Mysterious Caravaggio painting valued at $170m snapped up before auction
(The Guardian France)

Italian specialists have doubts about the `lost masterpiece´, but an art expert insists the canvas is the artist´s `Judith and Holofernes´A painting described as a lost masterpiece by Italian painter Caravaggio has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in France.`Judith and Holofernes`, which was found under an old mattress in the attic of a house in the French city of Toulouse, was snapped up by a foreign buyer, the auction house selling it said on Tuesday. Related: `Lost Caravaggio` found in French attic causes rift in art world Related: `Lost Caravaggio` rejected by the Louvre may be worth £100m Continue reading...