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Keywords: Jean-Léon Gérôme - Study for "The Tulip Folly" - Walters 372784.jpg This drawing is related to a painting showing an incident during the tulipomania in Holland in the 1630s when speculators drove the price of tulips to unprecedented heights only to have the market suddenly collapse To control the supply the government ordered the destruction of the tulip beds Here a Dutch aristocrat defends his prize tulip from the government soldiers The painting The Tulip Folly 1882 Walters 37 2612 has been in the Walters since 1983 Gérôme frequently sold drawings that either replicated his most famous works or were variations on them In this instance the drawing has been squared to transfer the design confirming that it is a preliminary study rather than a replica century 19 graphite paper cm 32 2 20 accession number 37 2784 77226 Aimé Morot the artist's son-in-law Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown the drawing was once part of a notebook in his possession later dismembered Dr Edward T Wilson Bethesda Maryland date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Dr Edward T Wilson in honor of William R Johnston 2008 Expanding Horizons Recent Additions to the Drawings Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license 2D Drawings by Jean-Léon Gérôme Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Drawings in the Walters Art Museum
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