A 1666 Dutch masterpiece spent decades hidden in a filthy Connecticut barn attic; after nearly 30 years, the forgotten painting sold for more than $7 million

In 1998, a painting covered in soot was discovered in a barn attic in Connecticut. George Wachter heard about it and unfolded the priceless treasure hidden behind the grime.

That treasure was a 360-year-old masterpiece of a Dutch artist named Frans Post, worth over $7 million.