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Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies, and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge
Painting by Rachel Ruysch
Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge (1688) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Rachel Ruysch.
It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C..
The tête a tête
Ruysch has been recorded as making pendant paintings, with one painting of flowers (called a "bloemstuk") and another of fruit ("fruitstuk"), often on a forest floor. A pendant to this painting is unknown. Various attempts have been made to "read" her paintings in terms of the plants and insects shown in them, but generally they were simply treasured for their beauty and "cleverness".[1] In this painting there are several botanically correct plants, with various insects on them.
The central flower is a peony.
The pink rose hangs above a milk thistle.
The white rose is