Painting Found In French Attic

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.

Painting found in french attic.

In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. 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. Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling. It could be worth 136 million.

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. 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. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.

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. 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. Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic.