Cimabue panel found hanging in kitchen sells for over £20m at auction in France – watch video of auction

A panel ascribed to the Italian artist Cimabue (c.1240-1302) drew dramatic competition this weekend at French auction house Actéon, becoming the eighth most expensive Old Master ever sold.

Estimated at €4m-6m, it was the first work fully attributed to the Florentine early Renaissance mast…

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