Painting Found In French Attic

It could be worth 136 million.

Painting found in french attic.

In order to get the spot of the problem they had to break open a sealed door in their attic. Two years ago homeowners near toulouse france wanted to fix their leaky ceiling. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. Paris a painting found in a leaky attic in the southwestern french city of toulouse has been provisionally identified as a lost masterpiece by late 16th century italian painter caravaggio worth.

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

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