Early Renaissance painting found in French kitchen fetches 24 mn euros A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen is sold for 24 million euros ($26.6 million), about five times the initial estimate. It is the first time in decades that a painting by Cimabue, who lived from 1272-1302 and is also known as Cenni di Pepo, has gone under the hammer. The selling price of the "Christ Mocked" painting, which included fees, smashed the initial estimate of between four million and six million euros. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES