Within the ‘Ninetynine Tulips’ collection, there are five tulips that have lost their original names. Over time, these names have faded into oblivion.
These five tulips, chosen for their beauty, represent the countless tulip varieties whose names have been lost since the Tulipmania of the 17th century.
However, history has a way of repeating itself and finding new meaning: these nameless tulips have been given new names.
The tulip that was once known in the collection as “Zonder naam I, in English: Nameless I” now bears the name “Splendor of Tulipmania”. This name conjures images of the luxurious splendor and the pursuit of quick fortune that characterized the Tulipmania. It symbolizes the intense fascination and extraordinary value attached to tulips during that time.
The portrait of the “Splendor of Tulipmania” from the ‘Ninetynine Tulips’ collection, serves as the inspiration for the tulip NFT collections. The theme of the 99 “Nameless I” NFT tulips is ‘splendor’.
Ninetynine Tulips 