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

Bouquet in a Glass Vase

1703
Oil on canvas, 85 x 68 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

The realism of Ruysch's flower pieces is deceptive because the opulent arrangement could never have existed in nature. The various flower specimens blossomed in different seasons. Only in the imagination could they ever be assembled into a bunch.




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