Rachel Ruysch | |
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![]() Portrait of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken | |
Born | The Hague, Netherlands | 3 June 1664
Died | 12 October 1750 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 86)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse |
Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 – 12 October 1750)[1] was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime. Due to a long and successful career that spanned over six decades, she became the best documented female painter of the Dutch Golden Age.[2]