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Rijksmuseum

129,581 works

Etched natural history plate with numbered skulls, bird heads, feathers, fish, insects, shells and coral arranged in rows.

Encyclopedic representation of animals

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Engraved plate with panels of fossils, crystal forms, snowflake designs, and furnaces with laboratory apparatus.

Encyclopedic representation of fossils, geometry, ice crystals and ovens

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Engraved print of warships at sea above a cutaway view of a ship's interior decks, guns and hull, dated 1774.

Encyclopedic representation of warships

Johanna Dorothea Sysang, 1774

Etching of a mounted rider expelling figures from a colonnaded hall with arches, a chandelier and a staircase.

The expulsion of Heliodorus from the temple (left part)

Carlo Maratta, 1635

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 a draped female allegorical figure with a radiant halo beside a tall cross and a carved column with portrait bus

The Catholic Faith

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Horse

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

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

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 a reclining nude woman beside a winged cupid playing a lyre, with an Italian verse caption below.

Naiad

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

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

Endymion

Domenico Marchetti, 1790

Etching of a crowned king and queen in an interior with attendants, a kneeling figure, and an armored guard.

Solomon and the queen of Sheba

David van der Kellen

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

Engraving of a woman holding a candle by a canopy bed where an elderly woman lies in a room with paneled walls.

Susanna Bronkhorst at the deathbed of Mrs. Elzevier

Reinier Vinkeles, 1806

Engraving of a kneeling woman in a white gown and a standing man beside a canopy bed in a candlelit interior.

Susanna Bronkhorst assaulted by Louis Kraaijestein

Reinier Vinkeles, 1806

Engraving of a round tower with a figure on top, tall trees, a sailing boat on a river and flat countryside beyond.

Woman on a tower near the ramparts of Zutphen

Reinier Vinkeles, 1786

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

Engraved print of a shaggy dog chained beside a wooden kennel, with a village and church steeple in the distance.

Dog

Pieter de Mare, 1768

Engraving of an older man teaching a younger man beside a geometry diagram board, with globes and books in a library interior

Geometry lesson

Reinier Vinkeles, 1770

Engraving of a woman turning into a tree beside onlookers, a statue on a pedestal, and a reclining river figure pouring water

Tirsenia, changed into a lemon tree

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1620

Engraved view of a formal Italian garden with tree rows, balustrades, a classical villa, and a rowing boat on the water.

Garden of Coco Valmarana in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved 18th-century view of the Piazza del Duomo in Vicenza with a domed church, tower and strolling figures.

Piazza del Duomo in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of a Vicenza street with palazzi, a crowd, a tall decorated column procession, and a cart with horses.

Porta del Castello in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of a Vicenza square with palazzi, carriages, pedestrians and a church tower, framed by a rococo border.

Isola Tolta in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of Vicenza with a church, a bridge over a river, strolling figures and a rococo decorative border.

Chiesa di S. Biasio and surrounding buildings in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Engraved view of the church on Monte Berico near Vicenza, with a long arcaded portico, a large tree and a town below.

The Beata Vergine Maria church on the Monte Berico near Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Pastel drawing of women sewing at long tables in a bright workshop, with a standing supervisor and tall windows behind.

Garment workshop in the Amsterdam Pijp

Hendrik Jan Wolter, 1920

Engraved city view of Vicenza with horsemen, strolling figures, a palazzo with garden statues, and a distant bell tower.

The Quartiero district in Vicenza

Cristoforo dall' Acqua, 1744

Charcoal drawing of a man with round wire glasses and short dark hair, gazing forward, in a dark-bordered frame.

Self-portrait Jacob Bendien

Jacob Bendien, 1909

Engraving of Christ crucified with a kneeling woman in prayer at the foot of the cross and a skull on the ground.

Mary Magdalene at the cross

Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, 1850

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

Etching of a bull standing in shallow water with cattle grazing on a grassy bank and hills in the distance.

Bull standing in shallow water

Adriaen van de Velde, 1657

Engraved view of smoldering ruins after a fire in Rotterdam, with moored boats and crowds along the harbor quay in 1779.

Ruins after the fire in the Pottebakkerssteeg in Rotterdam, 1779

Robbert Muys, 1779

Etching of the Last Judgment: Christ in clouds above, trumpeting angels, naked resurrected figures, and demons driving the da

The last judgment

Willem Basse, 1640

Engraving of the English Episcopal church in Rotterdam beside a canal, with a windmill, drawbridge and boats.

View of the English Church in Rotterdam

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1786

Engraved print of the illuminated facade of the Oprechte Vaderlandsche Sociëteit in Rotterdam, with allegorical panels, 1788.

Illumination of the building of the Oprechte Vaderlandsche Sociëteit on the Westnieuwland in Rotterdam, 1788

Franciscus Sansom, 1788

Engraved street view of a town hall and market square with a church tower, figures in period dress, and a dog.

