Rachel Ruysch

Rachel Ruysch
Portrait of Rachel Ruysch by Godfried Schalcken
Born(1664-06-03)3 June 1664
The Hague, Netherlands
Died12 October 1750(1750-10-12) (aged 86)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
Spouse
(m. 1693; died 1745)

Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 – 12 October 1750) was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime. Due to a long and successful career that spanned over six decades, she became the best documented female painter of the Dutch Golden Age.