Famous Painting Found In Attic

6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1.

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. The painting discovered covered in dust in 2014 was unveiled for the first time tuesday at a news conference in paris. A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia. Cnn s matthew chance reports a long lost painting from vincent van gogh has now come to light.

She d never seen the ornate owl but the painting s intricate brushwork caught her eye and she decided to e mail a photograph of the find to christie s auction house. 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. Jane cordery an art teacher in hampshire discovered the detailed bird portrait in her attic after attempting to clean the space for a plumber. 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.

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. 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.

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 in question is judith and holofernes by famous italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio. 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.