Maximilian PFEILER (Prague, 1656 - 1746) Composition with citron, viola and fruit Oil on canvas (Original canvas) Bears the number 'P. 429' on the canvas and frame on the reverse Composition with citron, viol and fruits, oil on canvas, by M. Pfeiler 25.19 x 18.89 in. 64 x 48 cm Provenance: Probably the collection of Cardinal Fesch ; Collection of Baron and Baroness Gourgaud; Their sale; Paris, Hôtel George V, 5 April 2001, no. 29 (as Cristoforo Munari); Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Patricia Consigli-Valenti, Nature morte del Seicento e del Settecento, Parma, 1987, pp. 116-117, no. 105 (as Cristoforo Munari) Francesca Baldassari, Cristoforo Munari, Milan, 1998, p. 215, no. 34 (as the Roman school of the 17th century) Marie Dinelli-Graziani, 'Le cardinal Fesch, un grand collectionneur. Sa collection de peintures', doctoral thesis, Université de Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne, 2005, vol. 1, p. 170 (as Cristoforo Munari) Another version of this composition, with some variations on our painting, is in the collections of the Pinacoteca di Montefortino. Maximilian PFEILER (Prague, 1656 - 1746) 64 x 48 cm