**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  

Judith Leyster, a genre painter, and Rachel Ruysch, a floral painter, were both successful Dutch women artists in the 17th century. Explore the differences in their lives after each married another artist. Judith Leyster virtually gave up painting to become an assistant to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer, and raise two children, while Rachel Ruysch’s husband, Juriaen Pool, a portrait painter, supported his wife in raising 10 children at the same time she became an internationally known artist. Get to know these 17th-century Dutch artists both personally and professionally. Led by Martha Chiarchiaro, owner of Seeing History, who has brought history to life through the art of the times for more than 30 years. She received her Masters’ degree in the History of Art from Williams College and provides a variety of art history presentations at the Worcester Art Museum, the Worcester Institute for Senior Education (WISE), libraries, senior centers, and garden clubs.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Tewksbury Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

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