In 1663, Dutch painter Helena Roouers captured these tulips together with other flowers in a rummer — a characteristic 17th-century wine glass.
By then, the famous Tulip Mania of the 1630s was already history. But the fascination with tulips certainly wasn’t. They remained symbols of beauty, rarity and status, appearing again and again in Dutch flower paintings.
Almost four centuries later, these painted tulips still bloom 🌷 It’s fascinating: this historical tulip painting is a small window into the flower world of the 17th century.
Helena Roouers, Tulips and Other Flowers in a Rummer, 1663