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Grimy painting found in French kitchen fetches $26.6 million to set record for medieval art
A unique work by Italian early Renaissance master, Cimabue, was sold at a French auction for 24 million euros ($26.6 million). It used to hang in a kitchen for years, with the owner unaware of the treasure in her possession. Acteon auction house expected the ‘Christ Mocked’ painting to go for between 4 and 6 million euros, but the final price smashed those estimates by more than four times.The name of the buyer, who paid the highest ever sum for a medieval painting, hasn’t been disclosed. Cenni di Pepo known as CIMABUE (Active in the years 1272 to 1302)"The Mocking of Christ"Tempera and gold leaf ground on a poplar panel.2

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