France Painting 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.

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. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. The piece titled judith beheading holofernes is thought to have been created in rome around 1604 05 the associated press reported. It could be worth 136 million.

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. 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. But to be on the safe side in 2014 he alerted an art appraiser eric turquin based in paris. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.

A lost caravaggio painting worth 171 million was found in an attic in toulouse france it had been missing for 330 years. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. It was coated in dust and stained by a water leak so it seemed unlikely to be worth anything. 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. The attic where the painting judith and holofernes was found in toulouse france. 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. 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.