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A lush bouquet of roses, lilies and wildflowers spilling out of a vase on a stone ledge against a dark background.Flower still life

Rachel Ruysch

1664 – 1750 · Netherlands

Flowers so precise a botanist could name them — and she outpriced Rembrandt.

Flowers in a Vase, c. 1685. Rachel Ruysch. Public domain · Source: Wikimedia Commons

Painting

Rachel Ruysch

1664 – 1750 · Netherlands

Daughter of a famous anatomist and botanist, she painted flower pieces for nearly seventy years. She became court painter in Düsseldorf and kept working into her eighties.

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Fact file

Born
1664
Died
1750
Country
Netherlands
Era
The 1700s
Style
Flower still life
Disciplines
Painting
Key work
Flowers in a Vase (c. 1685)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Where to see it
The National Gallery, London, UK

Curiosity!

It is believed

She had ten children and still produced more than 250 known paintings.

What we know (and what we don’t)

  • Documented

    She was court painter to Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, from 1708 to 1716.

  • It is believed

    It is often said her paintings sold for more than Rembrandt's did in his lifetime; this comparison is hard to verify precisely.

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