Maestà di Assisi, located in the saint's home town, which survived a deadly earthquake in 1997, has been returned to its original luminosity

The culture ministry had been given 30 months to raise the funds to purchase the work after its sale at auction in 2019 was halted

Culture ministry blocked export of medieval work but will the French state proceed with purchase?

Rediscovered painting, found in a French house clearance, is the first work by the 13th century Florentine artist to be sold at auction in living memory

Panel depicting the Mocking of Christ will go on sale at French auction house, in collaboration with Eric Turquin, in October