C. Italy early seventeenth century
I think maybe it’s all about from the perspective that the apple sees. to the human eye we see a room first, and then see the details, the first thing i saw when looking at this was the apple. it shows the perspective and the things we find more ‘important’ pop out to us first. So although it may seem strange the apple is the focal point.
She created a self-portrait in an initial letter in a Homeliary. <span>Scholars today credit Nun Guda with being one of the first women in western civilization to create a signed self-portrait.</span>