Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art

The first monograph in over 70 years on the celebrated female protagonist of Dutch floral painting. Winner of Gold Medal in Art from the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book Awards. Winner of the ARLIS/NA 2024 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award.

At 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.