Women

Women in art and history

Experience this audio tour using the Rijksmuseum app

Open this page on your mobile phone. The app will guide you step by step along these artworks in the museum.

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Open this tour in the app

Open this tour in the app

Copy the link and paste it to your phone — 1. Copy the link and paste it to your phone

1. Copy the link and paste it to your phone

Open the link on your smartphone and follow the instructions — 2. Open the link on your smartphone and follow the instructions

2. Open the link on your smartphone and follow the instructions

Visit your favourite works in the museum — 3. Visit your favourite works in the museum

3. Visit your favourite works in the museum

Women in the museum

1. Tympanum of Egmond, 1122-1133

156
2. Brussels, Pleurants, c. 1475-1476

180
3. Maarten van Heemskerck, Portraits, 1529

122
4. Catharina van Hemessen, Young Woman, 1548

155
5. Judith Leyster, The Serenade, 1629

551
6. Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers , c. 1690-1720

552
7. Ferdinand Bol, Regentesses of the Leprozenhuis, c. 1668-1671

530
8. Dolls’ house Oortman, c. 1686-1710

567
9. Gabriel Metsu, Woman Eating, c. 1661–1664

506
10. Thérèse Schwartze, Lizzy Ansingh, 1902

351
11. Hendrik Mesdag, Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875–1885

360
12. Surinamese Girls, c. 1805

346
13. Marie Bashkirtseff, Alexandrine Patchenko, 1881

348
14. Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Cat at Play, c. 1878

388
15. Johannes van Kempen, Set of matching jewellery, c. 1854-1858

387
16. Ferdi, Wombtomb, 1968

750