France Painting Attic

The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.

France painting attic. 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. Turned the art world s attention to france s fourth largest city which even in. 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.

But that s where the painting s trail goes cold before it disappeared until 2014. The so called caravaggio in the attic looks. A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.

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 attic where the painting judith and holofernes was found in toulouse france.

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