France Painting Attic

A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france.

France painting attic.

Sometimes the most valuable treasures are hiding in plain sight which was certainly the case with a french family when they discovered a priceless painting thought to be lost forever in their attic. A lost caravaggio painting worth 171 million was found in an attic in toulouse france it had been missing for 330 years. The piece titled judith beheading holofernes is thought to have been created in rome around 1604 05 the associated press reported. A 17th century painting believed to be from italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio has been found in an attic in the capital city of toulouse in southern france.

Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic. It was thought to have been displayed at some point in antwerp in 1689 but since then there has not been any mention of the painting until its recent discovery tucked away in a dusty french attic. A painting stumbled upon in the attic of a house in france is an authentic work by italian renaissance master caravaggio and could be worth up to 120 million euros a178m experts said. It was coated in dust and stained by a water leak so it seemed unlikely to be worth anything.

A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. It could be worth 136 million. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. 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.

From marc labarbe so when they called again to say they had found yet another painting in the attic. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. The attic where the painting judith and holofernes was found in toulouse france. The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.