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Rijksmuseum

54,341 works

Engraving of a shepherd pointing to an angel on a cloud above goats, sheep and a dog, with light rays falling below.

Annunciation to the shepherds

Jean LeClerc, 1597

Engraving of a sculptor and an old woman beside a nude statue with a laurel wreath in a dim studio, with tools on the floor.

Pygmalion in Love with his Statue

Magdalena van de Passe, 1617

Engraved allegory of an armoured rider on a rearing horse among classical columns and Hercules figures, 1619.

Allegory in honor of Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg

Claude Mellan, 1619

Etching of a pastoral landscape with shepherds by a river, cattle crossing a bridge, trees and a distant tower.

Arcadian landscape with shepherds on a bank

Jan l' Admiral, 1709

Watercolour drawing of a lecture with a man touching a skull under a floating pink balloon before a seated audience.

Intermezzo from the comedy 'De min in het Lazarushuis

Christiaan Andriessen, 1807

Grey wash drawing of women with a parasol and a man in a top hat crossing a dim passage toward a bright doorway.

Christiaan Andriessen and his family leave De Fransche Tuin at one o'clock at night

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Sepia wash drawing of a schoolroom with young women in period gowns seated at benches and a man in a long coat by tall window

Pupils of Miss Zeydelaar's girls' boarding school wish master Christiaan Andriessen a pleasant fair

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of visitors entering a fairground tent, with a performer in a pointed hat on a balcony.

Visitors stream into a fair tent

Christiaan Andriessen, 1808

Watercolor interior with figures in shadow watching a woman in white at a glowing doorway beneath a chandelier.

Poffertjes stall at the fair with a man with a barrel organ

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Night street scene of a vendor with a wheelbarrow of shells, lit by a candle lantern, in brown wash drawing.

Street vendor selling window ashes from his wheelbarrow in the evening

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen sketch of a blindfolded violinist and a hurdy-gurdy player in a top hat with a woman in a cloak on a street.

Three street musicians of whom the violinist is blindfolded

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a standing maid watching a kneeling woman with a basket beside stone steps and a grid-paned wind

Maid watches while ribbon is measured

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman by a canal railing, with a standing woman, a child and potted plants at right.

Woman with child buys a Palm Sunday stick

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of four children on a flat boat by a canal, looking up at trees and a building behind a fence.

Four children look from a barge at a sparrow's nest

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of a heavyset man with a cane facing a woman in a pink skirt and flying scarf.

Police officer and a woman who tries to seduce him

Christiaan Andriessen, 1805

Grey wash drawing of a woman walking between two men in tricorn hats and long coats along a railed path beside a tree.

Woman is brought to the Workhouse by two guards

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Greyhound in front of a closed door

Florimond Buyck, 1889

Engraving of a seated man in a hat and cloak, one arm raised, beside a rock, with italic inscription in the lower left.

Seated man

Frederick Bloemaert, 1635

Etching of a woman lying on her side, head covered by a veil and body wrapped in a cloak, with fine hatched shading.

Woman with a veil over her head

Frederick Bloemaert, 1635

Etching of draped legs, a hand and bare feet, a figure study on cream paper with a thin border.

Seated young woman

Frederick Bloemaert, 1635

Etching of a young man with long hair lying on his side wrapped in a heavy cloak, one arm stretched out.

Young man with cloak

Frederick Bloemaert, 1635

Grey and blue wash drawing of the Taj Mahal at night, reflected in a pool with a figure standing at right.

Taj Mahal by moonlight

Marius Bauer, 1877

Etching of a bent figure in a long cloak, head bowed low to the right, with the garment folding across the ground.

Old man with long coat

Frederick Bloemaert, 1635

Engraved 18th-century interior scene of men in period dress at a table, a gesturing figure, and a woman with a candle in a do

Scene from the play The mathematics artists, or The fled young lady

Pieter Tanjé, 1754

Etching of a crowned woman with a lion and a bearded sea god pointing beside spilled coins and jewels.

Venice receives the tributes of Neptune

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1745

Etching of a dirt road running beside a line of tall trees, with a thatched farmhouse on the flat land to the right.

Road along a forest edge

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Etching of a ewe with two lambs in a grassy landscape, one lamb nursing beside her and another resting in the background.

Ewe with two lambs

Adriaen van de Velde, 1670

Etching of windblown trees, a hedgerow, and a farmhouse with a small figure on a path under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with farm and sower

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Etching of two resting sheep in a grassy field with shrubs and hatched sky, by Adriaen van de Velde, 1670.

Two lying sheep

Adriaen van de Velde, 1670

Etching of a galliot sailing on rough seas beside a rowing boat, with a rocky cliff and distant ships on the horizon.

Galiot of Jan de Vyl

Reinier Nooms, 1650

Etching of a sailing boat tossed by rough waves, with a smaller sailboat and rowing boat nearby under cloudy skies.

Ferry from Haarlem to Amsterdam

Reinier Nooms, 1650

Etching of a large sailing boat with smaller vessels and fishermen on calm water near a distant shore.

