# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgh6rt6vTvk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228097-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-07-27T20:57:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

Next time a package lands on your doorstep, imagine how it got there: the distant source, the giant cargo ship, the noisy dock, the bustling warehouse.

This system may sound modern, but it has a lot in common with the 17th-century global trade practices of the Netherlands.

Head to our link in bio to see the Dutch paintings that LACMA recently loaned to Getty—they display delicate tulips, delicious cheeses, and busy landscapes, but also reveal the impact of colonialism in the 1600s.

🎨 Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge, 1619, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Carter

#DutchArt #Paintings #ArtHistory

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dutchart, arthistory, paintings

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