Federico Cerruti

He told his retainers to arrange his funeral before his death became public in order to avoid the "useless gossiping and socialising crowd" attending.

He also owned ten works by modern Italian Metaphysical and Surrealist artist Giorgio de Chirico which hung in the dining room of his villa.

In the main bedroom were late Medieval and early Renaissance paintings by Paolo Veneziano, Sassetta, and Bergognone.

He owned the Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu in 12 volumes and an edition of À la recherche du temps perdu in an Art Deco design by Pierre Legrain.

[1] According to the terms of his will, Cerutti's extraordinary collection is now managed by the nearby contemporary museum Castle of Rivoli, and, after 4 May 2019, open to the public.