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Graphic ltoont de details van het schilderij en laat de reconstructie zien van het polyptiek, dat oorspronkelijk het ontdekte paneel bevatte.
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Meesterwerk gevonden in keuken van bejaarde vrouw

By Jordi Bou

October 23, 2019 - Een meesterwerk uit de vroege renaissance van de Florentijnse schilder
Cimabue, ontdekt in de keuken van een bejaarde vrouw in een stad nabij
Parijs, kan op een veiling tot €6 mln ($6,5 mln) opbrengen.

“Christ Mocked”, part of a series of paintings from the late 13th Century, was discovered at the property in the northern French town of Compiègne.

The elderly owner thought it was just a rather old religious icon when she took it to her local auctioneers to be valued.

The painting is thought to be part of a large diptych dating back to 1280, when Cimabue painted eight scenes depicting Christ's passion and crucifixion.

Two other scenes from the work hang in the National Gallery in London (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) and the Frick Collection in New York (The Flagellation of Christ).

“Christ Mocked” will go under the hammer at the Acteon auction house in Senlis, north of Paris, on October 27.

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PUBLISHED: 24/09/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty Images, National Gallery, Frick Collection
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