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Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies, and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge

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Ruysch has been recorded as making pendant paintings, with one painting of flowers (called a "bloemstuk") and another of fruit ("fruitstuk"), often on a forest floor. A pendant to this painting is unknown. Various attempts have been made to "read" her paintings in terms of the plants and insects
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shown in them, but generally they were simply treasured for their beauty and "cleverness". In this painting there are several botanically correct plants, with various insects on them.
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106.68 cm × 83.82 cm (42.00 in × 33.00 in)
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Other "Flowers in a vase on a ledge" paintings by Ruysch are:
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Flower in a terracotta vase on a stone parapet, ca. 1688
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The white rose is host to a spider, beetle, and ants.
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Rachel Ruysch
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, D.C.
oil
Dutch
Rachel Ruysch
Dutch Golden Age painting
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, D.C.
The central flower is a peony.
The pink rose hangs above a milk thistle.
The white rose is host to a spider, beetle, and ants.
Foxglove with a butterfly.
Nasturtium.
Wilhelmina Holladay
Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Hallwyl Museum.
Hallwyl Museum
Rijksmuseum.
Rijksmuseum
A Flower Painting by Rachel Ruysch
Flower in a terracotta vase on a stone parapet, ca. 1688
RKD
Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Categories
1680s paintings
Paintings by Rachel Ruysch

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