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The Science and Poetry of Flowers
by Gurpreet Sihat
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#artherstory #RachelRuysch #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
The Science and Poetry of Flowers
Falling Down a Rabbit Hole for Stories from the Art
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January 31, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Art Herstory's Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet
Etsy: etsy.me/49tnaYi
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Original artwork held at: Detroit Institute of Arts & Kunstmuseum Basel, respectively

8 cards - 4 of each design - & matching envelopes

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Art Herstory's Rachel Ruysch note card wallet open showing back cover, spine and front cover. The back cover floral still life is in landscape mode; the front cover floral still life is in portrait mode. The spine contains the title and product info in white text reversed out of a hot pink background.
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
artherstory.bsky.social
Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes etsy.me/3MDAr90 via Etsy

These two cards - 4 of each design included - reproduce paintings held at the Detroit Institute of Arts & Kunstmuseum Basel.

#RachelRuysch #artherstory #womenartists
Art Herstory's Rachel Ruysch note card wallet open showing back cover, spine and front cover. The back cover floral still life is in landscape mode; the front cover floral still life is in portrait mode. The spine contains the title and product info in white text reversed out of a hot pink background.
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
artherstory.bsky.social
Vase with Flowers, 1700, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held at the @mauritshuis.bsky.social, www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-colle...
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A painting of a luscious flower bouquet sitting on a ledge. According to the object page at the Mauritshuis museum website, "This bouquet is past its best. The flowers are drooping and starting to fade. In the middle, a wilted opium poppy has been cut off. The empty space left there lends depth to the bouquet." On the ledge just to the left of the bouquet as the viewer sees it, sits a little green grasshopper.
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
kylehemingway.com
But the absolute star of the evening was the first-ever retrospective of the work of #RachelRuysch and her mesmerizing still lives.

It runs through December 7, and you absolutely must see it: www.mfa.org/exhibition/r...
Rachel Ruysch An Arrangement of Flowers by a Trunk, about 1683 Oil on canvas
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
romanceofbooks.bsky.social
One of my favorite things I saw while I was in Boston was the Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) exhibition at the MFA. As a flower, insect, and book enthusiast it was a dreamy experience.

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November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
artherstory.bsky.social
Still Life of Flowers, with Butterflies, Insects, a Lizard and Toads, beside a Pool, 1687, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held by The Klesch Collection, thekleschcollection.com/on-loan-to-n... #womenartists #artherstory
A still life painting depicting a forest floor with a gnarled tree trunk, a lizard, toads, fungi, and the variety of butterflies and insects, as well bright, varied flower blooms set against a dark background.
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Lush Life
Now on display at the @mfaboston.bsky.social, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.
by Lydialyle Gibson for @harvardmagazine.bsky.social

www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-coll...

#womenartists #RachelRuysch #artherstory
Rachel Ruysch’s Lush (Still) Life | Harvard Magazine
Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.
www.harvardmagazine.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
hmcraig.bsky.social
If you're in the Boston/New England area, I highly recommend the Rachel Ruysch exhibition going on at the Museum of Fine Arts.

It feels like magic, and also has specimens from @harvard alongside her work.

#Stunday #RachelRuysch #Boston #art #lizard #peach #butterfly #painting #fineart #sciart
A detail of a painting by Rachel Ruysch, a 17th century dutch painter who intensely studied the natural world. This detail shows a butterfly (black wings with bands of orange and white spots) and a small bluish lizard in the foreground, with a stack of peaches, a chestnut, grapes, a pear and leaves in the background. The lizard looks either playful or alarmed at the butterfly, but I don't know much about lizards, so maybe she's just hungry.
September 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
artherstory.bsky.social
Did you know that Art Herstory now offers artist-centric Note Card Wallets?

Read all about it at artherstory.net/art-herstory...

#SofonisbaAnguissola #ArtemisiaGentileschi #MariaSibyllaMerian #JudithLeyster #ClaraPeeters #RachelRuysch #womenartists
A photo of a stack of 6 notecard wallets, with spines facing the viewer. At the top is visible from an oblique angle Judith Leyster's young self-portrait. The spines have white text reversed out of a hot-pink background. They display the name of the featured artist, the Art Herstory pictorial logo, and the info that there are 8 blank note cards and envelopes in each wallet.
August 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
ahimaov.bsky.social
Rachel Ruysch, Posy of Flowers, with a Red Admiral Butterfly, on a Marble Ledge (c.1700). Oil on panel, 34 x 27 cm. Private collection.
#ahimaov #rachelruysch #ruysch #arthistory #artherstory #dutchgoldenage #dutchgoldenagepainting #stilllife #stilllifepainting #judithleyster
August 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Seeing these works in person was sheer joy: no reproduction can ever capture their true vibrancy, intimacy, or the quiet awe they inspire.

Here's some of the most mesmerizing moments.

