The Tulip Folly
Gérôme illustrates an incident during the "tulipomania," or the craze for tulips, that swept the Netherlands and much of Europe during the 17th century. The tulip, originally imported from Turkey in the 16th century, became an increasingly valuable commodity. By 1636/7, tulipo...
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Mary J. Morgan; Mary J. Morgan Sale, American Art Association, New York, March 3-15, 1886, no. 156; Hermann Schaus Sale, American Art Galleries, New York, January 15-17, 1912, lot 212 [as ""The Tulip Craze""]; Thomas Footer, Cumberland, 1912, by purchase [Mr. J. C. (or G.) Evans as agent]; Mrs. Cephas H. Glass [his daughter], 1923, by gift; Mrs. Cyril Keene, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1983, by bequest.
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