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Rijksmuseum

418 works

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo wall-light with five candle arms and a satyr figure at its centre.

Design for a wall-light

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, c. 1717

Maid

Isaac Israëls, 1875

Pen and wash drawing of a castle behind trees along a riverbank, with small figures walking on the shore and a wooden jetty a

Two views of the castle Loevestein

Roelant Roghman, c. 1646 - c. 1647

Grey watercolor of carved stone capitals and column fragments among ivy and grass, with a cylindrical fragment at right.

Five Capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome

Joseph August Knip, c. 1809 - c. 1812

Pencil drawing of a hilltop castle and church tower above rooftops and chimneys, with mountains in the misty distance.

Gezicht op Lausanne II

Matthijs Maris, 1861

Panoramic engraving of sailing ships on calm water with a wooded coastline, hills, and shoreline buildings under a pale sky.

View of the fort in Galle in Ceylon

Pieter de Bevere, 1755

Watercolor of Roman ruins and arches on a wooded hill, with cypress trees and a palm in the foreground.

View of the Palatine Hill in Rome, with the Arch of Constantine

Joseph August Knip, c. 1809 - c. 1812

Watercolor drawing of a slender pipefish with a long snout curving across a pale background, framed by a thin border.

Zeenaald (Syngnatus Acus)

Pieter Withoos, 1664

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 wash drawing of Roman Baths of Caracalla ruins with a church, aqueduct and fragments in the foreground.

The Baths of Caracalla and two capitals in the Villa Mattei in Rome

Joseph August Knip, c. 1809 - c. 1812

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

Art Nouveau design with a blue-gowned figure, gilded birds, red flowers, factory chimneys and a Stucchi & C. Milano roundel.

Design for a spoon and a fork

Luigi Conconi, 1895

Grey pencil drawing of a mountain landscape with rolling hills, distant peaks and clouds under a pale sky.

Mountain landscape in Italy

Hendrik Voogd, 1788

Pencil and wash design of a robed saint standing in an arched niche with garland ornament above.

Design for a grisaille by H. Petrus

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Brown ink drawing of the fortified town Doullens across a plain, with riders on a road and trees in the foreground.

View of Doullens

Jan Peeters, 1654

Horizontal border design of eight blue faceted spouted objects in a row on a brown wavy patterned band.

Decorative border with eight objects with spout

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Red chalk drawing of a decorative frieze with a garland, a bust in a roundel, and a patterned draped cloth.

Marble border with garland and bust and an overhanging cloth

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Pen and wash drawing of a fortified town with church spires seen across a river, with bastions and figures in the foreground.

View of Vitry-le-François

Jan Peeters, 1654

Narrow strip of black ink looping scrollwork ornament on a cream paper sheet.

Vignette

Julie de Graag, 1888

Marble border with satyr head, head with laurel wreath and garland

Mattheus Terwesten, 1680

Ink sketch of seated figures conversing in an interior with low tables, a screen, and a pine tree outside.

Scholars in conversation

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

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 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

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

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

Brown ink and wash sketch of a spotted hunting dog chasing a running hare across a grassy field.

Hunting dog in pursuit of a hare

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Black and white ink design for a title page with symmetrical scrolls, Greek key motifs and the word Charivaria in bold letter

Design for title page of Charivaria, 2nd volume

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

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 of a brown-sailed boat in shallow water with a second boat and seagulls under an overcast sky.

Bomschuit being pulled onto the beach

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1841

Ink sketch of two folded lotus leaves with radiating veins on a pale sheet, mounted within a light border.

Sketch page with folded lotus leaves

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808