Pietro NAVARRA (Active in Rome in the late 17th and early 18th centuries) Still life with watermelon and Still life with melons and pomegranates Pair of canvases Still life with watermelon and Still life with melons and pomegranate, oil on canvas, a pair, by P. Navarra 18.89 x 25.19 in. 48 x 64 cm Provenance: Collection of Manuel Godoy, Secretary of State to Charles IV of Spain (according to a label annotated 'n°375 Coleccion de/Bodegones del. Ex?/S. R. de Godoy' on the reverse) Our pair can be compared with the artist's paintings reproduced in the reference book (edited by Federico Zeri, La Natura Morta in Italia, Milan, 1989, vol.2, pp.824-829); or with the Nature Morte aux fruits, in the Musée Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp (MMB.0207). Pietro NAVARRA (Active in Rome in the late 17th and early 18th centuries) 48 x 64 cm Our pair can be compared with the paintings by the artist reproduced in the reference book (edited by Federico Zeri, La Natura Morta in Italia, Milan, 1989, vol.2, pp.824-829); or with Nature Morte aux fruits, in the Musée Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp (MMB.0207).