In the 17th century, amidst the turbulent and colorful era of the Tulipmania, there was a tulip with a mysterious name: “Doctor Balten”.
History has left little trace of this specific tulip, but the name suggests a connection to a prominent figure of that time – possibly a respected physician.
It’s tempting to envision the “Doctor Balten” tulip as a symbol of the medical physician – a deep, soothing red color, alluding to the human heart and circulatory system. The shape of its petals might symbolize the precision and care that a doctor applies to their craft.
While we have few factual details about the “Doctor Balten” tulip, its name allows room for imagination and reverence for the past. And that’s precisely what the NFT version of the Doctor Balten tulip does.
The portrait of the “Doctor Balten”, from the ‘Ninetynine Tulips’ collection, serves as the inspiration for the tulip NFT collections. The theme of the 99 ‘Balten’ NFT tulips is ‘doctor’.
Ninetynine Tulips 