Another homage to the tulip, more workaday at first glance, with its rough, fabric backdrop, the sprouting bulbs, the soil and the gardener’s tools toplant and nurture the flowers.
No porcelain bowl for these beauties, just a simple wicker basket, lined with humble cabbage leaves. A portrait of tulips in the potting shed, perhaps,before they come upstairs to adorn a glorious inlaid table in a smart Amsterdam burgher’s house.
But don’t be deceived.
The sheer number of blooms, exploding, cascading. The lavishness of their colours, their patterns. The variety of their shapes and form. And thoseinnocuous looking blubs. What would they be worth in the days of tulipmania? As much as the house itself?
This image captures the essence of the tulip, apparently so ubiquitous – and possibly innocuous – but with a richness and a power to seduce like noother flower.
COMP 21
Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art- Photo Rag Smooth Paper With TruVue UltraVue Anti Reflective Laminated Glass. It has a 99% UV protection, and is 4.4 mm thick.
The frame is crafted from carefully selected pear wood that matches the style of its time period.
The wood has 15 layers of French polish expertly hand applied and sanded between layers,
resulting in a lustrous finish that enhances the natural beauty of the wood colour and grain.
Signed on verso, and accompanied by a signed certificate
by Harald Altmaier.
Printing by:
frames by:
https://www.johndaviesframing.com/
