Painting Found In French Attic

Art dealer says painting found in french attic is a caravaggio the french art dealer eric turquin presented the paining judith beheading holofernes at his gallery in paris on tuesday.

Painting found in french attic. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. 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. A painting found in the attic of a house in southwest france two years ago was attributed to the italian master caravaggio by private french experts who hailed its discovery on tuesday as a great. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.

Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic. In order to get the spot of the problem they had to break open a sealed door in their attic. 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. 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.

Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling. 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 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 could be worth 136 million.