It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 caravaggio for auction.
French attic painting.
It is expected to go for 170 million.
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.
A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.
In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.
The owners of the house near the southwestern city of toulouse discovered the dramatic 400 year old painting when they went to fix a leak in the ceiling.
The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.
Caravaggio painting found in french attic sold to mystery foreign buyer reuters june 25 2019 toulouse france june 25 reuters a mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by italian.
Priceless 17th century caravaggio painting discovered behind mattresses in old french attic.