Rachel Ruysch - "Flower Still Life" 11x14 Archival Print

Print Size: 11" x 14"
Creator: Rachel Ruysch
Date: about 1726
Original Medium: Oil on canvas
Original Size: 29 ¾ x 23 7/8 in.
Location: Toledo Museum of Art

Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664-1750), Flower Still Life, about 1726, oil on canvas, 29 ¾ x 23 7/8 in. (75.6 x 60.6 cm), Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1956.57

Against a dark background, in the style of flower painting from the second half of the seventeenth century, Rachel Ruysch composed a lush floral arrangement, including many flowers that would never actually bloom at the same time. Among this array of blossoming and wilting plants, a closer look reveals caterpillars crawling along the stem of a flower and browning leaves riddled with holes made by hungry insects. Such vivid details suggest the fragility of the...

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