French Attic Painting

It could be worth 136 million.

French attic painting. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic. 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. This is the question that continues to befuddle art historians and experts about a.

Artwork found in french attic may be 400 year old carvaggio april 12 2016 3 39 pm ap paris a 400 year old picture that might have been painted by italian master caravaggio has been found in. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. Art community remains divided over caravaggio found in french attic an original caravaggio or a master fake. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.

It is expected to go for 170 million. A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france. The painting which had been estimated at up to 150 million euros 170 million dates from 1607 a mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by italian master caravaggio that was discovered. 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.

A painting found in an attic in southwest france is a long lost caravaggio experts said tuesday as they unveiled a work estimated at 120 million euros if it is attributed to the italian master. Paris a painting found in a leaky attic in the southwestern french city of toulouse has been provisionally identified as a lost masterpiece by late 16th century italian painter caravaggio worth.