All the oil paintings of Rachel Ruysch

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ID	Image	Painting(From A to Z)	Details
32627		A Vase of Flowers	1706 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm
84551		Basket of Flowers	Date 1711(1711) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions Height: 46 cm (18.1 in). Width: 62 cm (24.4 in). cjr
88392		Basket of Flowers	1711(1711) Medium Oil on wood cyf
75888		Flower	Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 93 ?? 74 cm (36.6 ?? 29.1 in) cyf
40529		Flower Still-Life	mk156 after 1700 Oil on canvs 75.5x60.7cm
56107		flowers and lnsects	mk247 1711,oil on panel ,18.25x24.25 in,46.2x61.6 cm,uffizi,florence,ltaly
42718		Flowers in a vase	MK169 1698 Cloth 5805x44.5cm
43220		Flowers in a Vase	mk170 circa 1685 Oil on canvas 57x43.5cm
60659		Rachel Ruysch,	Rachel Ruysch, "Still-Life with Bouquet of Flowers and Plums"
3695		Still Life of Flowers	1689
96644		Still life with flowers on a marble table top	1716 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 48.5 X 39.5 cm (19.1 X 15.6 in) cjr
84550		Still-Life with Fruit and Insects	Date 1711(1711) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions Height: 44 cm (17.3 in). Width: 60 cm (23.6 in). cjr
88390		Still-Life with Fruit and Insects	1711(1711) Medium Oil on wood cyf

Rachel Ruysch
Dutch 1664-1750 Rachel Ruysch (June 3, 1664 ?? Amsterdam, August 12, 1750) was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers. She was born in The Hague, but moved to Amsterdam when she was three. Her father Frederik Ruysch, a famous anatomist, and botanist, was appointed a professor there. He gathered a huge collection of rarities in his house. She assisted her father decorating the prepared specimen in a liquor balsamicum with flowers and lace. At fifteen Ruysch was apprenticed to Willem van Aelst, a prominent Delft painter, known for his flower paintings. In 1693, she married a portrait painter, Juriaen Pool (1666-1745), with whom she had ten children. Her sister Pieternel was married to Jan Munnicks, a young man who drew flowers in the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam. In 1701 Ruysch was inducted into the painters' guild in The Hague. Several years later Ruysch was invited to work for the court in D??sseldorf and serve as court painter to Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine. She remained working for him and his wife from 1708 until the prince's death in 1716. Also Jan Weenix and Adriaen van der Werff were invited to deliver paintings, after Eglon van der Neer died. In 1723 she won the lottery. Ruysch kept painting for her prominent clients. Ruysch lived eighty-five years and her dated works establish that she painted from the time she was a young woman until she was an octogenarian. About a hundred paintings by her are known. The background of the paintings are usually dark. Ruysch was also noted for her paintings of detailed and realistic crystal vases.