id:			329318
accession number:	2019.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.4
updated:		2023-08-24 01:32:45.159000

Study of a Tulip (Ammirael Winckel), c. 1645. Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612–1673). Brush and watercolors in crimson, grey and green over traces of charcoal on antique laid paper; sheet: 31.9 x 21.3 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2019.4

title:				Study of a Tulip (Ammirael Winckel)
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creation date:			c. 1645
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1650
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	brush and watercolors in crimson, grey and green over traces of charcoal on antique laid paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Dutch
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612–1673)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31.9 x 21.3 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Recto, Ammirael Winckel. in black ink
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	inscription:	Bottom border, cut off, Ammirael Winck in brown in (different hand)
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	inscription:	Verso: J Morel and 31 and 31 in graphite
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Christie's, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	date: November 12, 1990
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	Koller Auctionen, Zürich, Switzerland
	date: March 11, 1995
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	Koller Auctionen, Zürich, Switzerland
	date: March 20, 2006
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	Haboldt & Co., Paris, France, New York, New York
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	Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 4, 2019
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fun fact:
In 17th-century Holland, some tulip bulbs were as expensive as a stately Amsterdam canal house!

digital description:
This image of a tulip was made as part of a tulip book used as a grower’s marketing tool during the so-called tulip mania, a speculative bubble in 17th-century Holland when ten tulip bulbs could cost more than a stately Amsterdam canal house. The striations on the tulip, which were caused by a virus in the bulb, made it especially valuable. Pieter Holsteyn II was one of many artists in the Netherlands at the time who specialized in botanical illustration. This tulip's Dutch name, inscribed on the sheet, translates to "Admiral Winckel." Winckel was the family name of one of the largest growers of tulips in the period.

wall description:
These images of tulips—each slightly different from the next—once belonged to albums of similar drawings compiled during the “tulip mania,” a time in 1600s Holland when 10 tulip bulbs could cost more than a stately Amsterdam canal house. Tulip books were kept by collectors or used by growers to show potential buyers the flower they could expect from the bulb. The stripes on the tulips, caused by a virus, made these red and white specimens especially valuable. To elevate their perceived value even further, each was given a lofty name, such as “marriage of jasper stone” (Gemarmerde van Jasper), “Antwerp” (Anavers), the name of a collector or grower (Perregoen Machieu), “white and red messenger” (wit en root boode), “little trumpet” (‘troosje), and Admiral Winckel, the family name of one of the largest tulip growers in the period (AmmiraelWinckel).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	RKD # 216643, (Rijksbureau Kunstdocumentatie, The Hague)
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	url:		https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/record?query=Holsteyn+Winckel&start=1

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.4/2019.4_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.4/2019.4_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.4/2019.4_full.tif