Getting started with the collection:
Sheet from a Tulip Book
Jacob Marrel, c. 1640
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.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1967-86
- Dimensionsheight 340 mm x width 449 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf, pen in bruin, gouache, op perkament