Artwork Found In Attic

6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1.

Artwork found in attic.

A newly authenticated van gogh landscape van gogh sunset at montmajour 1888 wikipedia public domain in. 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 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. It had been hidden well in the attic prosecutors said.

The painting is valued at more than 136 million though some have doubted the authenticity of judith beheading holofernes the story said. The attic artwork hit christie s auction block last week far outselling its estimated price the winning bid was 589 250 951 050. 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 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.

A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia. A painting coated in dust and stained by a water leak that looked all the same to be something of value. 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. No arrests have been made.

The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.