The Tulip Folly
Done in oil on canvas, the painting demonstrates a conceptual scene from the historical "tulip mania" of 17th century Holland."[2] During the tulipmania of the 1630s, as variegated tulips continued to demand outrageous prices, more growers were encouraged to enter a market already flooded with solid-colored flowers.They are trampling the surrounding flower beds in an attempt to limit the supply of tulips and so keep prices from dropping even lower.Painted in 1882, The Tulip Folly was a commentary as well on the crash that year of the Paris bourse (stock exchange).It was to be the worst financial crisis in France in the nineteenth century and inaugurated a recession that lasted until the end of the decade.