The Italian painting by the artist Cimabue sold for nearly $27 million at auction. But now, government officials in France are intervening in order to stop the art from leaving the country.

Business Entertainment Oddities Visual Arts World Medieval masterpiece by Cimabue rediscovered in French house Sep. 24, 2019 at 5:21 am Updated Sep. 27, 2019 at 5:20 am ...

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The painting’s return marks the 21st restitution made by the Bavarian state collections in recent years. The late medieval wooden panel, which had been in the Staatsgalerie Burghausen’s ...

A rare medieval panel painting survived more than 500 years, enduring the Reformation and Civil War, after a quick-thinking owner recycled it into the Ten Commandments, it has been revealed. The ...

The house dates back to the 12th century, according to real estate agency Strutt & Parker. It functioned as a preceptory, or a local headquarters/monastery for the knights, who fought in the Crusades.