Still Life With Flowers And Fruits
To scale 31 x 26 in on the wall
Representative Hand-applied gesso embellishment
About the Artwork
Created during Ruysch's mature period when she commanded higher prices than most of her male contemporaries, this painting exemplifies her mastery of the pronkstilleven tradition while infusing it with unprecedented botanical accuracy. Working from her own garden observations and dried specimen studies, Ruysch elevated decorative still life into scientific documentation; her father Frederick was a renowned anatomist and botanist whose influence permeates her understanding of natural forms. The painting's dramatic chiaroscuro lighting and rich symbolic program (flowers representing life's fleeting beauty, ripe fruits suggesting abundance and decay) placed her work within the broader European tradition of vanitas painting while her technical virtuosity earned recognition from patrons across Germany and Holland.
Product Specifications
- Finished size
- 31 x 26 in
- Frame
- Gold, premium resin, mitred
- Canvas
- Heavyweight Fredrix poly/cotton
- Finish
- Hand-applied gesso embellishment
- Inks
- Archival HP Latex, 100-year colorfastness
- Stretcher
- Solid poplar, kiln dried
- Hanging
- Wire and dust cover fitted
- Item
- 1430921
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Care & Hanging
Every piece arrives ready to hang: wire hardware pre-installed, kraft paper dust cover, gallery-finished corners.
Hanging: Every piece ships with hanging hardware.
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