France Painting Attic

But to be on the safe side in 2014 he alerted an art appraiser eric turquin based in paris.

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. Auctioneer marc labarbe explains how judith and holofernes was found in a toulouse attic. From marc labarbe. Caravaggio painting worth a fortune found in french attic owners of a house in france have discovered a dramatic 400 year old piece of history when they went to fix a leak in the ceiling.

The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic. The so called caravaggio in the attic looks. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. It was coated in dust and stained by a water leak so it seemed unlikely to be worth anything.

But that s where the painting s trail goes cold before it disappeared until 2014. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. Years after purchasing a house in toulouse france the owner focused on an old painting stored in the attic. Lost caravaggio painting found in attic could be worth over 100m caravaggio painting lost2 jpg.

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. Labelled the caravaggio in the attic france has put an export ban on the painting to stop it leaving the country while investigations are carried out. Turned the art world s attention to france s fourth largest city which even in.