Lost Caravaggio Painting Found in Attic, Worth $120 Million

A $136 million painting has been found in an attic in Toulouse, France. Owners of a French in 2015 apartment discovered the possible-Caravaggio when they were looking to fix a leaky roof. After seeing the painting, which was discovered here, experts announced this Tuesday that it's from Italian painter, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

Experts say, it was originally painted in 1600 to 1610. The painting is a biblical portrait, common of his other works, of Judith beheading Holofernes, a story depicted in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox scriptures.

From an art agency, Old Masters, Eric Turquin, explained to Reuters, "A painter is like us he has tics, and you have all the tics of Caravaggio in this. Not all of them, but many of them - enough to be sure that this is the hand, this is the writing of this great artist."

According to the CN Traveler, it was known that Caravaggio had already made two paintings of Judith decapitating Holofernes. One of the paintings is held at National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome since 1598. The other was said to be made in 17th Century, but was lost soon after.

However there are also art critics who disagree on this. In an article titled, "The so-called Caravaggio in the attic looks like a fake to me," by Jonathan Jones, he says that the paint can't possible cannot be to amaange, "Compared with this, the Toulouse painting is hopeless. It certainly has the shine and colour of a Caravaggio, the cinematic light effects he is so famous for. But it has none of his psychological intensity. The Barberini painting is the visual equivalent of a Shakespearean tragedy: a profound imaginative insight into killing and conscience."

Caravaggio also painted other well-known paintings known as "The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist" and "David with the Head of Goliath." French authorities have said to not transport the large painting outside the country, but only within the U.S.