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The Most Famous Artworks of Rijksmuseum

The 60 most celebrated works of the Rijksmuseum museum, ranked by renown across 5,548 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Venus and Adonis
    Venus and Adonis Ferdinand Bol · 1658
  2. Vertumnus and Pomona
    Vertumnus and Pomona Hendrick Goltzius · 1613
  3. Venus and Minerva
    Venus and Minerva Unknown · 1605
  4. Morning Toilet
    Morning Toilet Jean-Frédéric Schall · 1790
  5. Landscape with Bathsheba
    Landscape with Bathsheba Jan van Scorel · 1540
  6. A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as ‘In the Month of July’
    A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as ‘In the Month of July’ Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël · 1895
  7. Venus and Adonis
    Venus and Adonis Joost de Pape · 1629
  8. Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
    Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario Pieter Claesz · 1628
  9. The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz
    The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz Adriaan de Lelie · 1798
  10. Susanna and the Elders
    Susanna and the Elders Nicolas Bertin · 1700
  11. Portrait of Jan van Nes (1631-80). Vice admiral of Holland and West-Friesland
    Portrait of Jan van Nes (1631-80). Vice admiral of Holland and West-Friesland Ludolf de Jongh · 1666
  12. The Milkmaid
    The Milkmaid Johannes Vermeer · 1660
  13. God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible
    God Holds Adam and Eve Responsible Adriaen van der Werff · 1717
  14. Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
    Syndics of the Drapers' Guild Rembrandt van Rijn · 1662
  15. Reclining Venus
    Reclining Venus Lambert Sustris · 1100
  16. Madonna of Humility (Madonna dell'Umiltà)
    Madonna of Humility (Madonna dell'Umiltà) Gherardo Starnina · 1396
  17. Cows in a Meadow near a Farm
    Cows in a Meadow near a Farm Paulus Potter · 1653
  18. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato · 1650
  19. Still life with chinese porcelain, berries, and artichokes
    Still life with chinese porcelain, berries, and artichokes Osias Beert · 1612
  20. Still life in a stable
    Still life in a stable Hendrik Potuyl · 1640
  21. Mary Magdalene
    Mary Magdalene Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1854
  22. The Virgin and Child
    The Virgin and Child Unknown · 1500
  23. Madonna and child
    Madonna and child Master of the Female Half-Lengths · 1530
  24. Shepherdess with a Flock of Sheep
    Shepherdess with a Flock of Sheep Anton Mauve
  25. Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Slab
    Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Slab Rachel Ruysch · 1716
  26. Twilight
    Twilight Théodore Rousseau · 1850
  27. The suicide of Lucretia
    The suicide of Lucretia Master with the Parrot · 1500
  28. Meadow with Cows by the Water
    Meadow with Cows by the Water Willem Maris · 1896
  29. The canal at 's-Graveland
    The canal at 's-Graveland Pieter Gerardus van Os · 1818
  30. Madonna of Humility
    Madonna of Humility Unknown · 1920
  31. Morning Ride on the Beach
    Morning Ride on the Beach Anton Mauve · 1888
  32. Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight
    Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight Piet Mondrian · 1903
  33. The slaughtered ox
    The slaughtered ox Abraham van den Hecken the Younger · 1635
  34. Harbour at Sunrise
    Harbour at Sunrise Claude Lorrain · 1638
  35. Landscape with two Trees
    Landscape with two Trees Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël · 1860
  36. The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society
    The Drawing Gallery of the Felix Meritis Society Adriaan de Lelie · 1801
  37. Vanits still life
    Vanits still life Aelbert Jansz. van der Schoor · 1650
  38. Italianate Landscape with Pines
    Italianate Landscape with Pines Hendrik Voogd · 1798
  39. Windmill on a pond
    Windmill on a pond Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël · 1896
  40. Summer Day
    Summer Day Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch · 1894
  41. Landscape with a Stone Bridge
    Landscape with a Stone Bridge Rembrandt van Rijn · 1638
  42. Vanitas still life
    Vanitas still life Pieter Symonsz Potter · 1646
  43. View of The Hague from the Delftse Vaart in the 17th Century
    View of The Hague from the Delftse Vaart in the 17th Century Cornelis Springer · 1852
  44. Still life with a salt cellar
    Still life with a salt cellar Pieter Claesz · 1644
  45. Cows in a soggy meadow
    Cows in a soggy meadow Willem Maris · 1860
  46. Landscape with a Scene of the Conquest of America
    Landscape with a Scene of the Conquest of America Jan Mostaert · 1535
  47. Death of Euridice
    Death of Euridice Joos de Momper the Younger · 1632
  48. Still life
    Still life Johann Friedrich Gruber · 1661
  49. Vanitas still life
    Vanitas still life Evert Collier · 1662
  50. Seascape
    Seascape Willem Antonie van Deventer · 1850
  51. Vanitas still life
    Vanitas still life N.L. Peschier · 1660
  52. Four directors of the arquebusier's guild, Amsterdam, 1655
    Four directors of the arquebusier's guild, Amsterdam, 1655 Bartholomeus van der Helst · 1655
  53. The wine connoisseurs
    The wine connoisseurs Jacob Duck · 1640
  54. The Studio of the Haarlem Painter Pieter Frederik van Os
    The Studio of the Haarlem Painter Pieter Frederik van Os Anton Mauve · 1856
  55. The hurdy-gurdy player
    The hurdy-gurdy player David Vinckboons · 1608
  56. The penitent Mary Magdalene
    The penitent Mary Magdalene Dirck Bleker · 1651
  57. Still Life with Pig's Head, Trotters and Sausage
    Still Life with Pig's Head, Trotters and Sausage Monogrammist JVR · 1600
  58. Interior of an inn with an old man amusing himself with the landlady and two men playing backgammon, known as 'Two kinds of games'
    Interior of an inn with an old man amusing himself with the landlady and two men playing backgammon, known as 'Two kinds of games' Jan Steen · 1669
  59. The Floating Feather
    The Floating Feather Melchior d' Hondecoeter · 1690
  60. Visit to a New Mother
    Visit to a New Mother Moritz Calisch · 1835