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.
I remember when that happened, which doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a really long time ago. :)
By the way. Did you see the artiicle about how some horror movies use music from the 13th century?
Wow... Absolutely cool... :)
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
Seeing that nobody knew it existed, I’d say about 700 years..............
Yes, you can go to Street markets, flea markets, gypsy markets and buy them by the hand full.......
Good thing she wasn’t a very good housekeeper or she’d have sprayed it with 409 the past 50 years.
Yep, until you get the roman coins you are just in the modern era.
I forgot about that!
What was that called?
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.
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.
Do you know if that fresco has been properly restored now or did the poor attempt destroy the work?
I hope you don’t have them hanging right over a hot plate, as this lady reportedly did ;-)
No, it has become a profitable tourist attraction.
Ecce Homo
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.
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.
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