"Schoon Solffer" a broken" tulip painted by Bartholomeus Abrahamsz. Assteyn (1607-1669/1677), a Dutch painter. "Broken" tulips have a viral infection, that caused the petals to show beautiful and striking streaks of color in them, noticed by the Flemish botanist Carolus Clusius, father of the Dutch obsession with tulips, in the Netherlands in the 1600’s.

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Size: 3592px × 4902px
Location: Netherlands
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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