Study of a Tulip (Perregoen Machieu)
c. 1645
Point of brush and transparent and opaque watercolors with traces of graphite and gum glazing on antique laid paper
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
In 17th-century Holland, some tulip bulbs were as expensive as a stately Amsterdam canal house.
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