Famous Painting Found In 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.

Famous painting found in attic.

A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia. A lost caravaggio painting thought inadequate and worthless by burglars who left it behind in an attic is expected to fetch well over 100m at auction this summer. Cnn s matthew chance reports a long lost painting from vincent van gogh has now come to light. It could be worth 136 million.

The italian master s work. 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. That may be the fate of a family who ventured into a sealed off part of their attic in southwestern france to fix a leaky roof. This is exactly what happened to one person in toulouse france according to the robb report.

The painting in question is judith and holofernes by famous italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio. There they stumbled upon a 400 year old painting believed to be by italian master michelangelo merisi da caravaggio reported the los angeles times. The painting discovered covered in dust in 2014 was unveiled for the first time tuesday at a news conference in paris. September 9 2013 2 20 pm ap amsterdam the van gogh museum says it has identified a long lost vincent van gogh painting that spent years in a norwegian attic because it was thought not to be.

6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1. A really good day is walking up into the attic of your home to discover a storied painting no one truly knew existed. 3 6 millionone 18th century giovanni battista tiepolo painting lay hidden in the attic of a french château for two centuries perhaps because its subject showed a little too much.