An oil painting of a vase of flowers with an ear of corn lying beside them. — Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn, 1742.

Talk

Friends Fortnight 2025: 'Rachel Ruysch & her World’ with Dr Lizzie Marx

28 February 13.00 - 14.00

Location	Lecture Theatre
Admission	Free. Exclusively for Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland. Book an in-person ticket. Book an online ticket.

In 2023 the Gallery acquired Rachel Ruysch’s ‘Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn’. It is the first painting by a woman artist to enter the Gallery’s collection of Dutch art. In this lecture, Dr Lizzie Marx, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Art, will discuss Rachel Ruysch’s long and distinguished career, her artistic and scientific sources of inspiration, and the significance of this acquisition for the Gallery.

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