Posted on 11/16/2023 11:31:10 AM PST by Red Badger
A painting found hanging in an elderly French woman's kitchen was found to be a long-lost panel from a polyptych by 13th-century Italian artist Cimabue. The painting, titled "Mocking of Christ," is scheduled to be auctioned Oct. 27. Photo courtesy of Acteon
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Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A long-lost masterpiece dating back to 1280 is headed to the Louvre after it was found hanging in a French grandmother's kitchen.
"Christ Mocked," a 10-inch-by-8-inch painting by Florentine artist Cimabue, aka Cenni di Pepo, was rediscovered in 2019, when an elderly woman from the town of Compiegne decided to have it appraised.
The painting had been hanging in her kitchen for years.
The artwork was auctioned for about $26.8 million, but the French government barred it from being exported, declaring it to be a "national treasure."
Rima Abdul Malak, the French minister of culture, and Laurence des Cars, president and director of the Louvre Museum, said the painting will now have a new home as part of an exhibit at the famed Paris museum.
The duo announced that the French government had purchased the painting from the auction winner.
"Christ Mocked" and another Cimabue painting, titled "Maestà," will be displayed at the Louvre in an exhibit set to open in 2025.
At some point all the congealed bacon grease becomes the best possible protectant.
Hmmm …..
And every “homosexual marriage” is another depiction of Christ Mocked.
There sure are lot of spawn of Satan on the loose these days.
LOL !!! My first thought as well LOL !!!
Thanks Red Badger.
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Unidentified artistic panel.
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