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Rijksmuseum

129,589 works

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted figure in a sand circle facing robed men, with soldiers, a city wall and trees behind.

Popilius Laenas draws a circle around Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the sand

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey wash sketch of a theatre curtain design with classical columns, a seated woman, a lute player and putti.

Sketch for a stage curtain in The Hague

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1803

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures by a column, with ships in a harbor and barrels in the foreground.

Allegory of Shipping, Trade and Abundance

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and brown ink sketch of a theatre interior with a draped curtain, a seated man, and a standing woman beside a pillar.

Sketch for a stage curtain in The Hague, seen from the side

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1803

Ink and wash drawing of an organ grinder and a child beside a house, with a sailboat and figures at windows.

Design for the face of a clock with an organ grinder in front of a house

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey ink drawing of a seated ruler under a canopy receiving a woman and attendants in a vaulted hall.

A monarch on his throne receives a woman and her entourage

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and grey wash design of a symmetrical facade with a radiant cloud above a central arch inscribed PAX.

Design for a decoration on the building of Felix Meritis

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1802

Pen and watercolour design of a domed circular temple with columns, a central statue, and the word Concordia on its frieze.

Design for a Temple of Harmony

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a classical building with a dome, pediment, and central columned portico.

Design for decorations on the Felix Meritis building

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and wash architectural design of an arched niche with drapery and figures, inscribed Huldiging van Amsterdam.

Design for decoration on the Felix Meritis building with Homage to Amsterdam

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1806

Brown ink and wash drawing of four putti playing music under a tree within an arched overdoor design.

Design for an overdoor with making-music putti

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey ink drawing of a man and woman at a table beside two landscape sketches with trees and sky.

Sketch of man and woman at table and two sketches of landscapes

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Print of a stream flowing past grass toward a small wooden footbridge, with trees and a hillside beyond under a pale sky.

Landscape with brook and bridge near Moret

Paul Naudot, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with caption naming Reinier Pauw, Amsterdam burgomaster.

Portrait of Reinier Adriaensz. Pauw

Jacob Houbraken, 1749

Portrait of Pope Pius VIII

Friedrich Giessmann, 1829

Portrait of Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Reinier Vinkeles, 1805

Lithographic portrait of Pope Pius IX in a dark cloak with fur trim and an embroidered stole, shown in three-quarter view.

Portrait of Pope Pius IX

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1846

Hand-colored broadside with twelve woodcut panels showing scenes of a man's life, with Dutch verses beneath each image.

Not always does wealth or money bring man happiness and prosperity, / As you can verify from the history of Hans van…

Johannes Egbertus van Lieshout, 1827

Hand-coloured print of a printing workshop with workers at presses and type cases, with Dutch verses above and below.

With reverence and admiration, / Must you view this plate, / The reason for it, dear youth, / I will unfold to you he…

M. Hemeleers-van Houter, 1827

Hand-coloured print of figures of all ages climbing a numbered staircase of life beneath a Memento Mori plaque.

The ladder of old age

Hermanus Numan, 1827

Hand-colored print of sixteen small figures in period dress in a grid, each with a Dutch rhyming caption below.

See how an encounter causes miss fair-face / To change well six times on this plate

M. Hemeleers-van Houter, 1827

Etching of a wooded riverbank with two fishermen beside a wooden gate and a gabled house.

Forest view with two fishermen by a house

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1860

Etching of a village with a tall church tower and windmill under cloudy skies, with a cow and two figures on a dirt road.

View of Rhenen(?)

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a tall pine tree on a hillside with a figure and dog in a distant field under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a fir tree

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a tall spruce and two smaller conifers in a landscape, with a small figure on a path and clouds above.

Landscape with three fir trees

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of two figures on a rural road beside a large tree, thatched cottage, shrubs and a conifer under a hatched sky.

Two persons on a country road

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a dense forest with tall trees beside a still water surface, two small figures walking on a path.

Forest view with a body of water

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Dark print of a moonlit landscape with trees, shrubs and water beneath a glowing moon behind clouds.

Landscape by moonlight

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a group of tall pine and deciduous trees in a woodland clearing, with a small seated figure and cloudy sky.

Fisherman in front of a group of trees

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Etching of a large leaning tree in a landscape with a distant church tower and cloudy sky.

Landscape with a large tree

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1830

Satirical lithograph of drunk men, a skeleton, devils, a duel and card players arranged in rows on a sheet.

Caricature in Leiden student almanac, 1847

Alexander Ver Huell, 1847

Satirical lithograph of 1845 with many small vignettes of students, a winged skeleton, an hourglass and grotesque heads.

Caricature in Leiden student almanac, 1845

Alexander Ver Huell, 1845

Lithograph page with small vignettes of student life, including a seated young man resting his head on his hand at the center

Caricature in Leiden student almanac, 1848

Alexander Ver Huell, 1848

Sketched page of vignettes around a man in a top hat with women and a dog, with VARIA lettering below, from an 1842 student a

Caricature in Leiden student almanac, 1842

Alexander Ver Huell, 1842

Lithograph of militia men resting with women and a dog on a slope, with soldiers in formation on a hill behind.

