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Leaf from a Tulip Book
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Flowers were costly, and tulips the costliest of all. Tulip bulbs were avidly collected in the 17th century and large sums changed hands for unusual specimens. The tulip book’s exact function is not known. It could have been a catalogue from which an interested buyer made his selection, or a drawn inventory of a collection of tulips.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBlad uit een tulpenboek. c. 1640. Jacob Marrel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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