Dusty painting hidden behind door turns out to be Brueghel 'masterpiece'

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PARIS : A rediscovered painting of Flemish 17th-century painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger, for years hidden in a family house, will be presented for auction in Paris on Tuesday and is expected to fetch 600,000 ($647,340.00) to 800,000 euros. The painting L'Avocat du village (the Village Lawyer) is on

PARIS : A rediscovered painting of Flemish 17th-century painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger, for years hidden in a family house, will be presented for auction in Paris on Tuesday and is expected to fetch 600,000 to 800,000 euros.

The family, who wishes to remain unknown, had asked Malo de Lussac of auctioneers Daguerre Val de Loire to estimate the value of their house but instead discovered a masterpiece. "I started estimating this room and when I turned back, I saw this painting. It was a very good surprise for me."

 

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