Woman Finds Renaissance Masterpiece Worth $6.5 Million in Her Kitchen

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9/25/2019|Updated: 9/26/2019

A woman in Paris has discovered a masterpiece painting in her kitchen from the Renaissance period done by great 13th-century Florentine artist Cenni di Pepo, also known as Cimabue.

The painting “the Mocking of Christ” will be auctioned in Senlis on Oct. 27 and is expected to fetch $4.4 million to $6.5 million, according to the Eric Turquin Expertise, a firm specializing in Old Master paintings and known for many discoveries.

Venus Upadhayaya

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