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Painting Discovered in French House Could Be Worth $136 Million
CNN ^
| April 13, 2016
| Euan McKirdy
Posted on 04/13/2016 2:03:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
What is possibly one of the art world's greatest finds came about because some French homeowners wanted to fix a leaky roof.
The 400-year-old work, which was found by accident in 2014 in an attic of a house in Toulouse, is thought to have been painted by Italian master Caravaggio, according to Old Masters expert Eric Turquin, who has been studying it for the past two years.
The amazing find was discovered in a sealed-off part of the attic space, which had to be accessed in order to repair a leak.
Named "Judith Beheading Holofernes," the painting represents the biblical figure Judith decapitating Holofernes, an Assyrian general. According to the Book of Judith (included in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox scriptures) she went in supplication to the general's tent while his forces besieged her city, then beheaded him.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; History
KEYWORDS: art; caravaggio; ericturquin; france; italy; judithholofernes; toulouse
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To: nickcarraway
Carravagio's Medusa..................Looks familiar?...............
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:05:46 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: nickcarraway
Have to wonder why it was found like that.Did the previous owners die in the holocaust?
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:05:59 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: nickcarraway
LOL I remember that from art history. great stuff.
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:20:47 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t think my wife would have allowed that painting to hang very long, if at all in our house. I know I wouldn’t want it anywhere but perhaps in the attic under wraps not knowing the value.
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:21:42 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Red Badger
Carravagio’s Medusa..................Looks familiar?...............
A Hillary campaign poster?
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:22:06 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: nickcarraway; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
What a find! Thanks nickcarraway.
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:25:18 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: nickcarraway
It’s a knock-off. I’ve got one over my fireplace.;-)
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:27:31 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
To: nickcarraway
“The amazing find was discovered in a sealed-off part of the attic space...”
Hidden from the Nazis? Or hidden from the Allies?
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:27:58 PM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: nickcarraway
Here's the one that's already in the museum. There doesn't seem to be a picture of this latest discovery.
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:28:42 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: nickcarraway
That was the last time someone worked on the roof? Good roof.
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:29:08 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Cicero
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:30:07 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Red Badger
Geesh. Give a feller a warning, wontcha?
Uncanny.
To: Red Badger
It's counterpart in stone at Didyma
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:42:01 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: Stormdog
Or a GOP...................
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:43:23 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Cicero
Carravaggio seems to be fixated on beheading people......................
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:44:29 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Red Badger
Kinda like Hildebeeste ... only prettier.
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:48:55 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(A plague o' both your houses.)
To: Red Badger
I gotta go tear up my roof.
Bye!
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posted on
04/13/2016 2:50:18 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
A leftover prop from the movie"How to Steal a Million?
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posted on
04/13/2016 3:00:36 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
04/13/2016 3:01:07 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Donald Trump's First Principle is the Art of the Deal)
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