What Oranges REALLY Meant

Trade, status… and a more unsettling truth.

Used Paintings :

- Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Pomegranate, Jacob von Hulsdonck, circa 1630

- The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan Van Eyck, 1434

- Still Life with a Nautilus Cup, Willem Kalf, 1662

- Still Life with a Lobster, Gillis van Hulsdonck, between 1647 – 1669

- Isabella, John Everett Millais, 1849

- Still Life with Oranges, Jars, and Boxes of Sweets, Luis Meléndez, circa 1760