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Rijksmuseum

129,581 works

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in three-quarter view, hands partly sketched, on a cream sheet with a border.

Portrait of Dirk Christiaan Meijer jr

Pieter Dupont, 1908

Etching of allegorical winged figures, a portrait bust on a shield, a dog, fruit, and a distant city with an obelisk.

Allegorical glorification of Pope Benedict XIV

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, 1743

Etched landscape with a footbridge over a river, grazing cows, two herdsmen, tall trees and billowing clouds.

River landscape with footbridge, cows and shepherd

Jean Galiot Nardois, 1648

Etching of a pastoral scene with nude figures, putti, and a herm of Pan beneath a tree, by Francesco Fontebasso, 1744.

Pastoral scene near a herm of Pan

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Engraved frieze with five arched scenes of nude figures, a couple, a house and a bird, with Latin and German inscriptions bel

Frieze with three representations relating to marriage

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1571

Small engraved portrait of a man with swept-back hair and white cravat, captioned Jurriaan Andriessen, dated 1765.

Portrait of Jurriaan Andriessen

Reinier Vinkeles, 1765

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, titled Portret van Izaak Schmidt, by Reinier Vinkeles, 1765.

Portrait of Izaak Schmidt

Reinier Vinkeles, 1765

Engraved oval portrait of Nikolaas Verkolje with curled wig and raised hand, inscribed with birth and death details.

Portrait of Nikolaas Verkolje

Jacob Houbraken, 1753

Engraving of a kneeling veiled woman praying at a tomb in a stone vault, with flowers and a hanging lamp.

The Duchess of Angoulême at the grave of her parents

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1814

Sixteen small colored woodcut scenes of street vendors and tradespeople in a grid, each with a Dutch rhyme below.

See, dear youth, these little prints stand, / Which each individually portray / Something of human deeds, / Which one…

Glenisson & Van Genechten, 1833

Black decorative book cover design with Dutch lettering and a small arched vignette of two figures in bed under a lantern.

Binding design for: Oom Ben, Pim's Poppetjes: een kijksprookje voor zijn vriendinnetjes en vriendjes, 1913

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1913

Pen drawing of gnarled trees and shrubs on a dune landscape under an open pale sky.

Dune Landscape with Gnarled Trees

Claes van Beresteyn, 1670

Black and white design drawing of a figure in a wide hat with a crown and shield of three crosses, framed by a zigzag border.

Binding design for: Oom Ben, Jan Klaassen, 1913

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1913

Black and cream decorative initial L with dotted border on a card, with handwritten notes and a signature below.

Initial L

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1909

Black and white design drawing for a book spine with geometric borders and the lettered title Reinaert de Vos by Stijn Streuv

Design for a book spine for: Stijn Streuvels, Reinaert de Vos, 1910

Bernard Willem Wierink, 1910

Pen drawing of a book cover with a sinking ship, a sailing raft with figures, and rough sea waves beneath the title lettering

Binding design for: P.J. Andriessen, De Hollandsche Robinson Crusoë, 1895

Willem Wenckebach, 1895

Head of a Cockatoo

Aert Schouman, 1725

Pen drawing of a group travelling a path beside a large tree, with a donkey, a dog and a distant mountain.

Company travels through a landscape

Willem Wenckebach, 1895

Head of a Macaw

Aert Schouman, 1725

Etching of haystacks beside a farmhouse, workers carrying hay by a canal with boats, and a city skyline with a church spire.

Farm with haystacks by the Jaagpad in Amsterdam

Pieter Dupont, 1895

Etching of a thatched windmill with a wooden ladder beside a waterway, a distant mill on the horizon, signed Molen.

Mill

Herman Heuff, 1885

Grey lithograph portrait of a smiling woman with a veil, wavy hair and embroidered neckline, after Leonardo da Vinci.

Mona Lisa

Ferdinand Piloty, 1818

Etched landscape of an octagonal pavilion among trees, with a flat meadow, grazing cows and a distant church steeple.

Dome of Voorland

Hermanus Numan, 1794

Print of a wooden footbridge, moored rowboat and farmhouse beside a canal with reeds and a tall pole.

Small bridge near a ditch

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Engraving of a raised drawbridge over a canal, with a rowing boat, a church tower and houses behind.

Drawbridge over a canal

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Etching of a village with a church tower, thatched barns, a covered cart, and two figures carrying buckets on a dirt road.

Village view with church

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Etching of a leaping hare above a crouching hare nibbling leaves, with a grassy field and hills behind them.

Hare and rabbit

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Sepia print of a large tree beside a wooden fence, with a small hut and water in the background.

Tree in a landscape

Hermanus Numan, 1754

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

Circular drawing of a Haarlem square with a domed colonnade, Gothic church, soldiers in tricorn hats, and a crowd.

Swearing in of the Government Regulation on the Grote Markt in Haarlem in 1787

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Grey wash drawing of a full-blown rose with buds, leaves and thorny stems on a pale sheet.

