Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636-1699 London) Peaches, grapes and melon on stone carvings with a ewer and a carpet unframedAttributed to Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636-1699 London)Peaches, grapes and melon on stone carvings with a ewer and a carpet oil on canvas80.7 x 107.8cm (31 3/4 x 42 7/16in).unframedSeldom signed, similar still life compositions of this period have been alternatively given to Nicolas de Largillière, Pierre Dupuis and Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. A canvas sold by Sotheby's, 3 Dec 1989, on canvas, 85 x 158 cm., lot 339 which Dominique Brême attributed to de Largillière at the beginning of his Parisian career circa 1680-1685 (but which Michel Faré attributed to Pierre Dupuis) was subsequently given to Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer by Didier Aaron. Similarly, a Still Life with Pears, Pomegranates and Watermelons on a frieze (Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1989, lot 106) was for a long time thought to be by Pierre Dupuis; while Fruits et ruines d'architecture, which hung in the French Embassy near the Holy See, was incorrectly ascribed to Alexandre-François Desportes by the Louvre in 1933. These three works have been dated to the beginning of Monnoyer's career, between 1665 and 1675.