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Rijksmuseum

73,376 works

Woman in patterned black kimono sits writing with a brush beside a potted plum branch, with calligraphy above.

Woman writing a poem

Suzuki Kiitsu, 1822

Bust-length print of a man in a military uniform with epaulettes and medals, with the caption Friedrich Wilhelm III below.

Portrait of Frederick William III, King of Prussia

Friedrich Jentzen, 1818

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beneath a large hat, with calligraphy above.

Courtesan Makino from the Sansho house

Etching of a Cairo mosque with a tall minaret, a large arched portal, a domed tomb, and a crowd of riders and figures below.

Mosque and mausoleum of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey in Cairo

Marius Bauer, 1894

Etching of a crowded vaulted bazaar in Constantinople with market stalls, awnings, jars and robed figures.

Bazaar in Constantinople

Marius Bauer, 1877

Dark etching of two veiled women in the foreground facing a lit room with a group of standing figures beyond.

Two veiled women

Marius Bauer, 1877

Etching of a Turkish bazaar with stretched cloth overhead, a dark archway, robed figures and seated merchants.

Turkish bazaar with stretched sails

Marius Bauer, 1892

Etching of mounted riders and robed figures passing through a large dark archway in a city street.

Riders under a gate

Marius Bauer, 1898

Etching of an ornate treasure chamber with hanging textiles, lamps, arched doorways, and heaps of treasure on the floor.

Ali Baba in the treasury

Marius Bauer, 1894

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono reaching for pink cherry blossoms beside a stone lantern.

Cherry blossom time

Onchi Kōshirō, 1946

Engraving of men in period dress meeting around a table in a formal room, with framed portraits on the back wall.

William V takes his seat in the Council of State for the first time, 1763

Reinier Vinkeles, 1795

Engraved allegory of 1763 bankruptcies in Amsterdam, with a monkey writing at a desk and an empty money chest.

Allegory on the bankruptcies in Amsterdam due to the bill-brokerage trade, 1763

Jan Caspar Philips, 1763

Engraving of Achilles in a chariot dragging Hector's body past city walls, with soldiers and spectators in the scene.

Achilles with the corpse of Hector behind his chariot

Bernard Picart, 1719

Engraving by Bernard Picart, 1716: Apollo crowns Terence while Thalia and a flute-playing child stand nearby before a Roman c

Apollo crowns Terence with laurel

Bernard Picart, 1716

Engraving of Clio instructing a young nobleman beside a globe and books, with a curtain revealing an allegorical stage scene.

Allegorical title page with Clio

Bernard Picart, 1731

Pen sketch of a seated samurai in armor with a sword across his lap, with red preliminary lines visible.

Samurai in armor

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Pen sketch of a crowd of Japanese figures in robes and topknots on a street, with several overlapping studies.

Street scene, including a man with a fan

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink sketch in a frame of three bust-length figures, two in women's roles with elaborate hairstyles, one with a bald head.

Bust portrait of three actors, two of whom in female roles

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Lithographed title page in Dutch with ornate display lettering and calligraphic flourishes for animal studies after Old Dutch

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820

Engraved portrait of a young woman with curly hair holding flowers, with Latin verse inscription below.

Flora

Joachim von Sandrart

Engraved portrait of Johan de Witt in a dark robe, with a crowd and canal city scene behind him and text below.

Portrait of Johan de Witt

Jakob von Sandrart, 1672

Engraved portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace cravat within an octagonal frame, with inscriptions and a coat of a

Portrait of Johann Paul Auer

Johann Joachim von Sandrart, 1688

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cravat, with a Latin inscription on a pedestal below.

Portrait of Friedrich Molanus

Johann Joachim von Sandrart, 1689

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with braided cords and a star-shaped order on his chest.

Portrait of Frederik Willem van Brunswijk

William Colley Wrankmore, 1841

Etching of a woman holding a cross against a winged dragon beside a stone pedestal, with arched ruins behind her.

Margaret of Antioch defies the dragon

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1642

Etching of a bacchanal: a satyr with a wine cup on a rock, a woman beside him, putti, and a figure among trees.

Bacchanal

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1642

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in period dress with a plumed hat, beside a draped table, flowers and a crown.

Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Amédée Félix Barthélemy Geille, 1825

Engraved full-length portrait of a woman in an embroidered gown and fur-trimmed cloak beside a column and drapery.

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Bourbon

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1816

Engraving of a man leaping onto a rock beside a stormy sea, with a crowded boat and a steep mountain behind.

William Tell jumps on rock and escapes from captivity

Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1776

Engraved botanical plate of a flowering agave with spiny leaves, a tall stalk, and detailed flower and seed dissections.

Botanical drawing of flowering Aloe or Agave plant

Abraham Delfos, 1757

Engraving of a woman in armor riding a bull, holding a spear, with discarded armor and banners in the foreground.

Female personification of continent Europe represented as woman in armor on bull

Cornelis van Dalen, 1720

Engraving of a turbaned woman personifying Asia seated on an elephant, holding a sun-like object, with a Latin inscription ab

Female personification of Asia represented as woman with turban sitting on elephant

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of a seated woman personifying Africa, flanked by two lions, gesturing toward a starry sky with weapons at her feet

Female personification of continent Africa as woman with lion skin sitting among lions

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of a feathered woman with bow and arrows seated on a cayman, with a landscape and objects in the foreground.

