Vase with Flowers by Rachel Ruysch - 1700 - 79,5 x 60,2 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague Vase with Flowers by Rachel Ruysch - 1700 - 79,5 x 60,2 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague

Vase with Flowers

oil on canvas • 79,5 x 60,2 cm
  • Rachel Ruysch - 3 June 1664 - 12 October 1750 Rachel Ruysch 1700

This bouquet is past its best. The flowers are drooping and starting to fade. In the middle, a wilted opium poppy has been cut off. The empty space left there lends depth to the bouquet. Rachel Ruysch specialized in this sort of profuse flower still-life. She inherited her love of flowers and plants from her father, the renowned Amsterdam botanist Frederik Ruysch. Rachel had an international career as a painter and worked until a ripe old age.

We present today's painting thanks to the Mauritshuis in the Hague.  : )

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P.S. I guess the most famous flowers in art history are van Gogh's Sunflowers! Broaden your knowledge about the famous painting here!