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.
French attic painting.
It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 caravaggio for auction.
A painting coated in dust and stained by a water.
The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.
The attic of their toulouse home had yielded a surprising discovery.
Priceless 17th century caravaggio painting discovered behind mattresses in old french attic.
In 2014 french auctioneer marc labarbe received a phone call from a friend.
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.
It is expected to go for 170 million.