(1)The mocked Christ, completed in 1280 by Giovanni Cimabue, Italian painter of the Renaissance
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(2)A painting that almost went to waste at a French family home has been revealed as a 13th century masterpiece worth 24 million euros worth about 33.4 billion won This painting is a mocking Christ, which is believed to have been completed by Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Cimabue 1240-1302
(3)The mocked Christ was on the verge of being abandoned in an ordinary family home four years ago A woman in her 90s who found this painting while organizing her house in the countryside tried to throw it away and left it up to an auction house According to the appraisal, the painting was one of the 15 paintings Chimabue completed during his lifetime. Chimabue is considered to have opened the door to Renaissance art, away from Byzantine style art The woman reportedly hung the painting in the kitchen without knowing whose work it was
(4)A few months later, the mocked Christ was auctioned off by Chilean billionaire Alvaro for 24 million euros to Vendek and his wife, but the French government designated the painting as a national treasure in the same year and banned it from being taken abroad
(5)France raised funds for 30 months to buy back the work and only recently completed a deal with the owner of the work. It is known that the work will be exhibited from 2025 Information such as how much the Louvre spent on the purchase and with whom exactly it traded was not disclosed
(6)In the mocked Christ, a new way of expression was applied, which was not found in the Virgin and Baby with the two Jesus Christ Whipped, a woodblock portrait of CimabueThe other two works of Cimabue, which capture the suffering of Jesus, are owned by the Frick Collection of New York, U.S., London, U.K., respectively
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