History Painting at the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum holds 203 History Painting works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1450 to 1948. The collection is led by Willem van de Velde the elder, Hendrick de Meijer and Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer.
The suicide of Lucretia
Landscape with a Stone Bridge
Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Pond in the Woods
Latona and the Lycian Peasants
Boerenkermis
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Caritas: Joanna de Geer (1629-1691) with her Children Cecilia Trip (1660-1728) and Laurens Trip (b. 1662)
The battle between Carnival and Lent
The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster
Sleeping Lion by Night
Een vrolijke vioolspeler
Flowers from Normandy
The conferring of a degree at the University of Leiden around 1650
‘Arrangement in Yellow and Gray’: Effie Deans
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The French army at Naarden, 20 July 1672
Muilezeldrijvers bij een herberg
Winter in Amsterdam
The Breach of the Sint Anthonisdijk on the Night of 5–6 March 1651
Orpheus and the Animals
View of Smyrna (Izmir) and the Reception Given to Consul de Hochepied in the Council Chamber
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Vrouw aan de maaltijd, bekend als ‘Het ontbijt van de kat’
The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, 24 May 1660
Het toilet
The Battle of Waterloo
A Woman with a Dog
Portrait of a Goldsmith, Probably Bartholomeus Jansz van Assendelft
Putti Playing
Portrait of Willem Pottey, Lawyer and Accountant-General of Flushing
Triomf van het geloof: Neptunus
The Last Supper
Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
Judith Allijn (d 1702), Wife of Harmen Lijnslager
Dionijs Wijnands (1628-73). Amsterdam merchant, son of Hendrick Wijnands and Aeltje Denijs
The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly, Bengal
A Shepherdess
A siege of a city, thought to be the siege of Gulik by the Spanish under the command of Hendrik van den Bergh, 5 September 1621-3 February 1622
The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus after the Battle of Pydna
The arrival of the Russian embassy in Amsterdam, 29 August 1697
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The Battle of Ramillies betwwen the French and the English, 23 May 1706
Naval Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October 1702. Episode from the War of the Spanish Succession
Frederik Hendrik at the surrender of Maastricht, 22 August 1632
The Banquet of Cleopatra
The naval battle near Livorno, 14 March 1653: incident of the first Anglo-Dutch War
Departure of Charles II of England at Scheveningen, June 2, 1660
The Continence of Scipio
The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar
Christ and the Woman of Canaan
The seizure of the English flagship 'Royal Charles,' captured during the raid on Chatham, June 1667
The Bakhuysen and de Hooghe Families dining at the Mosselsteiger (Mussel Pier) on the Y, Amsterdam
Cimon and Pero
Officers and Other Civic Guardsmen of the IVth District of Amsterdam, under the Command of Captain Jan Claesz van Vlooswijck and Lieutenant Gerrit Hudde
Scene from the marriage of Messaline and Gaius Silius, possibly an episode from a play
"Council of War aboard 'The Seven Provinces' the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 10 June 1666, preceding the Four Days' Battle
Portrait of a Man
Battle of the combined Venetian and Dutch fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foya, 1649
The battle of Cadix
De rarekiek (’t Fraay Curieus)
Portrait of a Man
The battle between Bréauté and Leckerbeetje on the heath outside Vught, 5 Februari 1600
The Man-of-War Brielle on the River Maas off Rotterdam
The Death of Lucretia
Encounter during the Battle of Kijkduin
Dutch ships ramming Spanish galleys off the English coast, 3 October 1602
The skirmish of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter against the duke of York, commanding the 'Royal Prince'during the Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672: episode from the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-74)
Antiochus and Stratonice
Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen at his Audience with Sultan Ahmed III
The Siege and Capture of the City of Hulst from the Spaniards, November 5, 1645
The Batlle of Livorno, 14 March 1653: episode from the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54)
Captured English Ships after the Four Days’ Battle
Episode from the Four Day Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
A Couple Making Love in a Park Spied on by Children
Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)
The continence of Scipio
A Coastal Ruin in Italy
Portrait of a young woman
Allegory of Coinage
Seascape with Dutch men-of-war
The Battle of Livorno
Lust for Gold
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
De Egyptische weduwe
The unsuccessful English attack against the returning Dutch fleet in the harbor of Bergen, Norway, 12 August 1665: episode from the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
Cimon and Pero
Mountainous Landscape
Adriaan Pit (1860-1944). Director of the Dutch Museum for Art and History in Amsterdam
The Battle of Terheide
The storming of Coevoorden, 30 december 1672
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Scene from the Ten Days' Campaign against the Belgian Revolt, August 1831
The Battle of the Downs
The Saint Elizabeth’s Day Flood
Het visioen van de heilige Franciscus van Assisi
The Frederiksplein in Amsterdam during the arrival of Queen Wilhelmina, 5 September 1898
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Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and the Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
St. Elizabeth Flood
The battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573
The Fish Market in Antwerp
Prince Maurits at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 2 July 1600
The apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the raid on Chatham in the background
