Image: The Louvre
👆 For years, the painting above was kept in an elderly French woman's kitchen, right above her hot plate.
She always thought the piece was an inexpensive reprint. It wasn't until a few years ago when she was preparing to move that her grandchildren decided to bring in an appraiser to the home to take a closer look.
😮 You just never know... Turns out, the painting in grandma's kitchen was the original Christ Mocked (also known as The Derison of Christ) by the 13th-century master Cimabue.
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