Artwork Found In Attic

A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia.

Artwork found in attic. Artwork found in french attic may be 400 year old carvaggio april 12 2016 3 39 pm ap paris a 400 year old picture that might have been painted by italian master caravaggio has been found in. The painting is valued at more than 136 million though some have doubted the authenticity of judith beheading holofernes the story said. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water leak that looked all the same to be something of value. A random 2010 check on a train from switzerland to munich first got police interested in cornelius gurlitt in whose attic a recent raid uncovered 1 500 works of art previously assumed lost after.

In 2014 in another french attic a rare caravaggio painting was discovered behind a locked door in an attic after the owner tried to repair a water leak according to a new york times story. No arrests have been made. The occupants appeared unaware that the artwork was in their attic l aquila prosecutors said the work was recovered on wednesday during a search of a home in the countryside of tortoreto near the adriatic coast in the abruzzo region s teramo province. 6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1.

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. Cordery maintains that she had never even seen the painting before her impromptu winter cleaning while her partner james ravenscroft remembers receiving the work as a present from his mother. The painting that appears in the background of this scene is none other than famous hungarian artist robert bereny s sleeping lady with black vase a notoriously lost painting that had been missing since the second world war. The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.

The attic artwork hit christie s auction block last week far outselling its estimated price the winning bid was 589 250 951 050.