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Rijksmuseum

54,341 works

Watercolor sketch of two 18th-century men in red and black coats gesturing in conversation, one holding a walking stick.

Two main characters from the opera Doktor und Apotheker by Karl Ditter von Dittersdorf

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown wash drawing of a family group in an interior, women in empire gowns and bonnets admiring a fur-trimmed coat.

Family admires the new coat of the sister of Christiaan Andriessen

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Ink and wash drawing of a nursemaid with a parasol walking with two children in long dresses.

Babysitter with two children under a broken umbrella

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolour sketch of figures battling wind and rain on a street, with a woman in a bonnet and a man with an umbrella

Maid with a very long sunbonnet, a funeral caller and Christiaan Andriessen brave wind and rain

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and watercolor drawing of two men in long coats walking along a canal promenade lined with trees.

Adult orphan boys from Haarlem walking along the Amstel

Christiaan Andriessen, 1806

Engraved astronomical diagram of the sun's orbit around the earth with zodiac labels, cherubs and small inset diagrams.

Celestial map of the path of the sun around the earth, according to Ptolemy

Johannes van Loon, 1660

Engraved astronomical plate with a zodiac wheel, planetary aspect lines, a central hemisphere map and cherubs in the corners.

Celestial map of the northern hemisphere with connections between the constellations and the elements

Johannes van Loon, 1660

Engraved Ptolemaic diagram of the Moon's orbit with epicycles, zodiac ring and putti in the margins, by Johannes van Loon, 16

Celestial map of the path of the moon around the earth, according to Ptolemy

Johannes van Loon, 1660

Engraved celestial diagram of moon phases around a central earth, with a radiant sun and cherubs holding banners.

Celestial map of the path of the moon around the earth and the phases of the moon

Johannes van Loon, 1660

Colourful 19th-century Dutch goose board game with numbered spaces and a central scene of children and an adult playing.

New entertaining game of goose

Jan Vlieger, 1885

Printed 19th-century board game with numbered circles, small genre vignettes, dice, and ornate scrollwork borders.

Klaasje / Zevenster / New / Company game

Hendrik Vleck, 1869

Colorful 1898 board game showing a flower parade with decorated carriages and crowds, with numbered border squares and vignet

Flower parade game

N. Veenstra, 1898

Engraving of dancing women, a winged old man playing a lyre, children with an hourglass, and a chariot in the clouds.

The Dance of Time

Raphael Morghen, 1768

Engraving of the Holy Family resting with angels offering food, putti above, a donkey and elephant in the landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Raphael Morghen, 1768

Etching of a thatched barn with an open door, a stone well, a bare tree, and a church tower in the distance.

Barn with open door and a tower

Jacques Marchand, 1800

Etching of a garden well with pulley and vines, a gnarled tree, and a woman in a headscarf at a trough.

Windmills in a landscape

Jacques Marchand, 1800

Etching of a figure digging near a stone hut with thatched roof, a wheelbarrow, and smoke in the background.

Kneeling woman by a water well

Jacques Marchand, 1800

Etching of a windmill beside a thatched shed and a wooden well with bucket, with trees and hills in the distance.

Water well with bucket on rope

Jacques Marchand, 1800

Engraved view of a tall stone wall, a building with small windows, arched openings, fallen blocks and a tree.

Part of building with high wall

Jacques Marchand, 1800

Topographic plan of the Digentia valley and Horace's villa, showing hills, rivers, roads, ruins and a scale bar.

Map of the villa of Horace and the valley of Digentia

Pietro Rosa, 1851

Hand-coloured board game print with numbered scenes of coaches, horses, boats, a bridge and a wedding, titled Nieuw Colombine

New colombine game or pantalon persecutor / Le nouveau jeu de colombine

Jacob Plügger, 1822

Engraved frieze with a winged sphinx, lion and wolf heads, a cherub with garland, and floral scrollwork.

Part of frieze on fireplace in Council Chamber of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1663

Etched lunette with two putti, two roosters and fruit-filled cornucopias framing an empty circular medallion.

Lunette with putti, roosters and cornucopias in the western gallery of the City Hall on the Dam

Hubert Quellinus, 1655

Japanese print of tea ceremony utensils: a speckled tea bowl, a patterned tea caddy, and a bamboo scoop, with calligraphy.

Supplies for the tea ceremony

Lithograph of a funeral procession of men in top hats walking toward a city skyline with a church tower, wreaths and birds.

The funeral of the Dutch Etching Club

Marius Bauer, 1896

Lithograph of a winged armored figure with a sword above a burning city, with soldiers and shields at right.

Hard times (an emperor print)

Marius Bauer, 1895

Dark lithograph of a crowded procession with a palanquin, mounted riders on a gateway, and domed buildings under a hazy sky.

Procession with palanquin

Marius Bauer, 1877

Loose sketch of a sleeping figure reclining beside a table with a cup and pipe, signed M. Bauer.

Opium smoker

Marius Bauer, 1877

Brown ink sketch of two shirtless men reclining on a platform in a dim room, one with closed eyes and head back.

Two opium smokers

Marius Bauer, 1877

Etching of a female dancer in ornate costume and headdress on a dim stage, with seated figures at the sides.

Wajang Wong

Marius Bauer, 1926

Etching of robed men in turbans seated and standing on a stone staircase, with a child and a dog in the foreground.

