Pizza Maker Finds Two Paintings in Attic While Renovating House
April 11 2021
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A pizza maker from Valencia, Piedmont, has discovered two seventeenth century paintings in his attic while undertaking renovations of a newly bought house.
According to Max Mazzola (forgive the poor translation):
I found the paintings in the attic. They had a blanket thrown over. One of them was located in the middle of the pigeon guano. When we discovered them, Stefania and I immediately saw they looked very beautiful and we brought them into the house.
It turns out the canvases have been attributed to Guglielmo Caccia called the Moncalvo (c.1565-1625) and were stolen from the Parish of Borgo San Martino 25 years ago. The authorities have not yet been able to identify who owned the house during that time.
