Washington, D.C., National Museum for Women in the Arts
26 September 2025 – 11 January 2026

We were pleased to announce that The Klesch Collection’s Still Life of Flowers by Rachel Ruysch had been included in this significant exhibition ‘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 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, from March 2026, celebrates 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.

Featuring in the thematic section on economy, 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