Lot 59: RACHEL RUYSCH (THE HAGUE 1664-1750 AMSTERDAM) - A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds,

RACHEL RUYSCH (THE HAGUE 1664-1750 AMSTERDAM)
A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds,
clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterfies and
other insects suspended before a stone arch
signed and dated 'Rachel Ruysch / 1681' (lower right)
oil on canvas 25 7/8 x 20 in. (65.7 x 50.8 cm.)

PROVENANCE:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 July 1958, lot 81 (£400 to Dent).
with Eugene Slatter, London, from whom acquired by a private collector on 28 October 1958, and by whom sold
[The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 12 January 1994,
lot 97, where acquired by the present owner.