Artwork Found In Attic

It had been hidden well in the attic prosecutors said.

Artwork found in attic.

The occupants appeared unaware that the artwork was in their attic l aquila prosecutors said the work was recovered on wednesday during a search of a home in the countryside of tortoreto near the adriatic coast in the abruzzo region s teramo province. Jane cordery an art teacher in hampshire discovered the detailed bird portrait in her attic after attempting to clean the space for a plumber. Amid piles of garbage and expired food in the vacant apartment german authorities discovered a trove of nearly 1 400 priceless and wholly unknown artworks by some of the 20th century s greatest. I would prefer it to go to a.

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. A random 2010 check on a train from switzerland to munich first got police interested in cornelius gurlitt in whose attic a recent raid uncovered 1 500 works of art previously assumed lost after. Painting found in attic may be caravaggio masterpiece both turquin and marc labarbe said they would like to see judith and holofernes placed on public display. But last november the world learned that german authorities had found a.

It was the greatest art theft in history. 650 000 works looted from europe by the nazis many of which were never recovered. She d never seen the ornate owl but the painting s intricate brushwork caught her eye and she decided to e mail a photograph of the find to christie s auction house. No arrests have been made.