Lot 38: Agostino Verrocchio (? 1586-1659 Rome)

Agostino Verrocchio (? 1586-1659 Rome)
Peaches, plums and a melon on a wooden table, with a magpie, apples, grapes and other fruit in the background on a stone ledge, ovoli mushrooms, figs and other fruit on a marble edge
oil on canvas
29 5/8 x 39 5/8 in. (75.3 x 100.7 cm.)

Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, The Northwick Rescues, Evesham, 1961, p. 49, no. 183.

F.C. Schweder, Newnton Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire; Christie's, London, 24 May 1935, lot 87, as 'J. Bogdani' (19 gns. to S[...]).
The Rt. Hon. Helen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon (1866-1954), Manor House, Stoke D'Abernon; (+), Christie's, London, 18 March 1955, lot 39, as 'Jan Fyt' (150 gns. to Spencer).
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), M.C., Northwick Park; his sale, (+), Christie's, London, 29 October, 1965, lot 63, as 'Michelangelo di Pace Campidoglio', where acquired by the father of the present owners (2,000 gns.).