French Attic Painting

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.

French attic painting.

Art community remains divided over caravaggio found in french attic an original caravaggio or a master fake. It could be worth 136 million. 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 painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.

It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 caravaggio for auction. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. 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.

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. This is the question that continues to befuddle art historians and experts about a. 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. Priceless 17th century caravaggio painting discovered behind mattresses in old french 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. 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.