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RACHEL RUYSCH (DUTCH, 1664-1750) STILL LIFE:

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DEVIL'S TRUMPET, LILIES, PINEAPPLE, HONEYSUCKLE, AND OTHER FLOWERS IN A VASE, WITH VARIOUS INSECTS (TWO BUTTERFLIES, A GRASSHOPPER, A MANTIS, A BEETLE, ETC.) ON A STONE LEDGE; O/C, SGD. & D. 1700, L/R, APPROX. 44" X 35"; PROVENANCE: THE HISTORIC ALTON TOWERS SALE OF 1857, CHRISTIE & MANSON, NO. 219, PURCHASED BY RICHARD FOSTER; SALE OF RICHARD FOSTER, CLEWER MANOR, JUNE 3, 1876, CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, NO. 7,; CHRISTIES SALE (A.F. WALTER, R.S. HALL, ETC.) JUNE 20, 1913, NO. 131, PURCHASED BY BENNO GUNDELFINGER, FORMERLY OF LONDON AND JOHANNESBURG; THENCE BY DESCENT THROUGH THE CURRENT OWNER'S HUSBAND'S FAMILY ****IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BIDDING ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE CALL BUTTERSCOTCH AUCTION AT 914-764-4609.

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