Ferry from Amsterdam to Leiden

Reinier Nooms, 1650

Etching of men on a rocky shore gesturing at ships in a harbor, with a fire and boats at left.

Entrance of the roadstead of Texel

Reinier Nooms, 1650

Etching of a riverside palace with a round tower, boats on the water, a wooden bridge, and figures on the bank.

View of the Louvre and the Tuileries

Reinier Nooms, 1656

Etching of a dirt road with travelers and pack animals leading past houses and chimneys toward a town under a cloudy sky.

The road to the suburb Marsiou in Paris

Reinier Nooms, 1656

Etched river landscape with trees, a wooden fence, boats on the water, a tower and houses along the far bank.

Seine and the mall

Reinier Nooms, 1656

Etching of a stone sundial on a pedestal with two figures beside a wall under a cloudy sky with light rays.

The watch and the sun quadrant

Claude Gillot, 1719

Etching of a nude woman with drapery welcoming a man in period coat beside a spilled cornucopia of coins and rocks.

Fortuna welcomes a happy man

Bernhard Rode, 1745

Etching of children playing skittles in a landscape, framed by a rococo cartouche with French verses below.

Children playing skittles

Jacques Bacheley, 1722

Etching of two stylized masklike faces side by side, one serene and one grimacing, on a speckled ground.

Two masks

Willem Retera, 1900

Lithograph of a village street with a horseman, dogs, men at a bench under a tree, and a church tower in the distance.

Playing children

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820

Drawing of a baby's head in front of a skull with a sunburst, beside a dark smudged panel and vertical lettering.

Skull and head of a baby

Theo van Reijn, 1932

Etching of moored sailing ships with masts along a quay, figures on the bank, and low houses across the water.

Moored sailing ships by a quay

Jan van Rhijnnen, 1869

Etching of two harnessed work horses resting beside two men in a yard, seen from behind.

Two men with two resting workhorses

Marius Richters, 1888

Etching of flat furrowed fields with a windmill and village rooftops on the horizon under an open sky.

Fields

Marius Richters, 1888

Etching of a busy canal with a steel truss bridge, moored boats, a tall mast and figures on the quay.

Train on a railway bridge over the water

Marius Richters, 1888

Engraved view of the Muidergracht canal in Amsterdam with a mansion, garden trees, boats and figures under a cloudy sky.

View of the Muidergracht in Amsterdam

Jan van Call, 1700

Engraving of the Koornbeurs grain exchange in Amsterdam, with crowds on the square, moored ships and a church tower.

View of the Korenbeurs in Amsterdam

Jacob van Meurs, 1663

Engraving of a canal street with a large tree, row of gabled houses, pedestrians, a small boat and a distant bridge.

View of the Achtergracht

Jan van Call, 1700

Grey wash drawing of a harbor with a large moored sailing ship, many masts behind, rowing boats and warehouses along the quay

View of the Westerdok

Pieter Idserts, 1708

Grey wash drawing of a domestic interior with a woman, a child, an elderly seated woman, and two children at a table.

Interior with a family with children

Jan Josef Horemans, 1692

Grey wash drawing of a Roman scene with a seated emperor, attendants, columns, and a helmeted soldier gesturing.

Roman scene with an emperor and a general

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, 1783

Red chalk drawing of a crumbling stone fountain beneath a large tree, with a river and hills in the distance.

Italian landscape with ruined fountain

Frans Boudewijns, 1700

Red chalk drawing of an Italianate landscape with a tall tree beside a rock, a hilltop tower, and a river.

Italian landscape with a tree by a rock

Frans Boudewijns, 1700

Engraved allegorical portrait of a woman in an oval frame, with cherubs, a helmeted warrior figure and a church.

Portrait of Maria Theresia of Austria

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1740

Engraving of a kneeling monk at a crucifix resisting demons and tempting women in a rocky cave, by Bouttats, 1676.

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1676

Engraved plate of an ornate reliquary with robed saints in niches, angels in gables, and lion supports below.

Reliquary of Saint Gorik

Pieter Balthasar Bouttats, 1676

Engraving of Europa riding a bull across turbulent sea, companions on shore, sailing ships and a winged figure in the sky.

Rape of Europa

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Actaeon with stag antlers and hunting dogs, facing nude bathing nymphs at a stone fountain in a wooded grotto.

Diana and Actaeon

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed, Cupid nearby, an older bearded figure pointing up at gods in the clouds.

Venus and Mars surprised by Vulcan

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of two figures embracing on a canopied bed, with a cherub above and a city view through an arched window at right.

Apollo seduces Leucothea

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Thisbe standing over the fallen Pyramus under trees, with a lion and a bearded figure at a fountain.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of Salmacis embracing Hermaphroditus by a pool, with a town and hilltop castle in the background.

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602

Engraving of a winged hero attacking a sea monster near a chained nude woman on a rock, with a harbor town behind.

Perseus and Andromeda

Crispijn van de Passe, 1602