Posted on 09/24/2019 1:10:43 PM PDT 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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Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A long-lost painting by pre-Renaissance painter Cimabue is headed to auction after being found hanging in an older French woman's kitchen.
Experts said the Compiegne woman decided to have the painting hanging in her kitchen appraised and numerous tests were conducted that confirmed it to be the work of 13th-century Italian artist Cimabue, aka Cenni di Pepo.
Eric Turquin, an expert who examined the painting, said it appears to be a panel from a polyptych, a work of several painted scenes divided into multiple panels. He said the wood panel of the painting matches with other known Cimabue paintings from the same work.
The 10-inch painting, titled Mocking of Christ, is expected to fetch up to $6.5 million when it is auctioned Oct. 27 by Acteon.
Thank you! Just read about how that happened.
That crazy “restorer” looks like she is still alive. She said she went to a psychologist after people made fun of it and is now proud of it, saying “He’s handsome!”
What an idiot!
For the rest of the story...
I have a picture of a chicken in my kitchen. Opening bid $5
It’s gotta be an old chicken..........................
“The introduction of perspective into painting was a big thing.One tends to think that it was always there but it wasn’t.”
It seems to have been developed by the ancient Romans and then lost. Take a look at some of the pictures of mosaics and remnants of paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum and you’ll see the artists there used it.
wow...and it wasn’t destroyed!
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