The piece titled judith beheading holofernes is thought to have been created in rome around 1604 05 the associated press reported.
Found painting in attic.
The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.
6 valuable works of art discovered in people s attics and garages 1.
A painting coated in dust and stained by a water leak that looked all the same to be something of value.
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.
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 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.
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.
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A contested caravaggio painting caravaggio judith beheading holofernes late 16th to early 17th century wikimedia.
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.