and cloak, pointing down, before a classical arch with ruins.

Portrait of Flavia Domitilla maior

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Hand-colored print of a menagerie with rows of tigers, giraffes, monkeys, hyenas, bears and hares, with Dutch captions below.

Menagerie of various animals

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Hand-colored print of nine French cavalry soldiers on rearing horses in blue, yellow and red uniforms, arranged in three rows

French cavalry in the Crimea

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Engraving of the ruined Mellifont Abbey tower with arched openings, two figures on a grassy path, and clouds above.

View of the ruins of the abbey of Mellifont

Etching of a shepherd with a crook standing beside a goat, cow and sheep in a hilly landscape, captioned Lente.

Spring

Frederick Bloemaert, 1700

Engraving of a hunter with gun and hare, followed by a dog, in a rocky landscape with birds in flight, titled Herfst.

Autumn

Frederick Bloemaert, 1700

Two etched views of the Kraanpoort gate in Nijmegen: a riverside tower with boats above, and a street with an arched gateway

Two views of the Kraanpoort at Nijmegen, seen from inside and outside the city

Hendrik Spilman, 1746

Two engravings of the Windmolen gate in Nijmegen, showing a city gate with an arched passage and gabled houses on a street.

Two views of the Windmolenpoort at Nijmegen

Hendrik Spilman, 1746

Two engraved views of the Molenpoort gate in Nijmegen, exterior with windmill above, interior with houses and a tower.

Two views of the Molenpoort at Nijmegen, seen from inside and outside the city

Hendrik Spilman, 1746