Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge, Roman School,
I have seen this beautiful still life at times attributed to Caravaggio (Michelangelo Marisi), or to a follower of his.
Sotheby’s made no such direct claim when the painting passed through their auction house in 2013, referring to it instead as attributed to an unnamed artist of the Roman School, but the extensive notes on their page devoted to the item mention Carvaggio more than a dozen times.
It does seem similar in nature to a still life painting of a basket of fruit acknowledged to be by Caravaggio, but there are also other paintings from the time and place that also appear to be in a similar style that are attributed to “a follower of Caravaggio“.
Regardless of the painting’s attribution, it is clearly an extraordinary still life, with an tactile presence that must be palpable in person.
There is a Wikipedia page devoted to the painting, though it inexplicably contains a poorly reproduced image.
