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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We’ve been here 19 years and no one has ever been in what could be called our attic. Maybe someone should go up there. Lol
Ack!!!!
I kinda like her snakeskin locks. It really suits her personality.
Yeah : )
Zackly!
It seems like this was quite a popular subject over the years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_beheading_Holofernes#Gallery
They think it had been up there 150 years.
Huma would like them, too ...
Yoursobad!
HAHAHA!
Count Scarlioni sold you an extra real one that another one of his selves further down the time stream had the old boy paint up. Did it with the Mona Lisa too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erf3rXGV5x4
I get nervous when women get that look on their face.
I seem to recall having seen a painting on that subject but don’t remember the painter. One was by a woman Artemesia Gentileschi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_beheading_Holofernes
Maybe it was just that ugly?
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