(2) Attributed to Jacques Samuel Bernard (active circa 1660)
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(2) Attributed to Jacques Samuel Bernard (active circa 1660)

A tulip, a carnation, a rose and other flowers in a vase on a stone ledge with a butterfly, a dragonfly, a snail and a ladybird; and A tulip, morning glory and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge with a beetle and a ladybird

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(2) Attributed to Jacques Samuel Bernard (active circa 1660)
A tulip, a carnation, a rose and other flowers in a vase on a stone ledge with a butterfly, a dragonfly, a snail and a ladybird; and A tulip, morning glory and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge with a beetle and a ladybird
the first with signature 'RachelRuysch' (lower right); the second with signature 'Rachel Ruysch' (upper right)
oil on canvas
39.2 x 34.6 cm.
a pair (2)
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Lot Essay

Little is known about the artist, who was active in France in the second half of the seventeenth century.

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for suggesting the attribution on the basis of photographs.

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