Still-Life
by MOILLON, Louise, Oil on panel, 50 x 65 cm
This is a still-life with a basket of bitter oranges and pomegranates on a ledge
Louise Moillon as a Protestant was very attached to her community and religion. The choice of fruit is perhaps also not so innocuous with their well-known strong spiritual symbolism. The pomegranate with its compact seeds under the same peel, symbolizes the Church and the faithful united in the Christian faith.