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Long-lost 13th-century painting found hanging in woman's kitchen
UPI ^ | 24 Sept 2019 | Ben Hooper

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.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: cennidipepo; cimabue; compiegne; ericturquin; france; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; italy; middleages; renaissance
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To: C210N

I remember when that happened, which doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a really long time ago. :)


21 posted on 09/24/2019 1:57:27 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SunkenCiv

By the way. Did you see the artiicle about how some horror movies use music from the 13th century?


22 posted on 09/24/2019 1:58:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Did you see the artiicle about how some horror movies use music from the 13th century?

That's about how far back you have to go to avoid paying royalties.
23 posted on 09/24/2019 2:05:27 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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To: Red Badger

Wow... Absolutely cool... :)


24 posted on 09/24/2019 2:07:55 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Red Badger

That is a fact, I once tried to sell some old world coins as valuable because of the dates. I was immediately told that they were “brand new” in comparison to what was actually considered as valuable by age. Coins from before our country was even a nation are worthless in age over there. lol


25 posted on 09/24/2019 2:12:28 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: C210N

Seeing that nobody knew it existed, I’d say about 700 years..............


26 posted on 09/24/2019 2:14:17 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Openurmind

Yes, you can go to Street markets, flea markets, gypsy markets and buy them by the hand full.......


27 posted on 09/24/2019 2:17:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Red Badger

Good thing she wasn’t a very good housekeeper or she’d have sprayed it with 409 the past 50 years.


28 posted on 09/24/2019 2:23:52 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Red Badger

Yep, until you get the roman coins you are just in the modern era.


29 posted on 09/24/2019 2:24:16 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

I forgot about that!

What was that called?


30 posted on 09/24/2019 2:29:28 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: malach

I’m sure there are religious pictures all over the houses of religious and artistic Frenchwomen; but I was concerned about the damage a kitchen atmosphere could do to a painting like that.


33 posted on 09/24/2019 4:39:32 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: malach

Thank you. As you can see from my post, the only connection I have with art history is having seen pictures of various paintings in history books.


34 posted on 09/24/2019 4:46:14 PM PDT by libstripper (a bit,)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Do you know if that fresco has been properly restored now or did the poor attempt destroy the work?


35 posted on 09/24/2019 4:48:02 PM PDT by kalee
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To: CJ Wolf

I hope you don’t have them hanging right over a hot plate, as this lady reportedly did ;-)


36 posted on 09/24/2019 7:02:14 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Red Badger

No, it has become a profitable tourist attraction.


37 posted on 09/24/2019 7:07:59 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: ConservativeMind

Ecce Homo


38 posted on 09/24/2019 7:08:17 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: kalee

Because it became an internet meme, the town and church are profiting from increased tourism. The painting was not considered important before it was “restored,” so it probably will never be properly fixed.


39 posted on 09/24/2019 7:09:47 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: colorado tanker
"Must be a fascinating story."

I've heard that the Nazi occupiers during WWII stole much art work from occupied countries to take back to Germany.

Perhaps this item was stolen by Nazis and somehow ended up in this kitchen. Alternatively, perhaps some French patriots arranged for this work to be in the kitchen to prevent it from reaching Germany.

40 posted on 09/24/2019 7:11:31 PM PDT by William Tell
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