Still life with flowers (1639), Hans Bollongier. Oil paint on panel. This exuberant bouquet looks natural, but tulips, anemones, roses and carnations do not bloom simultaneously in nature. The still life was painted shortly after the stock market crash in 1637, when many people went bankrupt due to speculation in tulip bulbs. So perhaps the festive bouquet refers to the transience of earthly things. © (c) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
text: leonie green
Today at 09:00
Losing everything: your home, your store, your livestock. A virus infection caused the tulip trade to collapse in the seventeenth century and brought people to the brink of collapse. The tulip cultivation and trade are still struggling with viruses and other diseases and pests. And above all: with the pesticides. Is the industry now?
sufficiently resilient?
2023-08-05 07:00:00
#Diseases #plagued #tulip #cultivation #trade #centuries #Viruses #broke #sector #resilient