Rose

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Etching of a sleeping baby swaddled in a wicker cradle with rockers and a draped fabric canopy.

Sleeping baby in a cradle

Hermanus Numan, 1754

Etched landscape with a shepherd and cattle near a stone trough, large trees on both sides, and resting sheep in the foregrou

Landscape with shepherd and cattle

Auguste Numans, 1833

Engraved view of a town in a valley with church spires, framed by trees, with a hunter and dog in the foreground.

Hilly landscape with city

Auguste Numans, 1833

Engraved 1767 view of the Weesperpoort gate in Amsterdam with pedestrians, a carriage, a sailboat and a windmill.

View of the Weesperpoort in Amsterdam

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1767

Engraving of the Utrecht Gate in Amsterdam with a drawbridge, cobbled street, figures, trees and a shop facade.

View of the Utrechtsepoort in Amsterdam

Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1764

Small brown wash drawing of a bearded soldier in a cap with a diagonal sash across his chest.

Portrait of a soldier

Cornelis van der Griendt, 1842

Grey wash drawing of the Nieuwe Kerk seen from behind, with a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians on a cobbled square.

View of the Nieuwe Kerk

Nicolaes Aartman, 1757

Line drawing in fan shape of a cat on a window ledge overlooking a landscape with mountain and fields.

Cat in the window

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Grey ink wash drawing of a waterbird lying on its side with wings spread, with a small Japanese inscription above.

Dead waterfowl

Yamamoto Shinryo Baiitsu, 1800

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bird of prey with spread wings and yellow talons perched on a rock above waves.

Bird of prey on rock

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Watercolor study of a dead robin lying on its side, with olive-grey back, orange breast and drawn legs.

Dead robin

Yamamoto Shinryo Baiitsu, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a grey carp swimming upward among green weeds and two small fish, with a signature at lower right.

Carp swimming among weed and three small fish

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink drawing of a seated man in robes holding an open folding fan before his face, within a circular vignette.

Seated man, with a fan in front of the face

Totoya Hokkei, 1791

Ink drawing of a seated man in layered robes rubbing his head with a cloth, sandals placed beside him.

Seated man rubbing his head with a cloth

Totoya Hokkei, 1791

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

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

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

John the Evangelist

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

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

Apostle Peter

Ludwig Büsinck, 1600

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 a harbor with ships, bales and barrels, merchants shaking hands, and a notary writing beside a city wall.

Lie and Deceit disrupt a business transaction

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of allegorical figures walking in procession, led by a blindfolded Cupid, with a town in the distance and text belo

Litigation follows Blind Desire

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a litigant ascending courthouse steps with allegorical women carrying bags, a town street behind, Dutch and Lati

He who litigates must be shameless, patient and rich

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a litigator and women in an interior, with a beast devouring goods and a Latin and Dutch caption warning against

Litigating devours money and property

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a man awake in bed by candlelight, a rooster nearby, and two women dancing in a tiled room with verse below.

He who litigates has sleepless nights

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a woman attacked by swordsmen on a city street, with allegorical labels and Dutch and Latin verses below.

Good Cause is threatened

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Green woodcut of a haloed woman with long hair seated in a landscape beside a tree and a skull.

The penitent Mary Magdalene

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Black and white lithograph of a crowded beach with carriages, riders, and sailing boats on the sea under clouds.

Departure of Charles II from the beach of Scheveningen to England, 1660

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1818

Engraved equestrian portrait of a periwigged rider in armor on a rearing horse, with a servant and marching soldiers.

Equestrian portrait of William III, Prince of Orange

Arnoud van Halen, 1700

Engraved oval coat of arms with scrolling ornament, a bird-crested helmet, a star and trefoil motifs on the shield.

Unknown coat of arms in oval

Michiel le Blon, 1611

Figure from the side (Figure H2 Seated)

Oskar Schlemmer, 1921

Engraving of a crowned woman on a kneeling camel holding a censer, with a battle, elephants and a giraffe behind her.

Asia

Adriaen Collaert, 1586

Engraving of soldiers looting a temple, carrying a menorah while a mounted commander watches over fallen bodies in a city str

Antiochus Epiphanes plundering the temple of Jerusalem

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of a violent street scene with armed men, fallen figures, and fleeing townspeople before a city gate.

Mattathias kills a Jew and an envoy of the king

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraving of robed men in a columned temple, gathered around a fiery altar under a domed ceiling, with Latin text below.

New altar consecrated

Johannes Wierix, 1572

Engraving of soldiers with swords attacking figures among rocks, bodies on the ground, Latin text below.

Army of Antiochus Epiphanes kills Israelites

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Sepia architectural elevation drawing of an ornate multi-story building with sculpted reliefs and flanking trees.

Portrait of Lourens Alma Tadema

Lock & Whitfield, 1881

Engraving of a harvest festival with peasants, a bagpiper, a dancer and buffalo pulling an ox cart on open ground.