View of the Old Town Hall in Schiedam

Carel Frederik Bendorp, 1786

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair holding a scroll, inscribed with the name Hubert Korneliszoon Poot.

Portrait of Hubert Korneliszoon Poot

Jacob Houbraken, 1722

Engraved portrait of a man in a wig inside an ornate oval frame, with an inscribed pedestal below.

Portrait of Frans de Haes

Jacob Houbraken, 1757

Engraving of a flooded sluice at Delfshaven under a stormy sky, with crowds on the quays and ships along the canal.

Flooding of the sluice in Delfshaven, 1775

Noach van der Meer, 1775

Engraved portrait of a man in an oval Rococo cartouche with cherub, allegorical scene and city view.

Portrait of Pieter Rabus

Jacob Houbraken, 1744

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and dark robe, holding a scroll beside a harp, with verse below.

Portrait of Dirk Smits

Pieter Tanjé, 1752

Black and white print of a swirling tree with two dark birds among its branches and foliage, by Julie de Graag, 1887.

Three slugs on a cabbage

Julie de Graag, 1887

Monochrome print of the Drachenfels ruined castle above a terrace restaurant with guests and stairs, by Ernst Roepke.

Reproduction of a print of a view of the Drachenfels in Germany

Ernst Roepke, 1870

Mezzotint self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak with long curly hair, signed Christiaan Hagens.

Self-portrait

Christiaan Hagen, 1663

Engraved portrait of a man in a felt hat and cloak, turning toward the viewer with a slight smile.

Portrait of Frans Hals

David Coster, 1732

Lithographic portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, white cravat and double-breasted coat, captioned Gerrit Groenewegen

Portrait of Gerrit Groenewegen

David Welle, 1828

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe and tasselled cap, turned to the right, with engraved lettering below.

Portrait of Alexander van Haecken

John Faber, 1748

Portrait of Daniël Jean Guicherit

Daniël Jean Guicherit, 1774

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and a draped cloak, with an inscription on a pedestal below.

Portrait of Jean Varin

Jean Joseph Baléchou, 1765

Engraved oval portrait of Jean Varin, a man with long curly hair and a draped cloak, in a decorative frame.

Portrait of Jean Varin

Gerard Edelinck, 1700

Mezzotint self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark cloak, with a painter's palette and framed picture beside him.

Self-portrait

Egbert van Heemskerck, 1679

Portrait of an unknown man

Johannes Körnlein, 1766

Engraved print with two portraits of men in long curled wigs, one in an oval frame and one on a draped sheet below.

Portraits of Jacob Toorenvliet and Michiel van Musscher

Dirk Jongman, 1721

Sepia print of an imagined ruined classical landscape with a lion statue, carved capitals, urns and inscribed stone tablets.

Architectural fantasy with antique elements

Friedrich von Gärtner, 1818

Engraved siege plan of a star-shaped fortified town with bastions, siege lines, redoubts and a legend cartouche.

Siege of Aire, 1710

Matthijs Pool, 1714

Engraving of a carriage and boat capsizing in stormy water, with rescuers in small boats and a town along the shore.

Drowning of Johan Willem Friso, 1711

Matthijs Pool, 1714

Hand-colored 1630 map of the Utrecht province by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, showing rivers, towns and the Zuyder Zee.

Map of the province of Utrecht

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1630

Engraved 1630 map of Gelderland and Zutphen with rivers, towns, a decorative cartouche, compass rose and sailing ships.

Map of Gelderland and Zutphen

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1630

Hand-colored 1740 map of the county of Zeeland with islands, towns, waterways and a decorative title cartouche.

Map of Zeeland

Reinier Ottens, 1740

Hand-coloured 1634 nautical chart of the Flemish coast with ships, sandbanks, compass rose and town vignettes.

Map of the Flemish coast between Dunkirk and Gravelines

Pieter Codde van Enchuysen, 1634

Hand-colored 1658 sea chart of Ireland and surrounding coasts with compass roses, rhumb lines and sailing ships.

Sea chart of the sea west of Ireland

Hendrick Doncker, 1658

Hand-coloured 17th-century sea chart of the Bay of Biscay with compass roses, rhumb lines, ships in battle and decorative car

Sea chart of the Bay of Biscay

Frederik de Wit, 1675

Engraving of two peacocks, a rabbit and a parrot beside a basket, cage and jugs, with a kneeling child at left.

Peacocks, rabbit and parrot

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1611

Engraved portrait of a bewildered-looking clergyman in a wig and black robe, with an open book and draped curtain behind him.

Portrait of Theodor Christoph Lilienthal

Robbert Muys, 1766

Engraving of two storks beside a wicker basket and tree stump among reeds, with foliage in the foreground.

Storks

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1611

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a cloak holding a rolled paper, with an inscription naming Jacques Jordaens below.

