Long-lost 13th-century painting found hanging in woman's kitchen

UPI ^ | 24 Sept 2019 | Ben Hooper

[ConservativeMind]

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!

[Jaded]

For the rest of the story...

https://news.artnet.com/market/rare-cimabue-painting-discovered-kitchen-france-fetch-6-million-auction-next-month-1660327

[decal]

Maybe, but I think it was earlier than that - there was a lot of warfare going on between the French and the Papal States during the first half of the 16th century. Napoleon went through there, too.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I have a picture of a chicken in my kitchen. Opening bid $5

[Red Badger]

It’s gotta be an old chicken..........................

[libstripper]

“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.

[Georgia Girl 2]

😆😆!

[libstripper]

Now I get into more art history. Are you aware of any piece of early Renaissance art that predates this and also shows perspective? Or, could this be a real find, the first one that does it?

[Coleus]

wow...and it wasn’t destroyed!