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| − | [[File:Portrait of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken 1899.jpg|thumb|[[Portrait]] of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken | + | [[File:Portrait of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken 1899.jpg|thumb|[[Portrait]] of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken.]] |
| − | '''Rachel Ruysch''' (1664 – 1750) was a [[Famous Still Life Paintings|still life]] [[Baroque]] Era [[painter]] from the Netherlands; she specialized in flowers. In 1679, Ruysch studied under Willem van Aelst, a Still-Life specialist. A portrait of the artist by Godfried Schalcken (1899) is exposed at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, UK. | + | '''Rachel Ruysch''' (1664 – 1750) was a [[Famous Still Life Paintings|still life]] [[Baroque]] Era [[painter]] from the Netherlands; she specialized in flowers. In 1679, Ruysch studied under Willem van Aelst, a Still-Life specialist. A portrait of the artist by Godfried Schalcken (1899) is exposed at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, UK. Ruysch was a successful artist for nearly 70 years with a prominent international clientele. |
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*[http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1435448/Rachel-Ruysch Rachel Ruysch.] | *[http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1435448/Rachel-Ruysch Rachel Ruysch.] | ||
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/ruysch_rachel.html Rachel Ruysch.] | *[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/ruysch_rachel.html Rachel Ruysch.] | ||
| + | *[http://www.nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/rachel-ruysch Rachel Ruysch | National Museum of Women in the Arts.] | ||
[[Category:Painters]] | [[Category:Painters]] | ||
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Portrait of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken.
Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750) was a still life Baroque Era painter from the Netherlands; she specialized in flowers. In 1679, Ruysch studied under Willem van Aelst, a Still-Life specialist. A portrait of the artist by Godfried Schalcken (1899) is exposed at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, UK. Ruysch was a successful artist for nearly 70 years with a prominent international clientele.
Still Life of Flowers on a stone slab by Rachel Ruysch.
Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop by Rachel Ruysch.