#rachelruysch #art #stilllife #painting #insects #flowers #plants #mementomori #reptiles #flowers
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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The exhibition #RachelRuysch: Nature into Art is on at the Toledo Museum of Art thru July 27, toledomuseum.org/exhibitions/...
A photo of the opening room of the Rachel Ruysch exhibition in Toledo. At the center is a doorway, beyond which the viewer sees a floral still life painting in the distance (on the far side of the next room. At the right is a very large decal of an arm and hand reaching toward a butterfly, and a portion of lap, on top of which is a portion of palette with a thumb emerging, holding down some paintbrushes. At the left is a table with some promotional materials.
June 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Women and the Art of Flower Painting
by Ariane van Suchtelen, Mauritshuis

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#RachelRuysch #MariaSibyllaMerian #AlidaWithoos #ClaraPeeters #MichaelinaWautier #GeertjeWyntges #MariaVanOosterwijck
Women Flower Painters | The Female Artists of "In Full Bloom"
This post focuses on the women flower painters who feature in the 2022 exhibition "In Full Bloom" at The Hague's Mauritshuis museum.
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June 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The exhibition #RachelRuysch: Nature into Art is on at the Toledo Museum of Art thru July 27, toledomuseum.org/exhibitions/.... The museum store, too, has curated a terrific selection of Ruysch themed items, store.toledomuseum.org/default/exhi... -
A photo of the opening room of the Rachel Ruysch exhibition in Toledo. At the center is a doorway, beyond which the viewer sees a floral still life painting in the distance (on the far side of the next room. At the right is a very large decal of an arm and hand reaching toward a butterfly, and a portion of lap, on top of which is a portion of palette with a thumb emerging, holding down some paintbrushes. At the left is a table with some promotional materials.
June 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
artherstory.bsky.social
A Vase of Flowers, 1701, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750), who was born #otd, June 3. Held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1905 #artherstory #womenartists
A painted still life of flowers in a vase sitting on a ledge. The predominant flowers colors are white, pale yellow and orange. At center front is a gold colored winged insect. Slightly to theright (as the viewer sees it) of the painting’s center are two golden peaches sitting on the ledge next to the vase, nestled under the flowers.
June 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
ahimaov.bsky.social
Celebrating the life and work of Rachel Ruysch who was born on this day (03/06) in 1664.
#ahimaov #rachelruysch #ruysch #dutchgoldenage #dutchgoldenagepainting #rembrandt #vermeer #judithleyster
June 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
oldportraiture.bsky.social
#RachelRuysch (1664–1750), who was #BornOnThisDay (& #MichielvanMusscher (1645–1705))
Self-Portrait
1692
Metropolitan Museum of Art
#Ruysch #WomenArtists
June 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
oldportraiture.bsky.social
#MichielvanMusscher (1645–1705)
Allegorical portrait of #RachelRuysch (1664–1750), who was #BornOnThisDay
1680
North Carolina Museum of Art
#Ruysch #WomenArtists
June 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
oldportraiture.bsky.social
Godfried #Schalcken (1643–1706)
Portrait of #RachelRuysch (1664–1750), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1690-1700
The Wilson
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June 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
kunstgeschichten.bsky.social
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag: Rachel Ruysch wurde an diesem Tag im Jahr 1664 in Den Haag, Niederlande, geboren
Rachel Ruysch, Blumensträußchen mit Insekten und Schmetterlingen auf einem Marmorsims, 1690er Jahre, Fitzwilliam Museum, #kunstgeschichte #rachelruysch #ruysch #stillleben #malerei
Arrangement von verschiedenen Blumen vor einem dunklen Hintergrund. Es gibt auch Insekten, die über die Blumen krabbeln und einen Schmetterling in der linken Ecke.
June 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
arthistories.bsky.social
Happy Birthday: Rachel Ruysch was born on this day in 1664 in The Hague, Netherlands
Rachel Ruysch, Posy of flowers, with insects and butterflies, on a marble ledge, 1690s, Fitzwilliam Museum
#femalepainter #rachelruysch #flowerpainting #art
Arrangement of different flowers in front of a dark background. There are also insects crawling over the flowers and a butterfly in the left corner.
June 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Repost from @toledomuseum.bsky.social FB -

Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art goes beyond pretty petals, inviting you to explore the hidden world of insects, foliage, & even amphibians woven into her intricate still lifes.

toledomuseum.org/exhibitions/...

#RachelRuysch #womenartists #artherstory
A photo of the opening room of the Rachel Ruysch exhibition in Toledo. At the center is a doorway, beyond which the viewer sees a floral still life painting in the distance (on the far side of the next room. At the right is a very large decal of an arm and hand reaching toward a butterfly, and a portion of lap, on top of which is a portion of palette with a thumb emerging, holding down some paintbrushes. At the left is a table with some promotional materials.
May 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
artherstory.bsky.social
Still Life x Science: TMA hosts exhibition of trailblazing flower painter #RachelRuysch
by Lillian King for Toledo News
www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2025...
Still Life x Science: TMA hosts exhibition of trailblazing flower painter Rachel Ruysch
When it comes to the Old Masters, few rank higher than Rembrandt. But another Dutch painter commanded higher prices: Rachel Ruysch. One of a few “Old ...
www.toledoblade.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
tanjamoderscheim.bsky.social
#tulippainting #tulippainter #flowerpainting #heritagetulips #heritage #heritageflowers #gardening @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social #rachelruysch #traditionalpainting #traditionalstyle #traditionaltechniques #tradition #lapislazuli #leadwhite #dutchpainting #dutchpainter #dutchtulippainting
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May 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM