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400 year old Renaissance painting found in French attic
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:47 pm
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Paris (AFP) - 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, experts said Tuesday.
The owners of the house near the southwestern city of Toulouse discovered the dramatic 400-year-old painting when they went to fix a leak in the ceiling.
The large canvas of the beheading of General Holofernes by Judith from the apocryphal biblical Book of Judith is in remarkably good condition, and was painted between 1600 and 1610, specialists believe.
Expert Eric Turquin said it could be worth as much as 120 million euros ($137 million), describing the painting as having "the light, the energy typical of Caravaggio, without mistakes, done with a sure hand and a pictorial style that makes it authentic".
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Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:48 pm to Jim Rockford
Wow
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:48 pm to Jim Rockford
I will never understand visual art. Ever.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:49 pm to Jim Rockford
If there is one thing in life I'll never understand or be able to appreciate it like it should be...it's art.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:51 pm to Jim Rockford
Wow.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:52 pm to BabyTac
Paintings like the one in the OP I can appreciate. Some of these guys could paint a scene and make it look like a photograph.
What I don't get is the crap where it looks like some toddler smeared a bunch of paint across a canvas with his butt.
What I don't get is the crap where it looks like some toddler smeared a bunch of paint across a canvas with his butt.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:52 pm to Jim Rockford
This guy says hey....
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:52 pm to Jim Rockford
I don't see the point in spending 137 mil on anything let alone a picture
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:53 pm to Artie Rome
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I will never understand visual art.
I honestly wouldn't spend $137 on it, much less 1 million times that.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:54 pm to BabyTac
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If there is one thing in life I'll never understand or be able to appreciate it like it should be...it's art.
I basically agree.
I'm not one to look a picture and say "that's it?" I can look at some historical painting and realize the work, the talent, the God given skill that went into it and appreciate it for all that had to happen to produce that final outcome.
What I do not understand is how/why someone would be willing to pay $100M for it.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 12:58 pm to Jim Rockford
Certainly is graphic.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:03 pm to terd ferguson
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What I don't get is the crap where it looks like some toddler smeared a bunch of paint across a canvas with his butt.
We had this debate in a thread a month or so ago.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:08 pm to WG_Dawg
Its not the actual artwork its the name attached to it.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:11 pm to WG_Dawg
When visiting Greece and Rome I was always more interested in the architecture than in the paintings, so I get you.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:12 pm to Jim Rockford
Caravaggio is one of my favorite renaissance artists. Thanks for sharing 
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:14 pm to Jim Rockford
People who have the money to buy this understand its a great investment. Paintings like this only gain value with time.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:16 pm to Jim Rockford
That's a big painting to miss for any amount of time you are in a house until a leak needs fixing.
BRB going to check my attic again.
BRB going to check my attic again.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:16 pm to Jim Rockford
Heck of a lot better looking painting than his line of jeans, that's for sure.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:17 pm to Jim Rockford
At least it's a lot better than this shite which sold for like $75,000,000
Posted on 4/12/16 at 1:18 pm to Jim Rockford
Be right back....
I'm going to check my attic for paintings.
I'm going to check my attic for paintings.
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