The Princess of Orange Receiving Alexander II (1818-1881), Grand Duke and Heir to the Throne of Russia, in the Czar Peter's House in Zaandam, 17 April 1839
Ratification of the Peace of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic in the town hall of Münster, 15 May 1648
The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis
Bombardment of Algiers by the United Anglo-Dutch Naval Squadron, 1816
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Members of the civic guard company of Captain Dirck Tholinx and Lieutenant Pieter Adriaenszn Raep
The burning of the English fleet near Chatham, June 1667, during the second Anglo-Dutch war
The Battle of Dunkirk
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Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
Prince William I after the failed Assassination Attempt by Jean Jaurequi in 1582, Nursed by Charlotte de Bourbon
The Battle of Terheide
Episode from the Four Days Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
The Lamentation
Naval battle between Dutch men-of-war and Spanish galleys
The Battle of Medway
Battle of Medway
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Departure of Spanish Occupation Troops from Breda, October 10, 1637
Joyous Entry of François, Duke of Anjou into Antwerp, 19 February 1582, with a Triumphal Arch on St. Jan's Bridge
The notary's office
The leavetaking of Captain Hendrik de Sandra (1619-1707), sent off by his wife and children
The Battle of Fleurus, 1622
Romulus and Remus discovered by the Herdsman Faustulus
Cavalry attack
Council of War on board the 'Queen Charlotte', commanded by Lord Exmouth, prior to the Bombardment of Algiers, 26 August 1816
Sign, both sides painted with Herring Boats
Mooy-Aal and her suitors
Adam-François-Jules-Armand (1771-1848), Count van der Duyn van Maasdam
Peace Extinguishes the Flame of War
The battle on the Slaak between the Dutch and Spanish fleets during the night of 12-13 September 1631
The Chassé Division at the Battle of Waterloo
Transport of colonial soldiers
Country Road with Hunter and Peasants
Het oordeel van Paris
Naval battle near Elseneur in the Sound between the Dutch and the Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
The self-sacrifice of Dutch missionary Antonius Hambroeck in Formosa
Witches' Sabbath
Frederick Henry and Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz at the Siege of ’s Hertogenbosch
Ships after a battle
Prince Frederik Hendrik at the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629
Willem III, Count of Holland, Ordering the Beheadal of the Bailiff of Zuid Holland, 1336
Portrait of Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel
The Continence of Scipio
Eberhard (1445-96), Duke of Würtemberg, as a Pilgrim in the Holy Land
Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Sillius
Explosion at Antwerp of Dutch Gunboat No. 2, Commanded by Jan van Speyk, 5 February 1831
Kenau Simonsdr Hasselaer op de wallen van Haarlem met haar vrouwencorps bij de hevigste aanval der Spanjaarden, 31 januari 1573
Legend of a Knight (end panel of a cassone)
De heilige Clara
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Het beleg van Schenkenschans in 1636
Het sterfbed van Epaminondas
Copy of The Night Watch
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Jan van Speijk steekt de lont in het kruit, 5 februari 1831
King Willem II Making his Last Will
A Cavalry Encounter between Turkish Troops and the Troops of the Austrian Emperor
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Napoleon with his Staff
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The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras, 16 June 1815
The Princess of Orange Receiving Alexander II (1818-1881), Grand Duke and Heir to the Throne of Russia, in the Czar Peter's House in Zaandam, 17 April 1839
Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Granicus against the Persians
The Departure of Charles II of England from Scheveningen, 2 June 1660
Battle of Medway
Cavalry Attack
The Last Defenders of Missolonghi, 22 April 1826: an episode from the Greek War of Independence
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The Marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxane of Bactria
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Lieutenant-General Frederik Knotzer in the Battle of Houthalen, during the 10 Days' Campaign, 1831
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Saul Welcoming David after his Victory over Goliath
The Treatment of Prisoners of War by the Tupinamba Indians, in three scenes
Jan van Speijk Debating whether to Set Fire to the Gunpowder
The Citadel of Antwerp shortly after the Siege of 19 November-23 December 1832, and the Surrender of the Dutch Garisson to the French
Exchange of Fire on the Vaartse Rijn near Jutphaas
The Solemn Inauguration of University of Ghent by the Prince of Orange in the Throne Room of the Town Hall on 9 October 1817
Magdalena Moons begs her fiancé Francisco Valdez to delay the siege of Leiden one more day
Council of war of eleven companies of the Dordrecht militia, ca 1675
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Warrior with Lance and Shield
Triumvirate Assuming Power in the Name of the Prince of Orange, 21 November 1813
The Departure of Charles II (1630-1685) from Scheveningen, 2 June 1660
Bivouac at Molodechno, 3-4 December 1812: an episode from Napoleon's Retreat from Russia
Scene from the Ten Days' Campaign against the Belgian Revolt, August 1831
The Last Defenders of Mesolóngion, 22 April 1826, episode from the Greek War of Independence
The Citadel of Antwerp shortly after the Siege of 19 November-23 December 1832, and the Surrender of the Dutch Garisson to the French
The Casemates outside of Naarden during the Siege, April 1814
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The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573
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Cavalry Skirmish
Cleopatra’s Banquet
Hera Hiding during the Battle of the Gods and Giants
The Battle of Terheide