The Toledo Museum of Art devotes an exhibition to the 17th- and 18th-century Dutch artist, who enjoyed a decades-long career ...

The Dutch "old mistress" was renowned in her own lifetime. But since her death 275 years ago, her legacy has been largely forgotten ...

Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750), a prolific painter of still life whose canvases combined scientific knowledge with breathtaking beauty, achieved unprecedented fame and acclaim during her long creative ...

and Rachel was one of them,” said Schindler. In many ways, women’s influential role in botanical and still life painting points to the confines set against them. In the 17th century ...