France Painting Attic

The so called caravaggio in the attic looks.

France painting attic.

But that s where the painting s trail goes cold before it disappeared until 2014. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water. Caravaggio painting worth a fortune found in french attic owners of a house in france have discovered a dramatic 400 year old piece of history when they went to fix a leak in the ceiling. Labelled the caravaggio in the attic france has put an export ban on the painting to stop it leaving the country while investigations are carried out.

A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france. Auctioneer marc labarbe explains how judith and holofernes was found in a toulouse attic. Years after purchasing a house in toulouse france the owner focused on an old painting stored in the attic. But to be on the safe side in 2014 he alerted an art appraiser eric turquin based in paris.

In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. Lost caravaggio painting found in attic could be worth over 100m caravaggio painting lost2 jpg. From marc labarbe. One theory about how the painting moved from naples italy to toulouse france is that finson had left it with a friend or sold it during one of his business trips to the french town in the last years before his death.

It was coated in dust and stained by a water leak so it seemed unlikely to be worth anything. Turned the art world s attention to france s fourth largest city which even in. The attic where the painting judith and holofernes was found in toulouse france. 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.