As the name suggests (translates to red and yellow of Leijden), this tulip is striped red and yellow, of which there were about ten other variants during the tulip fever. Apparently, this variant came from Leiden.
Root en geel van Leijden was one of the more sustainable tulip species from the 17th century. The tulip was still cultivated until the end of the 19th century, but nowadays this variant is extinct.
Van Baaren, M.C. (2020). Root en geel van Leijden, (25×35 cm). Museum de Zwarte Tulp, Lisse.
Text: Henk Looijesteijn, Researcher Social History bij IISG Amsterdam
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