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Hollyhocks, unidentified artist, ink and color on silk, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)

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Hollyhocks, tulips and hydrangeas - some popular garden flowers from the for The hydrangea specimen is the holotype for Hydrangea aspera collected in Nepal in 1802: https://t.co/IUwYHS9MGp

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Magenta hollyhocks, painted for my mom's bday. Watercolor on hot press paper, which I don't often use, but I think it worked A+ for this piece.

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Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750): A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch (1681)

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Rachel Ruysch (North Netherlandish painter) 1664 - 1750
A Swag of Grapes, Hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch, 1681.

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A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut & blackberries with butterflies ..., no date, by Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Private collection?; image source, https://t.co/XMjier2cl5

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Demons have faith, but they tremble.
-Fyodor Dostoevsky,
The Possessed
written c. January 1872
/A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects
1681,
Rachel Ruysch

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Hollyhocks 

Holyhocks in full bloom and growing everywhere 631 ©

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