A medieval painting by the early Italian master Cimabue that hung unnoticed for years in a house in France has sold at auction for a record €24.2 million ($26.8 million) with fees. A bidding war at ...

A lost 13th-century masterpiece has sold for almost 24.2 million Euros ($26.8 million), just months after it was found hanging in a French kitchen. “Christ Mocked,” by the Florentine painter Cimabue, ...

It’s always good to take stock of what you have laying around the house. As one elderly French woman recently found out, you never know when you might be holding onto a long-lost, multi-million dollar ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered during a house clearance. “Christ Mocked” by the Florentine painter Cimabue was found in ...

Cimabue, “The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child enthroned by six angels, known as the Maestà” (c. 1280) on view in A New Look at Cimabue at the Louvre Museum, Paris (all photos Daniel ...

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 ...