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[[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. Ruysch was a successful artist for nearly 70 years with a prominent international  clientele.


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File:Blumenstilleben mit Schmetterlingen auf einer Steinbank by Rachel Ruysch ca 1700.jpg|Still Life of Flowers on a stone slab by Rachel Ruysch.
File:Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop by Rachel Ruysch 1716.jpg|Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop by Rachel Ruysch.
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== External links ==

*[http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1435448/Rachel-Ruysch 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:Dutch Painters]]

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