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Rijksmuseum

54,341 works

Etching of Dutch ships in a naval engagement at sea, one vessel firing cannons and releasing gun smoke under a cloudy sky.

Capture of L'Amité Royale, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Engraving of sailing ships in rough seas under stormy clouds, with gunsmoke during a naval capture off the coast.

Capture of an English sloop, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Etching of sailing ships fighting at sea amid smoke, with a Dutch caption describing a 1782 battle against four loggers.

Fight against four luggers, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Engraving of two sailing ships in rough seas, one firing while smoke rises between them, with a distant coastline under cloud

Fight against a strong cutter, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Engraving of two sailing ships on rough night seas under a moon, one chasing the other, with Dutch and English captions.

Sextroh hunts the Marianne, 1782

Hendrik Roosing, 1782

Etching of the burned-out facade of the French ambassador's residence in The Hague, with a ladder, props and two figures in t

Ruins of the house of the French ambassador in The Hague, 1782

Simon Fokke, 1782

Engraving of a night fire rising over Rotterdam canal houses, with a crowd watching on the quay, dated 1782.

Fire in the brewery De Twee Leeuwen in Rotterdam, 1782

Jacob Groenendijk, 1782

Pencil and grey wash studies of three hunting horns on paper, one shaded in detail, signed J. E. Ridinger 1723.

Three studies of hunting horns

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1723

Brown wash drawing of a tavern interior with men drinking and talking, a woman in a bonnet, and two dogs on a tiled floor.

View in an inn with talking and drinking people

A. van den Bosch, 1890

Pen drawing of an Amsterdam street facade with an arched passage, shopfronts with awnings, and a stepped gable building.

View of the Beurspoortje at the Vijgendam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1757

Pen drawing of a narrow street with an archway, gabled houses and a notary sign, showing the Beurspoortje on the Vijgendam.

View of the inside of the Beurspoortje at the Vijgendam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1757

Pencil drawing of a garden gate with a woman and young girl on steps, a lily pond, and flowering shrubs.

View of the entrance of the Rijksmuseum gardens on Jan Luijkenstraat

Henriëtte de Vries, 1916

Pencil and wash drawing of small pavilions, fences and figures among trees, with a larger scene on the right.

View of animal enclosures in Artis

Willem Hekking jr., 1838

Pencil and wash drawing of a garden with tall trees, a pavilion and strolling figures, with three small vignettes beside it.

View of the pheasantry in Artis

Willem Hekking jr., 1838

Watercolor of a canal-side café with red roof, wooden waterwheel and tall trees, with a brick townhouse at right.

View of the Polderhuis on the Boerenwetering

Jean Charles Louis Landré, 1885

Grey wash drawing of a canal with trees, a boat of figures, a domed pavilion and a distant church tower.

View of the Plantage Muidergracht

Jan de Vlaming, 1756

Engraving of Jacob sleeping on rocks as angels climb and descend a stairway toward God in the clouds.

Dream of Jacob

Cesare Fantetti, 1675

Daumier lithograph of a distressed father holding a crying baby while two children cry nearby, 1838.

Father with three crying children

Honoré Daumier, 1838

Pencil sketch of cavalry riders on a tree-lined forest path, with a sentry beside a small building at right.

Cavalry in a forest

Louis Charles Hora Siccama, 1817

Brown wash drawing of soldiers feasting and drinking at a table in a rustic farmhouse interior.

Soldiers enjoying themselves in a farmhouse

Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, 1887

Brown wash drawing of a family gathered around a sick woman in a canopy bed, with a girl in a bonnet in front.

The birthday of the sick grandmother

Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, 1834

Brown wash drawing of a pensive woman in a dark dress beside a candle lit table in a dim interior room.

Pensive lady by candlelight

Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, 1834

Grey ink wash drawing of an attic interior with exposed beams, a ladder, a table with seated figures, and a window.

Attic room

George Washington Schwartze, 1867

Pen and ink landscape with a farmhouse, a church tower behind trees, and a cloudy sky over an open field.

Landscape with farmhouse and tower

Johann Georg Schwartze, 1868

Etching of half-timbered houses along a river with a rowing boat and ducks on the water.

View of houses in Nonancourt

Henri Antoine Gaston de Gourcy, 1875

Etching of a large tree beside a calm river, with a woman standing at its base and distant hills beyond.

View of an island in Neuvic

Henri Antoine Gaston de Gourcy, 1867

Etching of the village of Colko with a farmhouse, castle ruins, a tall tower, and a horse cart on a road.

View of Kolko

Anthony Gout, 1639

Engraving of a kneeling sculpted woman in a cloak and headdress on a pedestal, captioned Catherine de Médicis.

Tomb sculpture of Catherine de' Medici in Saint-Denis

Tony Goutière, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship and rowing boat on choppy water before a walled fort with a flag on the shore.

Fort Zeelandia

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Pen and watercolor design for a wall with two landscape panels, a boat on a river, cattle, and a central clock ornament.

Design drawing for a wall panel

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Brown wash drawing of a riverside plantation with a masted ship and a sailboat with figures on the Suriname river.