Harvest festival

Paolo Mercuri, 1831

Ornate 1826 drawing with calligraphic birthday dedication to King Willem Frederik, framed by laurel wreaths, griffins and win

Birthday wish Willem Frederik, King of the Netherlands

J.D. Haeyere, 1826

Grey wash drawing of rubble from a fallen church tower in Westzaan, with workers among stones and a brick church behind.

Depiction of the ruins of the tower in Westzaan that collapsed on January 1, 1843, by which disaster a house with man…

Herman Thepass, 1843

Pen drawing of a crowd marching in a Hague street carrying banners reading Volk, Vrijheid, Vaderland, with a dog in the foreg

Popular demonstration in The Hague, 1848

J.C. Wendel, 1848

Engraved sheet with overlapping oval portraits of the princes of Orange in ornate frames, dated 1773.

Portraits of the Princes of Orange and the Princes of Orange-Nassau

Leonardus Venroy, 1773

Grey wash drawing of workers and onlookers at a stone dry dock construction site with scaffolding and a wooden bridge.

Work on the sea lock and dry dock at Hellevoetsluis, ca. 1802

Balthazar Jooss, 1802

Watercolor drawing of a wooded landscape with two tall tree trunks, a seated figure on a path, and misty hills beyond.

Arcadian landscape with a resting man by the water

Jacob van Liender, 1725

Watercolor of five men in a paneled interior, one writing at a table, a dog in the foreground, a man in an open doorway.

Five men in interior

Jan Striening, 1837

Grey wash drawing of a battle scene with infantry firing muskets, a mounted officer, a fallen horse, and a flag among smoke.

Capture of the Russian General Hermann during the Battle of Bergen, 1799

Dirk Langendijk, 1799

Watercolor and pencil drawing of green wooden houses with red tiled roofs and shrubs under a cloudy sky.

View of houses in Nieuwendam

Anthonie van Teijn, 1928

Watercolor of ruined houses and rubble along a Leiden canal after an explosion, with people on the quay and a church spire be

View of the ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the explosion of the gunpowder ship on January 12, 1807

Jan Willem Pieneman, 1807

Watercolor drawing of a woman carrying a rolled mat beside a man pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with matting.

Woman next to a man with a wheelbarrow

W. Barthautz, 1700

Watercolor of a cloth seller with a bundled fabric pack talking to a woman in a white headscarf and striped skirt.

Fabric merchant negotiating with a woman

W. Barthautz, 1700

Grey wash ornament panel of acanthus scrolls and vine leaves with four birds, signed Johannes Beretta 1791.

Ornament of leaf scrolls and birds

Johannes Beretta, 1791

Watercolor drawing of two girls standing face to face, one pointing, both in traditional dress with white bonnets.

Two girls standing opposite each other

W. Barthautz, 1700

Watercolor of a knife grinder at his cart in a courtyard, with a man handing a blade to a standing customer and a child watch

The knife grinder

W. Barthautz, 1700

Pen and watercolour drawing of a seated woman, a child, and a standing man in front of a brick house with stairs.

Boy and woman with child in front of a house

W. Barthautz, 1700

Watercolor of a seated woman in a lace cap and striped skirt, a wooden yoke across her shoulders, on sand.

Seated woman with a yoke on her shoulders

W. Barthautz, 1700

Watercolor of a small girl holding a ball, looking up at a standing man in a blue coat and fur hat who smokes a pipe.

Girl with ball standing in front of a man

W. Barthautz, 1700

Watercolor of a cobbler smoking at his bench in a workshop while a child reaches toward a leaded window.

Shoemaker in his workshop

W. Barthautz, 1796

Watercolor of a woman leaning on a half door looking at a boy in a blue coat holding a red clay pot.

Boy with a pot near a woman leaning on a half-door

W. Barthautz, 1700

Watercolor interior of a woman spinning at a wheel while a child sits on the floor beside a hearth and kitchen objects.

Interior with a spinning woman with a child

W. Barthautz, 1796

Brown wash drawing of a stone church with a domed bell tower and arched windows, flanked by trees, dated 1723.

The church at Ankeveen

F. Berhuyzen, 1723

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky river gorge with steep cliffs, pine trees, a small waterfall and birds in the sky.

Landscape with river between rocks

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Reddish-brown chalk drawing of a forest path lined with tall trees and dense foliage.

Forest landscape

Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, 1785

Engraved print of a man in a wide hat and a woman in a headscarf and patterned skirt, in Zeeland traditional dress.

Zeeland traditional costume

Henry Brown, 1840

Hand-colored print of a peasant woman seated by a basket and a man in a tricorn hat with a walking stick, in Walcheren costum

Traditional costume of Walcheren

Julien Vallou de Villeneuve, 1828

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and velvet robe, with draped curtain, bookshelf and inscription plaque.

Portrait of Johann Caspar Müller

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1742

Engraved portrait of Johann Friedrich Nolte in a wig and robe, within a rococo cartouche, with name inscription below.

Portrait of Johann Friedrich Nolte

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1717