Painting Found In French Attic

In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.

Painting found in french attic.

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. Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic.

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. It could be worth 136 million. 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. 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.

In order to get the spot of the problem they had to break open a sealed door in their 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. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. 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.