Premier Auction - Session I - February 3, 2023
Fri, Feb 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 609
Cornelis Danckerts the Elder, Satire of Tulip Mania
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(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
