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| Keywords: Jan Brueghel the Younger, Satire on Tulip Mania, c. 1640.jpg Artwork Q17524034 en Monkeys in contemporary 17th century Dutch dress are shown dealing in tulips A satirical commentary on speculators during the time of Tulip Mania an economic bubble that centered around rare tulip bulbs At left one monkey points to flowering tulips while another holds up a tulip and a moneybag Bulbs are weighed money is counted a lavish business dinner is enjoyed The monkey at left has a list of rare tulips his sword denotes upper class status Farther back a monkey sits like a nobleman astride a horse One in mid-foreground draws up a bill of sale; the owl on his shoulder symbolizes foolishness and ignobility Brueghel is not only ridiculing tulip speculators as brainless monkeys the work is an object lesson for the folly of speculating to such an extent in such a transient thing as a mere bloom In the denouement at right a monkey urinates on the now worthless tulips; fellow speculators in debt are brought before the magistrate or weep in the dock A frustrated buyer brandishes his fists while at the back right a speculator is carried to his grave ~ 1640 Frans Hals Museum Haarlem Netherlands Brueghel the Younger PD-Art-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Persiflage on the Tulipomania Urination in art | ||||
