French Attic Painting

The painting which had been estimated at up to 150 million euros 170 million dates from 1607 a mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by italian master caravaggio that was discovered.

French attic painting.

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. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. The painting which was found under an old mattress in the 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.

Caravaggio painting found in french attic sold to mystery foreign buyer reuters june 25 2019 toulouse france june 25 reuters a mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by italian. In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend. Priceless 17th century caravaggio painting discovered behind mattresses in old french attic. A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france.