Jagtlust plantation on the Suriname River

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Grey wash drawing of a plantation with wooden buildings, a windmill, palm trees, a canal, boats and workers.

View of a plantation, possibly Rust en Werk

Hendrik Huygens, 1849

Watercolor wall design with two landscape panels of cattle, goats, trees and a lake, separated by a central text panel.

Design drawing for a room wall

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Watercolor design drawing of a room wall with a central fireplace flanked by two painted landscape panels.

Design drawing for a room wall with fireplace

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Design drawing of a room wall with double door, tree landscape panels and a frieze of figures above.

Design drawing for a room wall with door

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1760

Engraved plan and elevation of a hotel gateway with columns, arched door, and heraldic crest above the pediment.

Gateway with columns

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved plan and elevation of a classical gateway with columns, a pediment, and shield ornaments, with a ground plan below.

Gateway with columns and coats of arms

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved plan and elevation of a hôtel gateway with a coat of arms, carved medallion, and scale bar below.

Gateway with putti and medallion

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved elevation of a hôtel gateway with a coat of arms, putti, and a fanlight relief, numbered 287.

Gateway with Venus and Cupid

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved plan and elevation of a mansion gateway with columns, pediment and flanking wings, with a scale bar.

Gateway with columns and pediment

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved architectural elevation of a two-story facade with a central portal, balconies, garlands and a scale bar.

Facade with portal and balconies

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved architectural elevation of a two-story classical building facade with pediments and garland reliefs.

Facade with pediments

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved elevation of a pavilion facade with three round arches, columns, caryatids and a floor plan below.

Facade with rounded arches and sculptures

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved elevation of a domed pavilion with columned central entrance, shown with a scale bar in toises.

Facade with dome

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved floor plan of a pavilion with a large central circular room, flanking wings, staircases, and a scale bar in toises.

Floor plan of pavilion

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved elevation of a two-story pavilion with statues and fountains flanking the facade, with a scale bar below.

Facade with sculptures and fountains

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved elevation of a two-storey garden pavilion with three round arches, a balustrade and two sphinx statues.

Facade with rounded arches

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved elevation of a pavilion facade with central arched doorway, columns, steps, and a scale bar below.

Facade with staircase and pilasters

Jean Pelletier, 1772

Engraved fortification plan of Dinant along the Meuse river, with lettered key, compass rose and scale bar.

Fortress plan of Dinant

Harmanus van Loon, 1696

Engraved fortification plan of Charleroi with star-shaped bastions, a river, redoubts, and a lettered legend.

Fortress plan of Charleroi

Harmanus van Loon, 1709

Engraved fortress plan of Charleroi with star-shaped bastions, the Sambre river, a compass rose and a printed French text leg

Fortress plan of Charleroi

Harmanus van Loon, 1690

Songbird pecking at pink plum blossoms on a branch against a pale background, Japanese woodblock print.

Songbird on blossom branch

Ohara Koson, 1900

Woodcut print in a floral border of a bull attacking a man while another man flies into the air, with a windmill and village

This wonder-work very well known / Is depicted in this print [(...)]

Johan Noman, 1806

Etching of a moated castle with a domed tower and drawbridge, with figures and tall trees on the left bank.

View of Merckenburg Castle

Antoine Radigues, 1750

Engraved view of a riverside village with a tall church tower, fishermen on the bank and a boat with horses on the river.

View of Heukelum from the Linge

Philippus van der Schley, 1750

Engraving of a large sailing ship and rowing boat on the Maas with Rotterdam waterfront buildings at left.

View of Rotterdam from the Maas

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1746

Etching of soldiers near a large conical tent, thatched houses, a tree and a dog in a rural landscape.

Soldiers near a tent

Robert van den Hoecke, 1632

Etching of a thatched farmhouse with trees, a worker, and soldiers with a spear on a path.

Soldiers near a farm

Robert van den Hoecke, 1632

Etching of a busy Amsterdam market street with gabled meat halls, stalls, townspeople, a horse and cart, and a church spire.

View of the Great and Small Meat Hall on the Nes in Amsterdam

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1611

Etching of a crowded Dam square in Amsterdam with a tall tower, church, weigh house and figures in cloaks.

View of the Old Town Hall, the Bank of Exchange, the New Church and the Weigh House on the Dam in Amsterdam

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1611

Etching of the Beurs building in Amsterdam seen across a canal with a stone bridge, boats and a tall spired tower.

View of the Exchange of Hendrick de Keyser from the Rokin in Amsterdam

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1611

Etching of figures brawling in a ruined landscape, with a tent, dancers, a horseback rider and crumbling stone walls.

Landscape with a company including two men fighting

Joseph Wagner, 1739

Lithograph of a farmer herding cattle and sheep with a dog before a stormy sky, bent trees at right.

Farmer with his animals fleeing from a hurricane

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1837

Two-part etched panorama of a walled town with church towers, windmills, canal, and small figures on the embankment.

View of Delft, consisting of two parts

Coenraet Decker, 1678