Famous Painting Found In Attic

She d never seen the ornate owl but the painting s intricate brushwork caught her eye and she decided to e mail a photograph of the find to christie s auction house.

Famous painting found in attic.

6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1. A newly authenticated van gogh landscape van gogh sunset at montmajour 1888 wikipedia public domain in. There they stumbled upon a 400 year old painting believed to be by italian master michelangelo merisi da caravaggio reported the los angeles times. Cnn s matthew chance reports a long lost painting from vincent van gogh has now come to light.

It could be worth 136 million. That may be the fate of a family who ventured into a sealed off part of their attic in southwestern france to fix a leaky roof. 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. Jane cordery an art teacher in hampshire discovered the detailed bird portrait in her attic after attempting to clean the space for a plumber.

This is exactly what happened to one person in toulouse france according to the robb report. A lost caravaggio painting thought inadequate and worthless by burglars who left it behind in an attic is expected to fetch well over 100m at auction this summer. A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia. The painting in question is judith and holofernes by famous italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio.

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. The italian master s work. The painting discovered covered in dust in 2014 was unveiled for the first time tuesday at a news conference in paris.