# Sheet from a Tulip Book

- By: Jacob Marrel (Frankenthal, 1614–1681)
- Date: c. 1640
- Medium: parchment (animal material), watercolor (paint), gouache (paint)
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 340 mm x width 449 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1967-86--0cc1f420e5cde256094f98f62fb6819e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/oSnri/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Flowers were costly, and tulips the costliest of all. Tulip bulbs were avidly collected in the 17th century and large sums changed hands for unusual specimens. The tulip book’s exact function is not known. It could have been a catalogue from which an interested buyer made his selection, or a drawn inventory of a collection of tulips.