Portrait of Jacques Jordaens

Pieter de Jode, 1662

Etched river landscape with tall trees on the right, a standing figure, a small boat on the water, and a brown wash over the

River view near Maarsseveen

Roelant Roghman, 1637

Engraved view of a white country house behind a formal garden with a patterned parterre, tree rows and strolling figures.

View of Doornburgh house

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Engraved view of a crowded Paris stock exchange hall with men in top hats around a circular railing under tall arches.

Stock exchange in Paris

Édouard Coste, 1744

Engraving of formal garden at Gansenhoef with clipped hedges, statues, a reflecting pond and strolling figures under cloudy s

View of the country estate Gansenhoef

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Engraving of the Hoogevecht country estate with a tree-lined avenue, canal boats, carriage and figures in the foreground.

View of the country estate Hoogevecht

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Etching of the Gansenhoef estate on the Vecht, with tree-lined road, canal, boats and a manor house under a cloudy sky.

View of the country estate Gansenhoef on the Vecht

Daniël Stopendaal, 1719

Satirical 1905 drawing of a Dutch woman in classical dress, a man in a white suit, and a woman in batik skirt holding hands.

The departure of Bouwmeester to the Indies

Johan Braakensiek, 1905

Pen drawing of a chained Prometheus-like man on a rock, with an eagle labeled Nederland overhead, titled De Kunst in banden.

Art in bonds

Johan Braakensiek, 1910

Pen drawing of an actor as Shylock in a fur-trimmed robe, gesturing before courtiers in a tiled hall, with scales on the floo

Scene from the play The Merchant of Venice

Petrus van Geldorp, 1901

Line drawing of a woman in a veil standing on two swans in water, with a titled inscription above her.

Portrait of Helena Judith Hilverdink as Hulda in the play The Little Woman of the Danube

Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1805

Oval engraved portrait of a young man in a lace ruff and ornate chain, with Latin inscriptions around the border.

Portrait of Christian II of Saxony

Crispijn van de Passe, 1601

Engraved bust portrait of Wilhelm Bornemann framed by deer antlers, with a name inscription below.

Portrait of Wilhelm Bornemann

Carl Ludwig Hellrung, 1839

Engraved architectural elevation of a palazzo facade with arched loggias, columns, and a pitched roof, labeled Figura 16.

Elevation of the façade of the Villa Spinola di San Pietro in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved architectural section of a palace showing vaulted halls, a loggia, arched windows and a pitched roof, labelled Figur

Longitudinal section of the Villa Spinola di San Pietro in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved architectural cross-section of a multi-storey palace interior with arched rooms, staircases and labelled chambers.

Cross section of the Villa Spinola di San Pietro in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved floor plan of a palazzo with labeled rooms, a central portico, loggia, staircases and a scale bar.

Floor plan of the basement of the Villa Grimaldi in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved floor plan of a villa's underground level showing cistern, kitchen, pantries, stable and servants' rooms.

Floor plan of the ground floor of the Villa Grimaldi in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved floor plan of the first storey of a Genoese villa, showing a loggia, a large sala, chambers and staircases with meas

Floor plan of the first floor of the Villa Grimaldi in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Engraved elevation of a classical palace facade with columns, arched windows, staircase and pyramidal roof.

Elevation of the façade of the Villa Grimaldi in Genoa

Nicolaes Ryckmans, 1622

Etching of a church with a spire beside the river Waal, with broken ice slabs on the bank and two men pointing.

Drifting ice on the Waal, 1789

Reinier Vinkeles, 1789

Etching of a public execution on a scaffold, with an executioner raising a sword over a kneeling man before a crowd and brick

Execution of mayor Cornelis van der Burgh in Leeuwarden, 1789

Reinier Vinkeles, 1789

Etching of a crowd watching an execution on a scaffold before a white building, with figures walking on a tree-lined path.

Execution of mayor Cornelis van der Burgh in Leeuwarden, 1789

Rienk Jelgerhuis, 1789

Etching of women spinning yarn outdoors beside a wall, with a mother and infant, a dog, a donkey and a child.

Woman spins yarn

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a village surgeon treating a seated patient in a cluttered interior, with a woman, infant and child watching.

The village surgeon

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a shepherd with staff beside goats, a cow, pigs at a trough, a donkey and a dog under a cloudy sky.

Prodigal son as swineherd

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1658

Etching of a wooded river landscape with a hunter and dog on the bank and ducks swimming on the water.

Landscape with hunter hunting ducks

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1658

Etching of a hunter drinking from a stone fountain beside two dogs, with a woman in a headscarf at right and an inscription.

Hunter drinks from fountain

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1642

Etching of a hunter drinking at a fountain beside two dogs, with a woman in a headscarf and a Latin dedicatory inscription.

Hunter drinks from fountain

Jan Baptist de Wael, 1692