Men by a staircase

Marius Bauer, 1890

Etching of a night fire blazing at the Amsterdam town hall, with smoke and a crowd of onlookers in the street below.

Fire in the city hall of Amsterdam, 1762

Reinier Vinkeles, 1783

Engraved bird's-eye view of the siege of Hulst in 1591, with fortified town, troop camps, and ships on waterways.

Conquest of Hulst, 1591

Pieter Bast, 1608

Engraving of a procession of guards and a carriage moving down a street lined with townhouses, 1763.

Departure of the Prince of Orange after attending a meeting of the States-General and the Council of State, 1763

Iven Besoet, 1763

Line drawing of a tobacco field with leafy plants in the foreground and small figures working among the crops.

Tobacco fields

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Grey ink drawing of a dragon head with bulging eyes and whiskers emerging from swirling dark and pale clouds.

Dragon and clouds

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink sketch of two folded lotus leaves with radiating veins on a pale sheet, mounted within a light border.

Sketch page with folded lotus leaves

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Small sketch sheet with grey ink strokes, red inscriptions and a yellow wash, attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige I.

Sketch page

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Three studies of cicadas on a pale sheet, two lightly coloured with transparent wings and one in pencil outline.

Three studies of flies

Nonoyama Kōzan, 1790

Title page with decorative lettering and flourishes for Original Beasts Studies after Dutch old masters, published in Amsterd

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1796

Engraving of Christ healing a paralytic lowered on ropes before a crowd, with a radiant halo and Dutch text below.

Christ heals a paralyzed man

Salomon Savery, 1639

Engraved vignette in rococo frame: veiled woman, radiant figure holding open book in clouds, cherubs by altar and tablets.

Vignette with Faith and Truth

Engraving of an allegorical scene with a pope, a king, Religion and figures labelled Jansenists in distress, in an interior h

Retreat of the Jansenists

Abraham Bosse, 1654

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside a tree with a serpent, with rocks and foliage in the background.

Adam and Eve with the serpent

Francesco Giangiacomo, 1809

Etching of a woman in a headscarf nursing an infant while looking into a framed mirror that reflects her face.

Young woman breastfeeding a child

Pierre Brébiette, 1620

Engraved church interior of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam with a wedding party near the pulpit and a preacher above.

Marriage between Reformed people in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam

Jan Lucas van der Beek, 1785

Engraved trade card framed by flower garlands and drapery, advertising A. Lefilleul's book and print shop in Paris.

Business card of book and print shop A. Lefilleul in Paris

Adolphe Varin, 1831

Print of a crowded Amsterdam square with a town hall under construction, scaffolding, a church, and people in period dress.

Dam in Amsterdam with the city hall under construction

Leendert Izaac Frederikus Grondijs, 1868

Engraved rural scene of a collapsed thatched farmhouse, women at a well, chickens and pigs in the yard, and a large tree.

Partially collapsed farmhouse with two women and a girl at a well

Auguste Claude Simon Legrand, 1775

Engraved view of a military parade in a palace courtyard, with mounted soldiers, marching troops, and crowds at the gates.

View of a parade in front of the Palais des Tuileries

Auguste Claude Simon Legrand, 1775

Engraving of a young rider on a decorated camel with a staff, beside an altar scene with an angel and a ram.

Triumph of Isaac

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1559

Engraved allegory with figures labeled Opinio, Mundus fascinatus, Veritas and Justitia beside a candle in a magic circle.

Wrong conviction alienates the world from the truth

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1575

Engraving of allegorical figures Veritas, Stultus mundanus and Opinio with a shadow figure Mendacium and ruins in a landscape

The false delusion ruins the world: The truth hidden by lie

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1575

Engraved allegory of Patientia on a chariot with winged figure, lion, blindfolded Fortuna and ship at sea behind.

Triumph of patience (Patientia)

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1559

Engraved plan and elevation of two library bookcases flanking a central door, with classical busts and reliefs.

Door and two bookcases

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1752

Etching of a canal harbor with a brick tower, gabled houses, masted boats and a standing figure beside the water.

The harbor at Leerdam

Willem Wenckebach, 1899

Etching of crumbling brick castle ruins with a dark arched gateway, a small footbridge and trees beside a water-filled courty

Ruins of Brederode Castle in Santpoort

Willem Wenckebach, 1890

Etching of Kasteel Helmond, a moated castle with two round towers reflected in still water beneath billowing clouds.

Helmond Castle

Willem Wenckebach, 1892

Etching of Kasteel Helmond, a moated castle with round towers and pointed roofs reflected in still water beside trees.

Helmond Castle

Willem Wenckebach, 1870

Etching of Kasteel Assumburg with towers and pointed roofs, a stone bridge over a stream, and bare trees framing the scene.

Assumburg Castle

Willem Wenckebach, 1870

Etching of a family seated around a table at a meal in a rustic room with a window and wooden cabinet.

The meal

Nils Gustav Wentzel, 1890

Art nouveau diploma certificate with pink flowers and green stems framing the Nederlandsch Gymnastiek-verbond heading and bla

Diploma of the Dutch Gymnastics Association

Willem Wenckebach, 1870

Etching of a river with a ferry, sailing boat, thatched cottages under large trees, and a distant village skyline.

River with ferry

Lisette Wesmael, 1890

Etching of sheep resting under a large tree beside a rutted road, with a meadow and distant village spire behind.

Landscape with sheep in the shadow of a tree

John Linnell, 1818