Rachel Ruysch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rachel Ruysch

painter from the Northern Netherlands

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1664

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1750

Profession: painter, botanical illustrator, drawer

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Rachel Ruysch (The Hague, 3 June 1664 – Amsterdam, 12 October 1750) was a 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 woman painter of the Dutch Golden Age, being followed by Jan van Huysum, who took flower painting to another degree of popularity.



Alternative names	Godefridus Schalcke, Godfrid Schalckius, Godefridus Schalcken, Godefridus Schalken, Godfried Schalken
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	1643	16 November 1706
Location of birth/death	Made	The Hague
Work location	Dordrecht (1656-1662), Leiden (1663-1664), Dordrecht (1675-1691), The Hague (1691-1706), London (1692-1697), Düsseldorf (1703)
Authority control	: Q874868 VIAF: 47031450 ISNI: 0000 0000 6631 3078 ULAN: 500000937 LCCN: nr89015504 WGA: SCHALCKEN, Godfried WorldCat