I had the same question, after seeing one of my great uncle’s paintings with a peeled lemon motif. There’s a good Reddit comment here that goes into a lot of de

I had the same question, after seeing one of my great uncle’s paintings with a peeled lemon motif. There’s a good Reddit comment here that goes into a lot of detail: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nz47rz/still_life_paintings_from_the_dutch_masters_often/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nz47rz/still...