France Painting Attic

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.

France painting attic.

But that s where the painting s trail goes cold before it disappeared until 2014. Lost caravaggio painting found in attic could be worth over 100m caravaggio painting lost2 jpg. From marc labarbe. 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.

A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic. Turned the art world s attention to france s fourth largest city which even in. The attic where the painting judith and holofernes was found in toulouse france.

A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france. Years after purchasing a house in toulouse france the owner focused on an old painting stored in the attic. Auctioneer marc labarbe explains how judith and holofernes was found in a toulouse 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.

But to be on the safe side in 2014 he alerted an art appraiser eric turquin based in paris. 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. It was coated in dust and stained by a water leak so it seemed unlikely to be worth anything. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.