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Rijksmuseum

13,729 works

Drawing of an allegorical seated woman with scales and sword, flanked by figures, cherubs, a dove and a sheep, in brown wash.

Justice, sitting between Faith and Charity

Jacob Jordaens, 1643

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated dog with head lowered, shown in three-quarter view on grey paper.

Seated Dog

Jacob Jordaens, 1638

Red and brown chalk drawing of mourners gathered around a body on a stone slab, several figures bending in grief.

Entombment

Jacob Jordaens, 1660

Pen and wash drawing of a walled town with a church tower and boats, with travelers, cattle and sheep in the foreground.

View of the city of Grave

Luca Giordano, 1655

Watercolor sheet showing nine insects including a butterfly, caterpillar, beetles, a bee and a fly on pale paper.

Blad met negen insecten

Jan van Kessel, 1653

Pencil architectural drawing of a decorative arched structure with a tall spire topped by a sunburst, with garlands.

Design for illumination of the house of Hasselaar Lynslager in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pen and pencil drawing of a facade with dotted lamp layout, star finial and handwritten lamp counts, 1788.

Design for illumination of the house of Mr. Tak in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pen drawing of a pyramid-topped illumination structure with columns and a radiating light crown, annotated with lamp notes.

Design for illumination of the West-Indisch Huis in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pencil design drawing of an ornate pavilion with tiered curled roof, arched lattice sides and a tall lantern finial.

Design for illumination of a house in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pencil and ink architectural design of a studded pavilion gate with a pointed finial and a monogram in the frieze.

Design for illumination of the West Indian country house in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Pencil design drawing of a Gothic arched illumination with star finials and a radiating starburst above, with handwritten not

Design for illumination at the house of mayor Hasselaer in Amsterdam, 1788

Hendrik G. van Raan, 1788

Watercolor dedication with handwritten verse in a laurel heart, a coat of arms, and two seated female allegorical figures.

Verse for Princess Wilhelmina on the fortieth birthday of Prince Willem V, 1788

Maria Margaretha la Fargue, 1788

Watercolor drawing of a grey and purple pigeon resting on a green wooden perch, by Jean Bernard, 1802.

Pigeon, sitting on a small board

Jean Bernard, 1802

Pencil drawing of a crested white pigeon with dark head and tail beside an arched nest holding an egg.

Pigeon and a nest with an egg

Jean Bernard, 1801

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a goose standing and preening its wing feathers on flat ground.

Goose

Jean Bernard, 1816

Black chalk drawing of a dead bird with outspread wings and red chalk accents, its feet tied and hanging on a plain sheet.

Poultry, hanging on the wall

Jean Bernard, 1775

Grey wash drawing of a black hen with a red comb sitting on the ground facing right, with twigs at the left.

Black hen, sitting to the right

Jean Bernard, 1775

Rooster

Jean Bernard, 1775

Standing black hen

Jean Bernard, 1775

Watercolor drawing of a pineapple with a green leafy crown and reddish-yellow scaled fruit on an album page.

Pineapple

Jan Brandes, 1785

Pencil drawing of a duck swimming on still water with its reflection, reeds and shrubs along a flat distant shore.

Duck in the water

Jean Bernard, 1775

Head of a rooster

Jean Bernard, 1816

Pencil and colour drawing of a bird of prey's head, facing forward, with ruffled brown feathers and a hooked yellow-tipped be

Head of a bird of prey

Jean Bernard, 1818

Dutch New Year's greeting from 1837 with calligraphy, a floral wreath, and a painted leaf border, by H.G. Alcken.

New / year wish / To my worthy / and very beloved / aunt / the 1st of January 1837

H.G. Alcken, 1837

Watercolor of wooden village houses with red roofs beside a canal, with a raised drawbridge on the left under a cloudy sky.

View of Ransdorp

Anthonie van Teijn, 1928

Pencil sketch of a village with a church tower across a flat meadow with grazing cattle, reeds and clouds.

View of Ransdorp

Hobbe Smith, 1872

Pencil sketch of a village by the water with a church tower, trees, a sailing boat and loose clouds overhead.

View of Durgerdam

Hobbe Smith, 1872

Pencil and watercolour drawing of moored sailing boats at a quay, a church tower and gabled houses beside a grassy path.

View of Durgerdam

Anthonie van Teijn, 1928

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse complex beside a large tree, with two figures walking on a path across a grassy field.

View of the Buiksloterdijk

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Grey wash drawing of a river with a wooden house, moored boats, farm buildings and trees under a cloudy sky.

View of Buiksloot

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Watercolor and pencil drawing of wooden houses, a canal with a footbridge, and a large tree under a cloudy sky.

View of Nieuwendam

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Watercolor of a Dutch village street with gabled houses, a windmill, a canal and small boats under a cloudy sky.

