Describing the work as an 'Importante ritrovamento per il periodo classico e romantico di Giorgio de Chirico' Professor Fagiolo dell'Arco draws our attention to other still-lives of de Chirico's romantic period which provide interesting comparisons to the present painting. All executed between 1922 and 1923 these can be found illustrated in L'opera completa di Giorgio de Chirico, 1908-1924 (Milan, 1984) under numbers 189, 189a, 203 and 220a

Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work