Famous Painting Found In Attic

Cnn s matthew chance reports a long lost painting from vincent van gogh has now come to light.

Famous painting found in attic.

That may be the fate of a family who ventured into a sealed off part of their attic in southwestern france to fix a leaky roof. September 9 2013 2 20 pm ap amsterdam the van gogh museum says it has identified a long lost vincent van gogh painting that spent years in a norwegian attic because it was thought not to be. She d never seen the ornate owl but the painting s intricate brushwork caught her eye and she decided to e mail a photograph of the find to christie s auction house. It could be worth 136 million.

There they stumbled upon a 400 year old painting believed to be by italian master michelangelo merisi da caravaggio reported the los angeles times. Jane cordery an art teacher in hampshire discovered the detailed bird portrait in her attic after attempting to clean the space for a plumber. 6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1. This is exactly what happened to one person in toulouse france according to the robb report.

The painting in question is judith and holofernes by famous italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio. A really good day is walking up into the attic of your home to discover a storied painting no one truly knew existed. A newly authenticated van gogh landscape van gogh sunset at montmajour 1888 wikipedia public domain in. 3 6 millionone 18th century giovanni battista tiepolo painting lay hidden in the attic of a french château for two centuries perhaps because its subject showed a little too much.

A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia. A painting believed to be by italian master caravaggio was found in an attic in france after the homeowners decided to fix a leaky roof. Charles platiau a painting found in the attic of a house in south west france two years ago has been attributed to italian master caravaggio by private french experts who now hail its discovery as a great event in the history of art.