Painting Found In French Attic

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

Painting found in french attic.

The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. It could be worth 136 million. 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 believed to be by italian master caravaggio was found in an attic in france after the homeowners decided to fix a leaky roof.

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. 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. Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling. In order to get the spot of the problem they had to break open a sealed door in their attic.

A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. 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. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. 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.