Famous Painting Found In Attic

A really good day is walking up into the attic of your home to discover a storied painting no one truly knew existed.

Famous painting found in attic. The italian master s work. 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. The painting in question is judith and holofernes by famous italian artist michelangelo merisi da caravaggio.

Cnn s matthew chance reports a long lost painting from vincent van gogh has now come to light. 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. There they stumbled upon a 400 year old painting believed to be by italian master michelangelo merisi da caravaggio reported the los angeles times. 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.

This is exactly what happened to one person in toulouse france according to the robb report. 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. 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. 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.

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. It could be worth 136 million. Jane cordery an art teacher in hampshire discovered the detailed bird portrait in her attic after attempting to clean the space for a plumber.