Dutch Old Masters
...that, for the Dutch Old Masters, still lifes were a great opportunity to show one's aptitude in painting textures and surfaces in great detail and with realistic light effects?
...that, for the <b id="mwBg4"><a href="./Dutch_Golden_Age_painting" id="mwBg8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch Golden Age painting">Dutch Old Masters</a></b>, <a href="./Still_life" id="mwBhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Still life">still lifes</a> were a great opportunity to show one's aptitude in painting <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Texture" id="mwBhE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texture">textures</a> and <a href="./Surface" id="mwBhI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Surface">surfaces</a> in great detail and with realistic light effects?