RKD Netherland Institute for art History
Images in RKDimages, RKDportraits and RKDarchives can be downloaded as jpeg via the button 'Download' The image contains a watermark.
Images that have an active 'Order' button can be ordered without watermark for € 5. The quality of the images varies: the number of pixels is shown below the image. The quality of the images varies: the number of pixels is shown below the image. You can request the image through our request form. You will receive a link to the download after payment.
When the button 'Request scan' is active, it is possible to request a new scan made on 300 ppi A4 size. You can request a new scan by using this form. The delivery time is 3 to 4 weeks after payment.
With the option Fast delivery we make and deliver the new scan within 3 workdays after payment. With the option Large format, we deliver the image on a larger format than 300 ppi A4 size, for example for a blow-up. Your request can be submitted via this form.
All images will be send via OneDrive.
The RKD strives to facilitate the supply of reproductions of material from its collections to the best of its abilities. In certain cases, however, this may not be possible. For more information on what these cases are, please read below.
It is not possible to provide scans of material that is fragile or that is part of archives that have not yet been made accessible.
When a work of art is part of a public collection such as a museum, scans are to be ordered directly from the organization in question by you personally at all times, unless the RKD possesses an image which shows the artwork in a state preceding the time at which it was part of the collection concerned. An exception can also be made when the public collection involved is unable to provide a scan.
If an artwork has been offered on the art market or at auction in the past 5 to 7 years, you should initially address orders for scans to the art dealer or auction house involved. If an artwork was offered at an art dealer or auction house longer than 5 to 7 years ago, or if its current whereabouts are unknown, reproduction scans can be ordered from the RKD.
Orders for images of works from private collections are assessed individually by the RKD. The RKD does not disclose addresses of private owners. If possible, the RKD may try contacting the owner with regard to an order.
If a work is copyrighted, then its use will require permission from the copyright owner. If you distribute material or use it in a publication without having acquired the necessary permission from the copyright owner, then the latter can take legal steps against you. Clients of the RKD are personally responsible for seeing to the proper arrangement of rights relating to the distribution or republication of material from the collection. For further information on copyright, see this page.
The RKD delivers images for personal use by the customer only. Customers indemnify the RKD Foundation against the consequences of any possible claim resulting from distribution or republication.
When visual material is used for publication, the applicant is obliged to cite the source in the manner set out below, either by placing it in close proximity of the published image or by including it in a photo credit.
Photo Collection RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague
RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague, Archive (name archive), (archive number between brackets), inventory number (add inv. Nr.)
Name of artist, title art work (in italics), date, technique and carrier, Collection RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague
Photograph (name photographer), RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague
RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, RKDimages (number between brackets)
Photograph (name photographer), RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague/RCE, Amersfoort
Photo Collection RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History/IB, The Hague
For questions, please contact us at explore@rkd.nl.