“This story is beautiful, and this story makes us dream,” auctioneer Marc Labarbe said. “But what really makes us dream is the painting. It really is a wonder. We are very lucky.”
Workers carry “Judith and Holofernes,” believed to be by Caravaggio, to a public presentation at the Drouot auction house in Paris earlier this month.
“It’s so intriguing,” Laurent Sobanski said as he leaned in for a closer look during a recent public preview. “It’s not every day one finds a treasure like this in the attic. It was unnoticed for so long and remained in such good condition. It seems so improbable.” Period furniture, old baubles or minor artworks typically are destined for sales at garage sales called held across France. In this case, Labarbe already had worked with the clients in question to sell minor items uncovered in the old house that had been in their family for decades.So when they called again to say they had found yet another painting in the attic, Labarbe postponed a visit several times before finally finding time on April 23, 2014, to examine the artwork.
This Finson painting turns the attention to Judith, who appears to be striking the final blow to sever the head — the image of the Toulouse Caravaggio. Indeed, several art experts initially told Labarbe and Turquin that the Toulouse painting was likely by Finson, leaving the Toulouse auctioneer deflated.
As the art world debated, there remained the question of how such a painting could have landed in Toulouse. To help solve that riddle, Labarbe turned to Véronique Castagné, a Toulouse art historian who set about rummaging through archives to find answers. Standing on a raised lectern behind the Caravaggio, Labarbe recounted this history to about 200 guests who had come to his studio in an event organized by the Franco-Italian Business Club. Though not an art historian, he had become deeply knowledgeable about the work’s tiniest details — the type of earrings worn by Judith, the transparency of the lace on her sleeve, the flow of a red curtain.After the presentation, Labarbe was smiling, serving Champagne to the crowd.
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