Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts
7 March – 31 May 2026

We are pleased to announce that The Klesch Collection’s Still Life of Flowers by Rachel Ruysch was included in the significant exhibition ‘Unforgettable. Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750’. This dual-venue exhibition, on view at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., from 26 September 2025 until 11 January 2026, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, from 7 March until 31 May 2026, celebrated the achievements of over 40 Dutch and Flemish women artists.

This exhibition highlighted how women artists’ contributions, often overlooked, were essential to understanding Dutch and Flemish visual culture of the period. Spanning a wide range of media, including painting, lace, prints, paper cuttings, embroidery and sculpture, the exhibition demonstrated the many ways in which women of all classes shaped the booming artistic culture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Whether excelling in a male-dominated field of painting or producing some of the most expensive lace of the day, women played a vital role in the cultural landscape. Ruysch’s rich still life served as a prime example of the role of women artists in the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Rachel Ruysch, Still Life of Flowers, 1687