A Caravaggio painting found in a French attic and estimated to be worth up to $170 million has been sold to a mystery foreign buyer, just two days before it was due to be auctioned.
For now, the buyer remains anonymous -- auction house Marc Labarbe and art specialist Turquin said in a statement that the work had been"sold privately to a foreign buyer," but that the purchase price and identity of the buyer were covered by a confidentiality agreement.
The work illustrates a passage from the Old Testament's Book of Judith and shows the young widow Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.The final destination of the painting is also shrouded in mystery. Auctioneers said in a statement that"the painting will consequently be leaving French soil," but Turquin added that the painting would soon be displayed"in an important museum.
"We received an offer that could not be ignored and which we communicated to the owners of the painting. The fact that the offer came from someone close to an important museum convinced the sellers to accept," Turquin said in a statement. The painting had been rigorously analyzed over five years, with special attention given to the work's technical, stylistic and historical detail to confirm its authenticity.painted circa 1600 hangs in Rome's Palazzo Barberini.
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