The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.
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.
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.
It is expected to go for 170 million.
A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.
In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.
The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.
It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 caravaggio for auction.
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.