Jesus Painting Bound for the Dump Is Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Worth $27 Million
The third panel of a lost 13th-century altarpiece has been found... between a French woman's kitchen and living room.
A small panel painting of Jesus hung over the hot plate in an elderly French woman's home for longer than she could remember. When the woman moved out in September, the painting was due to go to the dump (along with many of her other possessions), unless a local auctioneer could appraise and remove the work within the week.
On Sunday (Oct. 27), that painting — actually a lost work by the early Renaissance master Cimabue — sold at auction for $26.8 million.
More at the link: https://www.livescience.com/Cimabue...JVRpVb9rlHH3piFEY-bVX67Xq8YzMyu6bxo2KedwZB5aE
The third panel of a lost 13th-century altarpiece has been found... between a French woman's kitchen and living room.
A small panel painting of Jesus hung over the hot plate in an elderly French woman's home for longer than she could remember. When the woman moved out in September, the painting was due to go to the dump (along with many of her other possessions), unless a local auctioneer could appraise and remove the work within the week.
On Sunday (Oct. 27), that painting — actually a lost work by the early Renaissance master Cimabue — sold at auction for $26.8 million.
More at the link: https://www.livescience.com/Cimabue...JVRpVb9rlHH3piFEY-bVX67Xq8YzMyu6bxo2KedwZB5aE
