Beware Tulip Mania It Will Happen Again Brueghel Card
Showcase your wry economic bubble sense of humor with this greeting card featuring Jan Brueghel the Younger's "Satire On Tulipmania" circa 1640. The infamous painting depicts monkeys in 17th century Dutch clothes and represents a satirical commentary on brainless speculators during the time of the economic bubble which focused on rare tulip bulbs. From the left, one monkey points to flowering tulips with another holds up a tulip and a moneybag. Monkeys are depicted in partaking in a lavish business dinner. The monkey at left, with a sword to indicate upper class status, has a list of rare tulips; one monkey in the back sits astride in a horse. One monkey in the mid-foreground draws up a bill of sale. The monkeys at the right depict the denouement of the mania, with one monkey urinating on the now worthless tulips while fellow speculators in debt are brought before the magistrate or weeping on the dock. In the background of the painting, a speculator is carried to a grave. Brueghel's masterful depiction of Tulipmania lies in ridiculing tulip speculators as brainless monkeys, with tulip speculation as part of a transitory existence from start to finish. Included in this design are the following words of wisdom for modern day speculators and investors: "Beware Tulip Mania It Will Happen Again."
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