Caricature in Leiden student almanac, 1849

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1849

Lithograph of allegorical vignettes with a seated writer, cherubs, a donkey, a serpent and a skull, framed by foliage.

Caricature in Leiden student almanac, 1850

Carel Christiaan Antony Last, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman with pearl-studded hair, wearing a patterned silk gown and jeweled brooch beside a column.

Portrait of Terentia Albia

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Engraved portrait of a crowned woman in an embroidered gown with a jeweled necklace, Latin caption above and verse below.

Portrait of Empress Statilia Messalina

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Portrait of Aemilia Lepida

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Portrait of Petronia

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Portrait of Marcia Furnilla

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Engraved portrait of a woman in ornate dress and cloak, pointing down, before a classical arch with ruins.

Portrait of Flavia Domitilla maior

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Engraving of two laureate figures, Dante and Virgil, entering hell through a rocky gate with a tree and wooden doors.

Dante and Virgil enter hell through a gate

Aegidius Sadeler, 1580

Engraving of a bearded woodcutter carrying an axe over his shoulder, walking among felled and standing trees in a forest.

Fable of the woodcutter and the forest

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Engraving of a leaping chamois pierced by a hunter's spear on a cliff, with a town and trees in the distance.

Fable of the chamois and the hunter

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Engraving of robed men on a rocky hillside pointing at a mountain beside a tree, with a mouse in the foreground.

Fable of the mountain in labor

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Etching of a lion and donkey confronting a rooster in a hilly landscape, with a castle and river behind them.

Fable of the lion, donkey and rooster

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Etching of a shaggy bison surrounded by a goat, donkey, dog, weasel and camel in a hilly landscape.

Fable of the bison and the other animals

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Etching of a rhinoceros in the foreground under a tree, with three elephants standing behind it in a landscape.

Fable of the rhinoceros and the elephants

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Hand-colored print of a menagerie with rows of tigers, giraffes, monkeys, hyenas, bears and hares, with Dutch captions below.

Menagerie of various animals

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Hand-colored print of nine French cavalry soldiers on rearing horses in blue, yellow and red uniforms, arranged in three rows

French cavalry in the Crimea

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Hand-coloured print with eight small scenes of Dutch figures at work, including a milkmaid, a flower seller and an organ grin

Thus every man contributes his share, / For the salvation and benefit of society

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Printed sheet with domino tiles in a pyramid and a grid of hand-coloured playing cards by suit and court figures.

Domino and card game

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Hand-colored print of twelve framed bird vignettes with Dutch labels, including nightingale, lark, finch and parrot.

Museum of birds

Lutkie & Cranenburg, 1848

Engraving of the ruined Dunamare Castle on a hill, with a thatched cottage and figures in the foreground.

View of the ruins of Dunamare castle

Engraved print of ruined Carlingford Castle on a grassy mound, with hills behind and a path leading to cottages.

View of the ruins of Carlingford castle

Engraved print of Carlingford Abbey ruins in County Louth, with a conical mountain rising behind the broken walls.

View of the ruins of the abbey of Carlingford

Engraving of the ruined Mellifont Abbey tower with arched openings, two figures on a grassy path, and clouds above.

View of the ruins of the abbey of Mellifont

Engraved print of Mellifont Abbey ruins with arches and a stone wall under a cloudy sky, with a distant church on the left.

View from the southwest of the ruins of the abbey of Mellifont

James Newton, 1793

Engraving of ruined abbey with gothic windows, a stone wall, gravestones and a seated figure under a cloudy sky.

View of the ruins of Carnew castle

James Newton, 1792

Engraving of the ruins of Baltinglass Abbey with a stone tower, arched windows, ivy-covered walls and a cloudy sky.

View of the ruins of the abbey in Baltinglass

James Newton, 1793

Engraving of the ruined Roche Castle on a hill, with two small figures in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

View of the ruins of Castle Roche

Thomas Medland, 1791

Etching of a shepherd with a hat and staff lying asleep on a large boulder, with shrubs at the edges.

A shepherd lies on a boulder

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of cattle herders resting by a tree, one standing with a staff while others sleep, with a cow and basket nearby.

Cattle herders

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1638

Etching of a reclining woman in a cap beside two hens, a wicker basket and a jug under a cloudy sky.

Reclining woman with chickens

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of a standing man with a staff looking up at birds, beside a resting animal in a hilly landscape.

Two boys

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of a seated peddler with a basket on his back and a dog at his feet, resting beside a tree in an open landscape.

A resting peddler

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of a seated goatherd in a wide hat playing a pipe beside two goats under a tree.

Goat herder

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of a sleeping hunter beside a tree, with a hunting dog, a dead hare hanging from a staff, and leafy branches above.

