Rediscovered painting by Brueghel grosses nearly 800,000 euros in Paris

Rediscovered Brueghel painting yields nearly 8 tons in Paris

The painting hung in a TV room owned by a family that always thought it was a fake painting by the 17th-century Flemish painter.

Rediscovered painting by Brueghel grosses nearly 800,000 euros in Paris

A rediscovered painting by Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638) raised 780,000 euros at an auction in Paris. That's what the Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported tonight. For years, work hung behind a door in a French family's TV room.