The Musée du Louvre in Paris has acquired a prestigious medieval painting by the Florentine artist Cimabue— La Dérision du Christ (The Mocking of Christ, around 1280)—that was found in a kitchen in ...

PARIS (AP) An old painting found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman, who considered it an icon of little importance, has made her a multimillionaire. The work, a masterpiece attributed to the ...

An old painting found hanging in a French woman’s home sold for $26.6 million at auction Sunday, setting a world record for a pre-1500s work of art. An auctioneer discovered the painting hanging in ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 file photo, art expert Stephane Pinta points to a 13th-century painting by Italian master Cimabue in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. A masterpiece attributed to ...

The best most people can ask of their kitchen is a delicious meal. But one French woman discovered a long-lost painting her home country considers a national treasure. The medieval work in question ...

Cimabue, private collection, The Mocking of Christ, ornamental border on a gold ground. Image courtesy of Eric Turquin and Actéon. Kids may say the darndest things, but you really have to give it to ...

PARIS — An old painting found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman, who considered it an icon of little importance, has made her a multimillionaire. The work, a masterpiece attributed to the 13th ...