Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art sale On second thought

On second thought

or genre-defining Impression

then hand-sand and meticulously paint each piece in great detail

and finally he included them in his Les XX in Bruxelles exhibit

Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art sale On second thoughtAt the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th, Rachel Ruysch was celebrated across Europe for her sumptuous floral still lifes, admired both for their artistry and for their accurate depictions of flowers, fruit and insects. Often placed on stone ledges and against dark backgrounds, her sumptuous bouquets seem to spill over with all manner of colorful flowers and plants, as bees and butterflies flit to and from their petals. Ruyschs star