Bouquet
1706 | Rachel Ruysch
It is characteristic of the liberal situation in Holland that independent female painters were able to assert themselves more easily there than elsewhere, even though their activity was primarily limited to the “female” genres of still lifes and floral paintings. As an extremely successful floral painter, Rachel Ruysch, together with her husband, the portraitist Juriaen Pool, was accepted in 1701 into the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague. In 1708, she was appointed court painter to the Elector Palatine, Johann Wilhelm.
It is characteristic of the liberal situation in Holland that independent female painters were able to assert themselves more easily there than elsewhere, even though their activity was primarily limited to the “female” genres of still lifes and floral paintings. As an extremely successful floral painter, Rachel Ruysch, together with her husband, the portraitist Juriaen Pool, was accepted in 1701 into the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague. In 1708, she was appointed court painter to the Elector Palatine, Johann Wilhelm.
Artist:
Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750 Amsterdam) DNB
Time:
1706
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
100 cm × 81 cm
Framed: 117 cm × 96 cm × 7 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the lower right corner of the table: Rachel Ruysch 1706
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 572
Provenance
1720 documented in the gallery