Painting Found In French Attic

Charles platiau a painting found in the attic of a house in south west france two years ago has been attributed to italian master caravaggio by private french experts who now hail its discovery as a great event in the history of art.

Painting found in french attic.

Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. 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 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.

In order to get the spot of the problem they had to break open a sealed door in their attic. Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. Sometimes the most valuable treasures are hiding in plain sight which was certainly the case with a french family when they discovered a priceless painting thought to be lost forever in their attic.

Art dealer says painting found in french attic is a caravaggio the french art dealer eric turquin presented the paining judith beheading holofernes at his gallery in paris on tuesday. It could be worth 136 million. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. 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.