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Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)

1692
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 617
Over a career that spanned more than six decades, Ruysch attracted royal patronage, high prices, and effusive praise for her still-life paintings. Here, she collaborated with Van Musscher, a portraitist, contributing an extravagant floral arrangement to his depiction of the painter in her studio. A poetic inscription on the album of floral studies in the foreground documents the collaboration and invites viewers to evaluate the two artists’ respective merits.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)
  • Artist: Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, The Hague 1664–1750 Amsterdam)
  • Artist: and Michiel van Musscher (Dutch, Rotterdam 1645–1705 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1692
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Adele Veronica Satkus Bequest, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Lila Acheson Wallace, Women and the Critical Eye, Charles and Jessie Price, and Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc. Gifts, Victor Wilbour Memorial Fund, Hester Diamond Gift, and funds from various donors, 2023
  • Object Number: 2023.91
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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