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THBCornelis Danckerts the Elder, Satire of Tulip Mania
About Seller
PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveFeb 3, 2023
Premier Auction - Session I - Lots 345-730 Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
(Dutch, circa 1603-1656)
Floraes Gecks-Kap Afbeeldinge van 't wonderlijcke Iaer van 1637 doen d'eene Geck d'ander uytbroeyde, de Luy Rijck sonder goet, en Wijs sonder verstant waeren., after a drawing by Pieter Nolpe (1613–1653), Hendrick Focken (1650-1688), publisher, circa 1637, engraving, sheet 18-1/4 x 22-1/2 in.; modern frame, 28-5/8 x 32-3/4 in.
Note: A satire on Tulip mania, people who had invested in tulip bulbs and failed to realize their mistake; in the center a tent in the shape of a fool's cap, background right, the figure of Flora departing on a donkey, foreground right, peasants joyfully bending over a basket with a crop of tulips and tulip bulbs, foreground left, peasants carrying tulips and transporting earth, bulbs and tulips in a wheel-barrow, background left, figure of a devil brandishing a rod with fool's cap and paper bonds. - The British Museum
Provenance: Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina [[europeanart]]/[[old-master]]
Condition
hinged in, creases or folds with pin sized holes, small tears at edges with one, upper right slightly into image, small areas or chipping at edges
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