I may announce that the Ninetynine Tulips Collection will be on display during the upcoming tulip season at the Tulip Experience Amsterdam! The Tulip Experience Amsterdam is a popular attraction in the Amsterdam area (Noordwijkerhout), where visitors can delve into the history and significance of tulips in the Netherlands. Moreover, tourists can handpick their ownContinueContinue reading “Tulip Experience Amsterdam”
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Last week…
It is the last week you can attend the exposition of the ninetynine tulip portraits at Museum de Zwarte Tulp. Officially the exposition is over but for people of Lisse and the informed… a good thing… attendance during week 35 (29-08 – 03-09) is free!
Must have….tulips!
As Monet wanted flower – we want tulips!
Recent publication
There are many books about the Tulipmania. A recent pulication in relation to the exposition at The Black Tulip Museum, is a book by Henk Looijesteijn in cooperation with Annemarie Vels Heijn.
It is a pleasent read with many historic facts and knows. There is also an English edtion: “Tulip Fever – 1636-1637 – Myth and Reality”, ISBN 978 90 8293 6179.
International Portrait Day
On Friday the 23rd of June it was International Portrait Day. We shared the portrait of a sultan presenting the cultivated tulips of the Ottoman Empire to the world. Thank you for this gift!
The ‘Sultan with Tulips’ is part of the Ninetynine Tulips collection, until the end of August on display at the Black Tulip Museum in Lisse.
Collection complete!
On Monday the 12th, the Ninetynine Tulips team successfully delivered the remaining 54 paintings to Museum the Black Tulip in Lisse! For me, it was a significant day as I had just completed the 99th tulip portrait a few days prior. The journey to accomplish this feat took a little under three years, a processContinueContinue reading “Collection complete!”
Root en geel van Leijden
Back to all posts 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 theContinueContinue reading “Root en geel van Leijden”
Tamberlaan
Back to all posts During the 16th and 17th centuries, stories circulated in Europe about the Great Tamberlane, a ruler who was known to have reigned around 1390 and had crushed the Turkish sultan. This referred to Timur the Lame (1336-1405), a Mongol ruler who conquered much of the Islamic world in the second halfContinueContinue reading “Tamberlaan”
Semper Augustus
Back to all posts The Always Elevated,’ that is what the name of this tulip means. The Latin words were part of the title of the German Emperor, the European ruler who was the highest-ranking in the 17th century. The breeder of this variant apparently found that his tulip surpassed all other tulips, and manyContinueContinue reading “Semper Augustus”
Switser
Back to all posts The Switzer was not considered the most beautiful tulip variety, but it was traded extensively during the Tulip Mania period. Not per bulb, but per pound, which indicates that the tulip variety was no longer so exclusive. Nevertheless, the prices of this tulip rose significantly during the price peak in 1636/1637.ContinueContinue reading “Switser”
Ninetynine Tulips 