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Home>Exhibitions>Past>2021>Clouds, Ice, and Bounty: The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings

# Clouds, Ice, and Bounty: The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings

Past Exhibition

## October 17, 2021 – June 1, 2022West Building -  Dutch & Flemish Cabinet Galleries

Depicting a rich cross section of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish life and culture, this exhibition brings together 27 paintings acquired through the generosity of the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund over the past two decades, supplemented by one painting from Lee and Juliet Folger’s personal collection. Assembled with care and passion, the collection includes landscapes by Jacob van Ruisdael and Salomon van Ruysdael, winter scenes by Jan van Goyen and Adam van Breen, genre paintings by Dirck Hals and Caspar Netscher, seascapes by Reinier Nooms and Simon de Vlieger, still lifes by Clara Peeters and Frans Snyders, and portraits by Thomas de Keyser and Jan Miense Molenaer. Seen together, this collection offers a unique opportunity to enjoy some of the finest productions of Dutch and Flemish artists of the 17th century. 

Video
Take a Two-Minute Tour
Watch as curator Betsy Wieseman takes you on a tour of the seascapes and landscapes, genre scenes, and colorful still lifes you'll encounter in this exhibition.

Story
Painting Climate Change in the 17th Century
Look to Dutch and Flemish paintings from the Little Ice Age for evidence of climate change and lessons we can apply today.

# Selected Works

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Simon de Vlieger, *Estuary at Day's End*, c. 1640/1645, oil on panel, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund in memory of Kathrine Dulin Folger, 1997.101.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Jacob van Walscapelle, *Still Life with Fruit*, 1675, oil on panel, Juliet and Lee Folger/The Folger Fund, 2001.71.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Adriaen Coorte, *Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants*, 1696, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2002.122.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Godefridus Schalcken, *Woman Weaving a Crown of Flowers*, c. 1675/1680, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2005.26.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Frans Snyders, *Still Life with Grapes and Game*, c. 1630, oil on panel, Gift of The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Circle of the National Gallery of Art, 2006.22.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Cornelis van Poelenburch, *Christ Carrying the Cross*, early 1620s, oil on copper, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2007.49.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
John Ward of Hull, *The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella"*, c. 1840, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2007.114.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Salomon van Ruysdael, *River Landscape with Ferry*, 1649, oil on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund and The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund. This acquisition was made possible through the generosity of the family of Jacques Goudstikker, in his memory., 2007.116.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Adam van Breen, *Skating on the Frozen Amstel River*, 1611, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, in honor of Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., 2010.20.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, *Amsterdam Harbor Scene*, c. 1654/1655, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2011.3.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Thomas de Keyser, *Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Fancy Ruff*, 1627, oil on copper, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2012.12.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Jacob van Hulsdonck, *Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl*, c. 1620, oil on copper, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2013.1.1

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Pieter Claesz, *Still Life with Peacock Pie*, 1627, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund , 2013.141.1

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Jan van Goyen, *Ice Scene near a Wooden Observation Tower*, 1646, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2014.35.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Jan Miense Molenaer, *Self-Portrait as a Lute Player*, c. 1637/1638, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2015.20.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Jacob Ochtervelt, *A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer*, 1663, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2015.68.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Frans van Mieris, *A Soldier Smoking a Pipe*, c. 1657/1658, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2016.10.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Caspar Netscher, *A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page*, 1666, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2016.118.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Herman Saftleven, *Imaginary River Landscape*, 1670, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2016.147.1

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Jacob van Ruisdael, *Dunes by the Sea*, 1648, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2017.55.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Willem van de Velde the Younger, *An English Warship Firing a Salute*, 1673, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2018.10.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Clara Peeters, *Still Life with Flowers Surrounded by Insects and a Snail*, c. 1610, oil on copper, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2018.144.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Philips Wouwerman, *The Departure for the Hunt*, c. 1665/1668, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, in honor of Earl A. Powell III, Director of the National Gallery of Art (1992-2019), 2019.2.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Jan Jansz van de Velde III, *Still Life with Stoneware Jug and Pipe*, mid 1650s, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2019.13.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Dirck Hals, *Merry Company on a Terrace*, 1625, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2020.11.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Adriaen Coorte, *Still Life with a Hanging Bunch of Grapes, Two Medlars, and a Butterfly*, 1687, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2020.16.1

Highlights from Clouds, Ice, and Bounty
Jan Brueghel the Elder, *Wooded Landscape with Travelers*, 1610, oil on panel, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2020.26.1

**Organization**                        Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington                    

The exhibition is curated by Marjorie Wieseman, curator and head of the department of northern European paintings.

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**Banner detail**: Simon de Vlieger, *Estuary at Day’s End*, c. 1640/1645, oil on panel, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund in memory of Kathrine Dulin Folger

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