Homes, haunts, and works of Rubens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, and Cuyp; the Dutch genre-painters; Michael Angelo and Raffaelle. Being a series of art-rambles in Belgium, Holland and Italy (1872)
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 · New York : D. Appleton and co. · leaf 242
, in the seventeenth century, are DUTCH LANDSCAPE AND FL0 WER-PAINTERS. 22 ^ unequalled in the world. In 1635, the rage among the Dutchto possess them was so great, that the ordinary industry of thecountry was neglected, and the population, even to its lowestdregs, embarked in the tulip trade. As… … Fig. nb.—Dutch Tree. 4,400 florins ; the rarest, named Semper Augustus, at 5,500. Atone period only two of these bulbs were in Holland, one atAmsterdam, the other at Haarlem ; for the latter, twelve acres ofbuilding ground was offered ; the former was purchased for 4,000florins, and a carriage and…
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