Still life of apples, pears, cucumbers, figs and a melon

Possibly Cardinal Cesare Monti (1593 – 1650), Milan;

Possibly by descent to his cousin Giulio Monti, in 1650;

Possibly Count Cesare Monti Melzi, at the Palace formerly called Monti and later known as Sormani-Andreani and Verri, Milan;

Possibly by descent to his family, as suggested by a note in a 1742 inventory (conducted after his death);

Don Sebastián Gabriel Borbón y Braganza (1811 – 1875), Spain, as evidenced by the crowned SG cyphers on the reverse;

Noble private collection, Brescia, since c. 1900;

From whom acquired by the present owners.