Found Painting In Attic

Andy rain epa efe rex shutterstock a famous italian painting that was rediscovered in an attic could be set to fetch at least 171 million at an auction according to cnn.

Found painting in attic.

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. 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. 6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1. A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia.

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. 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.

The piece titled judith beheading holofernes is thought to have been created in rome around 1604 05 the associated press reported. 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. 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.