This online catalogue focuses on the museum’s holdings of seventeenth-century Dutch drawings, serving as a standard reference, alongside that for drawings by Rembrandt and his School, for the international scholarly community.

The catalogue

About the project

The Rijksmuseum has one of the largest and finest collections of seventeenth-century Dutch drawings in the world, consisting of more than 5,000 individual items. The museum is committed to researching and cataloguing these works. The two online catalogues supplement four existing printed catalogues (see list below) and follow a standardized scientific format. Each signed entry includes information on the drawing’s condition, its inscriptions and provenance. Further, it contains a biography, general entry text, links to related works and, where relevant, a context field.

Aim of the project

The goal is to make the Rijksmuseum’s complete holdings of seventeenth-century drawings accessible for a broad audience, including the international scholarly community. In the coming months and years, the (remaining) Dutch drawings will be published in this online catalogue in batches per artist. Moreover, written entries from the 1998 collection catalogue will be updated and published online as well.

Related events

Connoisseurship Master Class on Drawings, June and September 2019

Staff

Ilona van Tuinen
i.van.tuinen@rijksmuseum.nl
Curator of Drawings 16th & 17th Century and Acting Head of the Rijksprentenkabinet (especially drawings)

Jane Turner
j.shoaf-turner@rijksmuseum.nl
Former Head of the Rijksprentenkabinet

Robert-Jan te Rijdt
r.te.rijdt@rijksmuseum.nl
Curator of Drawings

Maud van Suylen
m.van.suylen@rijksmuseum.nl
Scientific Staff Member

Carolyn Mensing
c.mensing@rijksmuseum.nl
Getty Paper Project Fellow

Partners and Sponsors

This cataloguing project is generously supported by the Getty Foundation through The Paper Project, the van Marle Fonds/ Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Rijksmuseum International Circle.