Rachel Ruysch, 'Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase on a Marble Ledge', 1710
About the work
Overview
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Still life of roses, tulips, a sunflower and other flowers in a glass vase with a bee, butterfly and other insects upon a marble ledge
- Artist
- Rachel Ruysch
- Artist dates
- 1664 - 1750
- Date made
- 1710
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 88.9 × 71.1 cm
- Inscription summary
- Signed; Dated
- Acquisition credit
- On loan from the collection of Janice and Brian Capstick
- Inventory number
- L1317
- Location
- Not on display
- Image copyright
- On loan from the collection of Janice and Brian Capstick, © Private Collection
- Collection
- Main Collection
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