Cultivators: Rachel Ruysch

Womanica

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Society & Culture, Education, History

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) was a Dutch still-life painter from the Netherlands, specializing in depicting flowers. Her career spanned over six decades and earned her international fame. She is now considered the best-documented female painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

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1:03.0	Hello, my name is Abby Delk.
1:06.0	I'm a producer at Wonder Media Network, and I'm so excited to be guest hosting this episode of Womanica.
1:13.9	This month, we're talking about cultivators.
1:18.2	Women who nurtured, cross-pollinated, experimented, or went to great lengths to better understand and protect the natural world.
1:31.3	Your lengths to better understand and protect the natural world. You're standing in an art museum,
1:33.3	admiring a still-life painting in an ornately gilded frame.
1:39.3	In it, a bounty of irises, hollyhocks, African marigolds, green grapes, chastnuts, and blackberries
1:46.9	hangs from a string. Three butterflies rest gently on leaves or hover mid-air as if drawn in by
1:54.7	the sweet fragrances of the blooms. Each petal, wing, and even individual green of pollen is painstakingly detailed with delicate brushwork.
2:07.5	The colors glow against the dark background.
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