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Rare Italian masterpiece found in French kitchen sold for €24 million

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:00:59 +0100

A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for 24 million euros – some five times the initial estimate.

Rare Italian masterpiece found in French kitchen expected to sell for €6 million

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:09:23 +0200

An early Renaissance painting by the Italian master Cimabue goes under the hammer on Sunday, a few weeks after the rare artwork was found hanging in an unsuspecting elderly Frenchwoman's kitchen.

Old French lady discovers Italian Renaissance masterpiece in her kitchen

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:04:05 +0200

An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris, art experts said on Monday.

Mystery of 'Salvator Mundi', the world's most costly painting

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:21:58 +0200

Later this year, the Louvre in Paris will host an exhibition of masterpieces by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci to mark his death 500 years ago in France. But the work that in recent months has been the intense focus of scrutiny by the media and da Vinci specialists, may not be on show.

French mechanic finds 'long-lost Renoir' online for €700

Fri, 06 May 2016 12:38:50 +0200

Lyon resident Ahmed Ziani, who has been buying and selling art after losing his job as a mechanic, may have stumbled across a long-lost masterpiece by French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Paris to get 'gift' of another mega art gallery

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:29:08 +0200

One of the world's biggest private art collections is to be housed in a new Paris museum within a stone's throw of the Louvre, a French billionaire said on Wednesday.

Russian tycoon hands France 'stolen' Picassos

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:54:45 +0200

A billionaire Russian art collector has handed over two Picasso watercolours to French authorities investigating whether they were stolen, in the latest twist of a feud with his Swiss art dealer that has gripped the high-end art world.

France ready to stump up €80m for a Rembrandt

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:22:46 +0200

France might be short of cash right now but when it comes to art it is still willing to dig deep. The government has offered €80 million for a Rembrandt painting to hang in the Louvre.

Collector leaves million euro artwork on TGV

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:22:00 +0100

How could you possibly leave a 13th century work of art worth €1 million on the train? Well that's exactly what happened to an Italian art collector on a Paris to Geneva TGV train.

Brit blasts French arts body over fake Chagall

Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:35:19 +0100

An art-loving British businessman has appealed to a French arts body to overturn its "unjust" decision to destroy a treasured painting that he thought was by Marc Chagall, but was in fact judged to be a fake.

'Putin in nightie' artist seeks asylum in France

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:26:00 +0200

An artist who painted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev in women's underwear has fled to Paris where he is applying for politican asylum from France, he claimed on Thursday.

Stolen painting worth €13,000 found in bush

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:40:52 +0200

A Camoin painting worth about €13,000 has been found in a bush in Isère, near Lyon, five years after it was stolen from a Fedex truck.