Found Painting In Attic

A 17th century painting believed to be from italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio has been found in an attic in the capital city of toulouse in southern france.

Found painting in attic.

The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery. The 400 year old work which was found by accident in 2014 in an attic of a house in toulouse is thought to have been painted by italian master caravaggio according to old masters expert eric. 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. Wikimedia commons eric turquin a 16th century painting by italian baroque artist caravaggio was recently discovered collecting dust in an old attic.

It was thought to have been displayed at some point in antwerp in 1689 but since then there has not been any mention of the painting until its recent discovery tucked away in a dusty french attic. A newly authenticated van gogh landscape van gogh sunset at montmajour 1888 wikipedia public domain in. A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia. 6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1.

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. In 2014 a friend of. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water leak that looked all the same to be something of value.