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.
Painting found in french attic.
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.
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.
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.
In order to get the spot of the problem they had to break open a sealed door in their attic.
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.
Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling.
Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic.
It could be worth 136 million.
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 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.