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Rijksmuseum

3,042 works

Watercolor of Neptune driving sea horses over waves while Venus, with Cupid and swans, appears in the clouds above.

Venus requests Neptune to prevent Telemachus from landing on Ithaca

Rienk Keyert, 1719

Pencil drawing of a canal with an arched bridge, brick townhouses, a twin-towered church and reflections in the water.

View of the Deventer Houtmarkt, looking towards the Moses and Aaron Church

Jan Baureis, 1850

Etching of a seated Buddha in a rock niche atop stone steps, with figures climbing toward it and ships on the coast.

The Mahamuni Buddha in a temple in Arakan

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1676

Engraving of Juno in a robe and crown gesturing to a charioteer driving horses toward a setting sun over the sea.

Juno commands the sun to set

Tommaso Piroli, 1805

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated judge facing standing soldiers and robed men in an interior with a draped curtain.

Christ before Pilate

Jan Goeree, 1680

Etching of draped figures offering at a classical courtyard with an arched statue niche, palm trees, and a torch.

Offering to Venus

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Pen and ink sketch of nude nymphs hoisting a heavy load, with studies of figures and poses around the central group.

The loading of the hunting booty by the nymphs of Diana

Peter Paul Rubens, 1611

Grey-washed drawing of women on a riverbank finding an infant, with a parasol and a figure in armor in the water.

The finding of Moses

Moses ter Borch, 1662

Etching of a classical allegory: a helmeted woman shields a nude figure from satyrs and musicians near arches and trees.

Minerva protects innocence against temptation

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated Madonna nursing an infant, with drapery studies around the figures.

Sketch of a seated, nursing Madonna

Peter Paul Rubens, 1587

Sixteen small woodcut scenes from the New Testament with Dutch verses, some hand-colored in red and yellow.

Biblical figures of the New Testament

Clement, De Vri & Van Stegeren, 1816

Etching of sirens on rocks beside a ship with sailors on deck, rendered in fine hatched lines on paper.

Odysseus and the Sirens

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a seated sculptor with chisel and mallet beside a nude figure on a pedestal, with classical architecture behind.

Sculptor works on a statue of Hercules

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Woodcut decorative letter H with an angel above clouds and a shepherd with sheep below, in a 1754 print.

Initial H with the Annunciation to the shepherds

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Etching of the goddess Diana seated on a cloud with bow, spear and putti, with rays of light across the sky.

Diana with bow and arrow on a cloud

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of Hercules Musagetes holding a lyre and lion skin, beside a flaming altar, cornucopia and classical architecture.

Hercules as leader of the muses

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Woodcut-style print of a bearded figure with a radiant halo, resting one hand on a star-decorated globe, in brown tones.

Christ

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Engraving of Venus reclining against a tree as a winged Cupid crowns her with flowers, with cherubs at her feet.

Venus and Cupid - Spring

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a seated veiled woman with a book beside a Vesta altar, classical columns and statues in an arcade.

Vestal virgins at an altar for the goddess Vesta

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Sepia print of a bearded man with a halo turning over his shoulder, holding a tall staff, wrapped in heavy drapery.

Apostle James the Less

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Etching of Minerva with spear and shield beside an owl, as a seated figure sits in a dark stone cell behind a door.

Minerva locks up Discord in a cell

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a woman driving a sun chariot through clouds while a laurel-crowned man reaches for the reins, with a city below

Apollo in the sun chariot

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Brown chiaroscuro print of a haloed bearded man gesturing toward a chalice with a serpent, Johannes de Evangelist.

John the Evangelist

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Etching of the Adoration of the Kings: Virgin and Child, a kneeling elder, and turbaned attendants in a stone interior.

Adoration of the kings

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of a woman tending a child in a bed, with attendants and laurel branches under arches, Latin title above.

Cupid is cared for by Venus

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of bearded Saint Peter with halo, holding a key and resting his hand on a book.

Apostle Peter

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Engraving of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, with two angels, a crowd under trees, and a dove above.

Baptism of Christ

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of women attacking a slumped man beneath a tree, with a classical city and dogs in the background.

Orpheus is killed by the raging women of Ciconia

Theodor de Bry, 1596

Woodcut-style print of a bearded apostle with halo reading a book and raising one hand, with a staff beside him.

Apostle Philip

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

Engraving of robed figures on a terrace beside a tree, with a nude figure on a pedestal and a distant town view.

Christ breaks a statue

Johannes Glauber, 1656

Engraving of Mars and Venus embracing, the nude god holding a spear and plumed helmet, with Venus draped beside him.

Mars and Venus

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraving of nude sea nymphs surrounding an ornate ship as a helmeted warrior stands on deck, with sailing ships behind.

Aeneas' fleet surrounded by sea nymphs

Jacob Folkema, 1743

Engraved print of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, looking upward, holding a staff, within an oval frame.

Christ with the crown of thorns

J. Sluyter, 1800

Engraving of a reclining woman as Venus Victrix on an ornate couch, with Italian title and dedication text below.

Pauline Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix

Domenico Marchetti, 1816

Etching of six standing bearded figures in draped robes, arranged in two rows, some holding books, with faint halos.

Six standing apostles (?)

Jan de Bisschop, 1668

Engraving of Abraham standing under a tree as three seated men dine, with a servant washing one man's feet in a basin.

Abraham receives the three angels

Jacob de Later, 1728

Engraving of a classical marble statue of Venus on a circular pedestal, with drapery held at her chest and hips.

Venus

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Engraving of the entombment of Christ, with mourners supporting his body in a rocky cave and a basket of tools in front.

Entombment of Christ

Egbert van Panderen, 1590

Engraving of nymphs bathing in a pond while a seated woman gestures toward them, in a wooded landscape.

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto

Karl Agricola, 1811

Engraved print of Canova's sculpture Amor and Psyche, two figures embracing on a pedestal, with dedicatory inscription below.

Amor and Psyche

Domenico Marchetti, 1814

Engraving of winged angels leading an old man with a staff and women away from a coastal city, with a tree at right.

The angels lead Lot and his wife and daughters out of Sodom

Philips Galle, 1557

Engraving with two panels of muscular nude figures and grotesque masks framing oval scenes of mythological figures, dated 165

Apollo and Marsyas / Boreas and Oreithyia

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a reclining marble statue of Endymion on a pedestal, with a dog and arrows beside him.

Endymion

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Print of the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Mary, the infant Christ, an angel and a bearded man in an interior.

Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine

Etched print with nude male figures, putti and a medallion showing a seated figure with a bull, within ornamental framing.

Orpheus and Eurydice / Rape of Europa

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Bacchus reclining on a chariot pulled by big cats, with satyrs, putti, and women with pipes and fruit baskets.

Triumph of Bacchus

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Sepia engraving of a harbor with a large sailing ship, classical buildings, rowboats and figures on the quay under a hazy sky

Seaport with Odysseus returning Chryseis to Chryses

Richard Earlom, 1774

Engraving of Perseus raising Medusa's head as soldiers and nude figures turn to stone in a classical interior.

Perseus turns his enemies to stone with the head of Medusa

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of a crowned king and bearded men facing muscular satyrs beside a donkey and a tree, with a sprawled figure in fron

Two satyrs bring Silenus to King Midas

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Sepia print of a river landscape with trees, a stone tower, and a seated Holy Family with two angels and a donkey.

Landscape with rest on the Flight into Egypt and two angels

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraving with paired panels of muscular nude figures, putti and medallions depicting mythological embraces, by Carlo Cesio,

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus / Cupid and Pan

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of three nude male figures on a rocky shore beneath a cloud where two enthroned figures sit, with sea and a winged

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto divide the universe

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns displayed on a platform before a crowd, with a cross and spears behind.

Christ shown to the people (Ecce homo)

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Engraving of Venus and Anchises with a winged cupid beside a pedestal inscribed GENVS VNDE LATINVM, before draped curtains.

Venus and Anchises

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Apollo driving a sun chariot over clouds, with a reclining nude couple and a cupid in the foreground.

Apollo in his sun chariot

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraving of mourners lowering a body into a stone tomb beneath a rocky hill, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

Entombment

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Engraving of Diana embracing the sleeping Endymion in a landscape, with two putti peering from foliage and a dog at right.

Diana and Endymion

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of Neptune standing in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with figures in clouds above.

Neptune in his chariot

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Engraved print of a bearded face with closed eyes and tears, draped in a veil, with a Latin inscription below.

Sudarium of Saint Veronica

Antonio Puccinelli, 1878

Engraving with nude male figures, bathers in a circular medallion, grotesque masks and fruit garlands in an ornamental frame.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving of two horned satyrs and three nude nymphs bathing in a stream beside a rocky cave under trees.

Three nymphs and two satyrs bathing

Giulio Bonasone, 1501

Monochrome still life of three vases on a tray, a seated Buddha figurine, a sunflower and a candlestick on a cloth.

Still life with a tray, three vessels, a candlestick, a ring, a flower and a Buddha statue

Corrie Pabst, 1876

Engraving of Jupiter and Juno embracing on a bed, with an eagle and a peacock beside them.

Jupiter and Juno

Carlo Cesio, 1656

Engraving with two scenes: a woman standing over a fallen man in a tent, and an angel appearing to a kneeling man by a fire.

Jael kills Sisera and the Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon

Jacob Folkema, 1791