Dutch heritage tulips (1620-1780) in a prunted beaker.
2026
Oil on fine linen
64 x 48cm (25.2 x 18.9”), framed dimensions: 76 x 60cm (29.9 x 23.6”)
Set in a 23ct water gilded Dutch-style frame
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This tulip painting features Dutch heritage tulips first cultivated between 1620 and 1780 in a prunted glass, against a landscape background.
The tulips were grown by the artist from bulbs sourced by specialist heritage-bulb growers in the Netherlands. From bottom-left, clockwise: Absalon Rembrandt 1780, Lac van Rijn 1620, Duc van Tol Violet 1700, Gouden Standaard 1760, Zomerschoon 1620, Duc van Tol Cochineal 1700 and Keizerskroon 1750. The red-white Zomerschoon (1620) is the only surviving truly broken tulip from the 17th century and was traded during the Tulipmania period of the 1630s.
The prunted beaker, painted from a replica in the artist’s collection, is an early beer glass which was in use in northern Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. The glass ‘prunts’ allowed the drinker to grasp the glass when hands were greasy from eating. This type of glass was the forerunner of the more elegant Roemer glass, visible in 17thC paintings, cf. still life paintings by Claesz.
The frame is hand-water gilded using 23ct gold leaf.