Sleeping hunter

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of a seated spinning woman and two shepherd boys with a sheep in an open landscape, numbered 8.

Spinner with two shepherd boys

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1700

Etching of a shepherd with a crook standing beside a goat, cow and sheep in a hilly landscape, captioned Lente.

Spring

Frederick Bloemaert, 1700

Engraving of a young reaper with a scythe over his shoulder, standing barefoot in a grass field under a cloudy sky.

Summer

Frederick Bloemaert, 1700

Engraving of a hunter with gun and hare, followed by a dog, in a rocky landscape with birds in flight, titled Herfst.

Autumn

Frederick Bloemaert, 1700

Engraving of a soldier in a feathered hat beside a burning barrel, cannonballs at his feet, and a cannon in the distance.

Fire

Frederick Bloemaert, 1700

Two etched views of the Kraanpoort gate in Nijmegen: a riverside tower with boats above, and a street with an arched gateway

Two views of the Kraanpoort at Nijmegen, seen from inside and outside the city

Hendrik Spilman, 1746

Two engravings of the Windmolen gate in Nijmegen, showing a city gate with an arched passage and gabled houses on a street.

Two views of the Windmolenpoort at Nijmegen

Hendrik Spilman, 1746

Two engraved views of the Molenpoort gate in Nijmegen, exterior with windmill above, interior with houses and a tower.

Two views of the Molenpoort at Nijmegen, seen from inside and outside the city

Hendrik Spilman, 1746

Engraved plan of the star-shaped fortress of Groll with bastions, moat, numbered gates, scale bar and compass rose.

Fortress map of Groenlo

Caspar Merian, 1654

Engraved bird's-eye map of the star-shaped fortified town of Groenlo with bastions, houses, a church tower and moats.

Map of Groenlo

Nicolaes van Geelkercken, 1653

Grey wash drawing of soldiers arresting a chained man in a dining room while diners react with raised hands.

Arrest of Pieter Dirksz. Hasselaer, 1573

Joannes Pieter Visser Bender, 1809

Pencil drawing of the siege of Alkmaar in 1573 seen from Oudorp, with tents, soldiers, windmills and town churches.

Siege of Alkmaar in 1573, seen from Oudorp

Bernardus Gerardus ten Berge, 1861

Pencil drawing of the 1573 siege of Alkmaar showing soldiers, cannon, a stormbridge and the walled town skyline.

Siege of Alkmaar in 1573, seen from the north

Bernardus Gerardus ten Berge, 1861

Grey wash drawing of soldiers fighting in a field before a walled city with a church and windmills.

Sortie on the Boshuyser schans, 1574

J.C. Wendel, 1835

Grey wash drawing of townspeople suffering famine during the siege of Leiden, with a soldier, a cart and a tower.

Famine during the siege of Leiden, 1574

J.C. Wendel, 1854

Woodblock print of a spotted tiger-like beast with a feathered bird, with Japanese calligraphy on a blue background.

Tiger

Utagawa Kunimaro I, 1860

Woodblock print of a snowy river with boats, a wooden bridge, and a figure with umbrella on the bank.

Snow on Ayase river

Takahashi Hiroaki, 1915

Hand-colored 18th-century print of a town hall and cobbled square with a carriage and people in period dress.

View of the Town Hall at Nuremberg

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1742

Woodblock print of a samurai in a dragon robe holding a drawn sword, looking up at a red lantern against a dark background.

Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara no Takeyuki holding a lantern

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1868

Engraved 1702 map of the Seven United Netherlands with provinces, coats of arms, and a decorative title cartouche.

Map of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands

Caspar Specht, 1702

Engraved street view of Piazza Colonna in Rome with the tall column, palace facades, fountain, carriages and pedestrians.

Piazza Colonna with the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome

Giovanni Battista Falda, 1665

Engraved design of an ornate ewer with putti, classical figures and nude caryatid-like feet on a scalloped base.

Pitcher with the Judgment of Paris

Jacob Neefs, 1630

Horizontal engraving of mythological nude figures, a winged messenger, a dog, and a distant classical building in a landscape

Detail of pitcher with the Judgment of Paris

Jacob Neefs, 1630

Hand-colored print of a busy harbor with ships, workers with barrels, and a grand stone building on the quay.

View of the Town Hall and the port at Marseille

Jean-François Daumont, 1745

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a standing woman in a full skirt with ruffled hem, one arm raised.

Study of a standing lady with one hand resting on her skirt, the other slightly raised

Hendrik Pothoven, 1735

Grey wash drawing of a castle gatehouse with an arched bridge over water, surrounded by trees and small figures.

Gate of the castle at Buren

Cornelis Pronk, 1701

Pen and ink drawing of two muscular arms in anatomical study, with hatched shading and drapery at the right edge.

Two Anatomical Studies of An Arm

Jacques de Gheyn, 1615