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Rachel Ruysch, 'Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase on a Marble Ledge', 1710

Key facts
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 On loan: Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art, Alte Pinakothek (Munich), Munich, Germany
Image copyright On loan from the collection of Janice and Brian Capstick, © Private Collection
Collection Main Collection
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