A traveling exhibition resurrects Rachel Ruysch, an ambitious Dutch painter (and two-time lottery winner) whose intricate still lifes still stun.

The visual splendor of this Dutch Golden Age painter's work, featuring gorgeous arrays of fruits and flowers animated by buzzing insects, delights in tableau after tableau.

Yet fewer of us have probably heard of Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750), renowned during her lifetime for her original style but under-acknowledged through the centuries in the canon of Western art history.

Rachel Ruysch and Michiel van Musscher, “Rachel Ruysch” (1692), oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches (image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) ...

Rachel Ruysch. Posted in News Dual Portrait of Old Master Rachel Ruysch Holds a Trove of Secrets. by Elaine Velie March 28, 2023 March 29, 2023. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has just acquired ...

Rachel Ruysch; Still life of flowers with a nosegay of roses, marigolds, larkspur, a bumblebee and other insects, 1695; 32 x 25.8 cm. (12.6 x 10.2 in.) close. View to Scale. Past Auction. Rachel ...

What's hiding in the undergrowth of Rachel Ruysch's bold and beautiful flower painting? This is a world where buds hiss like snakes, poppies twirl and tiny insects devour - a vibrant, fecund ...

Rachel Ruysch’s Still Lifes, from the Dutch Golden Age, Are Both Sensuous and Scientific Jun 06, 2025. Pure pleasure abounds in Rachel Ruysch’s paintings on view at the Toledo Museum of Art—the first ...

Art Café: Rachel Ruysch, the forgotten Dutch master Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Info When. May 13, 5:30-7 pm; Price $5 Categories Galleries, Forums & Talks.