France Painting Attic

In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.

France painting attic.

A 17th century painting believed to be from italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio has been found in an attic in the capital city of toulouse in southern france. The piece titled judith beheading holofernes is thought to have been created in rome around 1604 05 the associated press reported. A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france. It was thought to have been displayed at some point in antwerp in 1689 but since then there has not been any mention of the painting until its recent discovery tucked away in a dusty french attic.

Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic. The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. 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.

It could be worth 136 million. 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. 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. 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.

It was coated in dust and stained by a water leak so it seemed unlikely to be worth anything. But to be on the safe side in 2014 he alerted an art appraiser eric turquin based in paris. A lost caravaggio painting worth 171 million was found in an attic in toulouse france it had been missing for 330 years. From marc labarbe so when they called again to say they had found yet another painting in the attic.