Cimabue’s Christ Mocked, 1280.
(Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
What’s hanging in your kitchen?
Maybe a stylized picture of fruit or just pots and pans hung on the walls to save space.
Cimabue’s “Christ Mocked,” 1280. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
The painting is entitledChrist Mockedand was completed in 1280.
The whereabouts of the remainder of the panels is unknown.
While only about 15 works by the artist survive, he is known for his tutelage ofGiotto.
After its discovery in the elderly woman’s kitchen, the painting was put up for auction.
It sold in October 2019 for $26.8 million.
Together, the two paintings will be the subject of an exhibition-event in spring 2025.
