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Federico Castelluccio is best known for playing Furio Giunta in The Sopranos, but he is also a trained painter and serious collector of Baroque art.
Around 2010, he spotted a painting of Saint Sebastian at a German auction that had been listed as an anonymous 18th-century Italian work.
Castelluccio believed it looked much older and suspected it might be a lost painting by the Italian master Guercino.
He and a co-investor reportedly bought the painting for about $70,000. Castelluccio then spent several years researching and restoring it.
Experts David Stone and Nicholas Turner examined the canvas using X-rays, pigment testing, and other methods before concluding that it was painted by Guercino around 1632 to 1634.
Including restoration, transportation, and other expenses, the total investment was reportedly around $140,000.
The rediscovered painting was later estimated to be worth several million dollars, with some reports placing its possible value as high as $10 million.
In 2015, it was exhibited at the Princeton University Art Museum, where it was officially listed as Guercino’s Saint Sebastian from the Federico Castelluccio Collection.
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Federico Castelluccio is best known for playing Furio Giunta in The Sopranos, but he is also a trained painter and serious collector of Baroque art.
Around 2010, he spotted a painting of Saint Sebastian at a German auction that had been listed as an anonymous 18th-century Italian work.
Castelluccio believed it looked much older and suspected it might be a lost painting by the Italian master Guercino.
He and a co-investor reportedly bought the painting for about $70,000. Castelluccio then spent several years researching and restoring it.
Experts David Stone and Nicholas Turner examined the canvas using X-rays, pigment testing, and other methods before concluding that it was painted by Guercino around 1632 to 1634.
Including restoration, transportation, and other expenses, the total investment was reportedly around $140,000.
The rediscovered painting was later estimated to be worth several million dollars, with some reports placing its possible value as high as $10 million.
In 2015, it was exhibited at the Princeton University Art Museum, where it was officially listed as Guercino’s Saint Sebastian from the Federico Castelluccio Collection.
#history #WittyHistorian
"Pure signal, no noise"
Credits Goes to the respective
Author ✍️/ Photographer📸
🐇 🕳️