Female personification of America as a woman with a feather headdress and bow and arrow sitting on a caiman

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648

Engraving of a gallant pilgrim couple with a staff and dog inside an ornate Rococo scrolling frame with trees.

Two pilgrims drinking

Jeremias Wachsmuth, 1721

Engraved print of a kneeling man before a standing woman with a staff, framed by rococo scrollwork and ruins among trees.

Pilgrim kneels before female pilgrim

Jeremias Wachsmuth, 1721

Engraved rococo cartouche with a reclining woman, seated man, putto and foliage in a rocky landscape.

Female pilgrim lies in the lap of a male pilgrim

Jeremias Wachsmuth, 1721

Lithographic bust portrait of a bearded middle-aged man in dark formal dress, with a handwritten signature below.

Portrait of an unknown man, possibly W. Ph. J. van Dielen

Anthony Grolman, 1868

Engraved oval portrait of Arthur Wellesley in military uniform with sash, framed by a neoclassical laurel and torch border.

Portrait of Arthur Wellesley

Auguste Claude Simon Legrand, 1775

Engraved portrait of a general in uniform with orders and a sash, framed by a decorative laurel border with a caption.

Portrait of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Auguste Claude Simon Legrand, 1782

Engraving of a nude penitent woman with long hair seated in a rocky cave beside an ointment jar and open book.

Penitent Mary Magdalene

Auguste Claude Simon Legrand, 1775

Lithographic bust portrait of an older man in a powdered wig and dark clerical-style coat, with printed name caption below.

Portrait of Gabriel Bonnot de Mably

Auguste Legrand, 1827

Lithograph portrait of François-Jean-Hyacinthe Feutrier, bishop of Beauvais, in clerical dress with a pectoral cross.

Portrait of François-Jean-Hyacinthe Feutrier

Auguste Legrand, 1827

Lithograph portrait of a French general in embroidered uniform with epaulettes, medal and sword, caption below.

Portrait of Louis Juchault de Lamoricière

Auguste Legrand, 1848

Lithograph bust portrait of a man in a powdered wig and frilled cravat, with a printed caption below the image.

Portrait of Pascal Paoli

Auguste Legrand, 1827

Portrait of Edmond-Louis-Alexis Dubois-Crancé

Auguste Legrand, 1827

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruff collar, captioned Diogo do Couto.

Portrait of Diogo de Couto

C. Legrand, 1842

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

Portrait of Jacob Blauw

Auguste Legrand, 1827

Lithographic portrait of a bald clergyman in a dark habit with a cross-marked sash, signed C. Legrand, 1864.

Portrait of Bartolomeu dos Mártires, Archbishop of Braga

C. Legrand, 1864

Lithographic bust portrait of a bearded man in a buttoned coat with medals, captioned Ilia Baikow, 1829.

Portrait of Ilya Ivanovich Baykov

Franz Legrand, 1829

Engraving of two men in a street with a horse, while figures tend a wounded man at a classical doorway, with a barrel in fron

Good Samaritan pays the innkeeper

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1549

Engraving of a risen Christ standing on a globe with a cross among clouds, above a reclining figure and broken weapons.

Christ conquers time

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving of a skeleton with a scythe reclining on a hill while a winged woman on a cloud blows a trumpet.

Fame conquers death

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Etching of a female allegorical figure floating on clouds above a reclining nude man, arrows scattered, and a town beyond.

Faith conquers sensual love

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving of Father Time with an hourglass and scythe on clouds above ruins, with two fallen figures below.

Time conquers fame

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving of a winged cupid with bow above clouds, over a pile of crowns, orbs, scissors and objects, with a city behind.

Sensual love conquers earthly pursuits

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving of a skeleton with a scythe above fallen bodies and ruins, with a distant harbor city beyond.

Death conquers Faith

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1532

Engraving of a bearded rider leading a horse carrying a wounded man, with a town and ruins in the background.

Journey of the Good Samaritan and the wounded traveler

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1549

Hand-coloured print of a busy London street with a covered cart, pedestrians, the Ram Inn sign, and a distant dome.

Street scene in London

George Cruikshank, 1812

Etching of a moated castle with tall round and pointed towers reflected in still water under a cloudy sky.

Heeswijk Castle

Willem Wenckebach, 1901

Etching of bare trees, a pine, and a thatched farmhouse with sheep on a sandy heath path.

Landscape with farmhouse

Willem Wenckebach, 1860

Etched 1892 calendar with a windmill by water, reeds and water lilies, and printed month grids for the Amsterdam firm Roeloff

Calendar of printing company Roeloffzen & Hübner with mill and water lilies, 1892

Willem Wenckebach, 1892

Black woodcut of two men in top hats shaking hands before tree trunks, with a dog at their feet.

Two men with hats

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, 1892

Engraved allegory with a coat of arms, lion and unicorn supporters, a veiled female figure, winged putti and radiant light.

Allegory of the return of Great Britain to the Catholic faith

Arnold van Westerhout, 1687