RUYSCH, Rachel
(b. 1664, Den Haag, d. 1750, Amsterdam)

Basket of Flowers

1711
Oil on wood, 46 x 62 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Ruysch's flowers seem to glow with inner light, even as their gently wilted petals and overgrown blossoms exhibit the passage of destructive time.