View of the Omval

Gerrit Lamberts, 1817

Pencil drawing of a wooden riverside building and a moored rowboat on the Amstel under an overcast sky.

View of the Amstel

Everhardus Koster, 1859

Grey wash drawing of houseboats and trees along a canal, with a seated figure and a rowboat on the water.

View of the Ringvaart near the Schollenbrug

A. Goedkoop, 1850

Grey wash drawing of Moses descending a cloudy mountain while a crowd below kneels and raises hands in reverence.

Moses Descending from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments

Ferdinand Bol, 1664

Grey wash drawing of the Ponte Molle bridge over a river, with ruined towers, cattle, travelers and moored boats.

Ponte Molle

Pen and brown wash drawing of figures carrying a nude body in a shroud, with mourners and clouds, attributed to Rubens.

Entombment

Peter Paul Rubens, 1615

Brown ink drawing of a battle with pikemen, a cannon, a boat in the foreground, and a fortified city in the distance.

Battle on the plain of Governolo

Stradanus, 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of a procession of men, horsemen and lancers passing fortified towers and a statue.

Entry of Cosimo I de' Medici in Rome in 1569

Stradanus, 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling man receiving a crown from a bishop in a richly decorated hall with courtiers.

Coronation of Cosimo I de' Medici by Pope Pius V, 1569

Stradanus, 1570

Pen and ink drawing of a crowned figure leading a procession with guards, a drummer and children through a columned hall.

Return of Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany to his palace

Stradanus, 1570

Watercolor drawing of a brick house with shuttered windows, a large tree and a grassy garden beside a path.

View of a house on the Amsteldijk

Tinus de Jongh, 1914

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse with a gabled roof beside trees and distant hills in a loose landscape.

Sketch of a farm in a landscape

Johannes Pieter van Wisselingh, 1822

Watercolor of a red brick weigh house with turrets on a busy sunlit market square with stalls and pedestrians.

View of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt

Anthonie van Teijn, 1873

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an Amsterdam canal with gabled houses, red roofs, a stone quay and trees under a cloudy sky.

Amsterdam canal

Albert Hemelman, 1902

Watercolor of a canal lined with gabled brick houses, a bridge, and a church tower in the distance under an overcast sky.

View of the Oudezijds Kolk and the Kolksluis looking towards the Oude Kerk tower

Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg, 1862

Horizontal drawing of a line of robed figures and nuns walking along a cobbled road in dark ink on a reddish ground.

Walking girls and nuns

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1891

Charcoal study sheet with several sketches of lobsters and crustaceans and handwritten Dutch colour notes.

Studies of lobsters

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Miniature of a reclining man in dark dress on a green lawn in a hedged garden, with trees and blue hills behind him.

Portrait of a reclining nobleman in an overgrown courtyard; Portrait of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Nicholas Hilliard, 1590

Pencil sketch of a group of mules standing side by side, some wearing harness and saddle straps, by Raffet, 1814.

Group of mules

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1814

Brown ink drawing of David playing harp before a raging, spear-wielding King Saul, with soldiers and courtiers around them.

David playing the harp before Saul

Ambrosius Francken I, 1554

Watercolor of ships with flags anchored before a row of buildings along a waterfront under a cloudy sky.

View of the city of Paramaribo

Frederik Jägerschiöld, 1772

Pencil sketch of a woman and two children in a kitchen with a hearth, table, and window.

Woman and two children in the kitchen

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a family in a domestic interior with shelves of dishes, a standing man, a bending woman, and a seated woman

Family in interior

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil drawing of a seated young woman in a bonnet reading an open book beside a window with a curtain.

Girl with a book on her lap

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a woman holding an infant at a font while a man stands beside her, with seated figures in a church interior.

Woman holding a child for baptism

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a seated woman and two children in a domestic interior with a fireplace and table.

Woman with two children in interior

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Pencil sketch of a woman knitting, a child beside her, and figures seated at a table in a domestic interior.

Sketches of small groups of people in interior

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Watercolor interior of a seated man writing at a table beside a woman in a white cap, with a curtained window behind.

Man writing and a woman at a table

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Watercolor drawing of a woman guiding a small boy through a doorway into a rustic interior with a table and chair.

Woman lets a little boy go outside

Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836

Drawing of a richly decorated coffered ceiling with putti, garlands, medallions and a central trophy of arms in brown and blu

Design for a richly decorated ceiling

Giuseppe Fancelli, 1750

Drawing of several horses in a stylized landscape with a rising sun, in muted ochre, grey and green tones.

Horses in landscape

Leo Gestel, 1928

Watercolor of a family in a red-walled room: a man in a gold robe, a woman in white, and a toddler between them near a tea ta

Interior with parents and their child

Jacob Taanman, 1846

Drawn portrait of a clergyman in black robe and white bands with hand on an open book, within an arched niche.

