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Lost Painting Found in Elderly Woman’s Kitchen Set for Louvre Collection

‘NATIONAL TREASURE’

The $26 million Cimabue masterwork had been hanging above a hot plate used for cooking food.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

Art expert Eric Turquin inspects the painting “Christ Mocked,” by Florentine Renaissance artist Cimabue, displayed in Paris, France, Sept. 24, 2019.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

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