Tulipmanie

This piece is featuring a gradient with tulips and chains superimposed over the visage of Frederik Hendrik (1625-1647) a Statdtholder of the Dutch Republic, and sovereign Prince of Orange during the Dutch Golden Age and advent of the Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC). The flower arrangement, intended to represent the Tulip Mania, one of the first documented commodity bubbles in the history of Europe and mercantilism, is complimented by a cornucopia of common Dutch fruits and vegetables derived from capitalism's insatiable, global reach. Even the potato, the most common and humble staple of the Dutch diet, was brought from Peru.