Happy International Women’s Day!Â
To celebrate we’ll be sharing, throughout the day, a number of artworks by women in the Ashmolean’s collections.                        Â
A 'Forest Floor' Still Life of Flowers
Oil on canvas by Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)
Bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum by Daisy Linda Ward in 1939
Rachel Ruysch, according to the artist, was taught by Willem van Aelst. From her studio in Amsterdam, she painted a long succession of flower paintings, several fruit pieces and a number of 'forest floors' of which this is a relatively early example.