Portrait of the preacher L.S.P. Meyboom

Edouard Taurel, 1834

Pencil sketch of a standing bearded man surrounded by a crowd, some kneeling or fallen, with Gothic buildings behind.

Man about to descend a staircase

Edouard Taurel, 1834

Watercolor of a bearded painter at his easel in a cluttered studio with two cats on the floor.

Studio of a modern painter

Leo Gestel, 1908

Pencil sketch of a bearded painter at his easel in a cluttered studio with a cat on the floor.

Painter working in his studio

Leo Gestel, 1908

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on brown paper of a man with pince-nez glasses, mustache and loose cravat.

Portrait of Leendert Adriaan Schilt

Leo Gestel, 1907

Pencil drawing of a forest edge with tall pine trees on the right and a small wooded group on the left.

Forest view at Klarenbeek

Jan Frederik Tack, 1825

Portrait of a boy

Benoit Taurel, 1804

Watercolor landscape of large trees beside a stream, with a meadow and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Tall trees along which a stream runs

Augustin Taurel, 1838

Eight caricatural heads

Johannes Tavenraat, 1868

Pencil drawing of a cottage on a dike near a distant town, with tall trees at left and a figure standing at right.

Hut on the dike near Enkhuizen

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil drawing of a rural yard with a half-timbered house, wooden gate, two seated figures, fence and trees.

Country houses

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pencil drawing of a stone gateway with arched passage, ornate pediment and a small figure walking through, by Willem Bastiaan

Staverse little gate at Enkhuizen

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pen and watercolor drawing of a family resting under trees in an Arcadian landscape with a distant classical building.

A happy Arcadian Family

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor design sheet showing decorative wall panels, green chairs, drapery swags and dimension notes for a dining room.

Design for decoration on three walls of the dining room of G. ten Hoopen

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pencil drawing of a sailing boat in the foreground with moored ships and low hills across calm water.

Sailing ship with ships at anchor in the background

Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870

Pen and watercolor design for a room wall with blue panels, classical statues, garlands, and a fireplace at right.

Design for a room wall

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor design of a decorated interior wall with pilasters, a central fireplace and a painted frieze.

Design for wallpaper painting

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and watercolor design for a room wall with a central river landscape and boat, flanked by garland ornaments.

Design for room wall

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Vertical watercolor drawing of trees over a meadow with a pale cloud, a design for a Dutch landscape wall painting.

Design for wall painting with Dutch landscape

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Watercolor drawing of a Dutch river landscape with tall trees, a farmhouse, a moored rowboat and reeds under a cloudy sky.

Design for wallpaper painting with Dutch landscape

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash design for a wall with a fireplace, a classical medallion and two landscape panels with trees, a bridge and figu

Design for room wall with fireplace with grisaille with medallion

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Design drawing of a room wall with two landscape panels and a central fireplace with an ornate overmantel scene.

Design for room wall with chimneypiece of the Baptism of the eunuch

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and wash drawing of two men at open doors viewing a winged statue of Time with a scythe, with Dutch verses below.

Two men look at a statue of Time

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1806

Pencil sketch of a tree with figures below and an all-seeing eye with rays above, beside handwritten Dutch text.

Group of people around a tree, beneath the All-Seeing Eye

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1806

Pen and wash drawing of figures on a quay beside a sailing ship, with a city skyline and church spires across the water.

Family Bakhuysen and De Hooghe on the Mussel pier at the IJ

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1700

Pencil and grey wash studies of three hunting horns on paper, one shaded in detail, signed J. E. Ridinger 1723.

Three studies of hunting horns

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1723

Brown wash drawing of a tavern interior with men drinking and talking, a woman in a bonnet, and two dogs on a tiled floor.

View in an inn with talking and drinking people

A. van den Bosch, 1890

Hand-coloured drawing of a woman pointing to her chest before a seated man with spectacles, a standing man with cane nearby.

Woman with chest wound

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Drawing of a doctor with an enema syringe beside a naked child lying on a bed under a red canopy.

Doctor treats a child with an enema syringe

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Drawing of a kneeling man receiving a red sash from an officer in white uniform, watched by two men in a columned hall.

Presenting an award

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Hand-coloured drawing of a man at a desk pausing from his studies while rocking a cradle draped in red cloth.

Studying man rocks a cradle

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Colored drawing of guests seated at a long dinner table in period dress, a standing servant, and trumpeters on a balcony.

Company at dinner

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800

Seated man in black gown beside a chest labeled PARADYS, drawn in watercolor within a circular vignette.

Man on chair underneath which chest with inscription 'Paradys

Jacob Willemz. de Vos, 1800