A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.
French attic painting.
The painting which had been estimated at up to 150 million euros 170 million dates from 1607 a mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by italian master caravaggio that was discovered.
It is expected to go for 170 million.
In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.
Caravaggio painting found in french attic sold to mystery foreign buyer reuters june 25 2019 toulouse france june 25 reuters a mystery foreign buyer has snapped up a painting by italian.
The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.
The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.
A painting stumbled upon in the attic of a house in france is an authentic work by italian renaissance master caravaggio and could be worth up to 120 million euros a178m experts said.
A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france.