Rachel Ruysch

A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch



Rachel Ruysch - A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch



Rachel Ruysch
A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch
1681
65.7 x 50.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right: Rachel Ruysch / 1681
Sale Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018


Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 July 1958, nr. 81 (£400 to Dent)
with Eugene Slatter, London, from whom acquired by a private collector on 28 October 1958, and by whom sold to private collection
sale [The Property of a Private Collector], Christie's, New York, 12 January 1994, nr. 97, where acquired by the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, nr. 59

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Rachel Ruysch Flower Still Life
Flower Still Life
1715

Rachel Ruysch Still life with Flowers
Still life with Flowers
1707

Rachel Ruysch Vase with Flowers
Vase with Flowers
1700

Rachel Ruysch Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase
Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase

Rachel Ruysch Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn
Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn
1742