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Chapter 87 Lang Shining! Ai Enlightenment! Yishui's Western Court Painter!

Jiang Chen was a little surprised.

Qiang Chen Wanshan and the others haven't spoken yet.

Do you have the confidence to speak out?

Seemingly sensing Jiang Chen's thoughts, Tang Yunna added: "I have studied art and have a background in painting, so it is easier to see.

Um.

Industry specializing in surgery.

Nothing wrong.

It's a pity that the rough old men present don't have this advantage.

So Chen Wanshan said:

"Jiang Chen, go ahead and tell me what you think. I'll contact a friend in Yingguo and let him take a look.

After receiving the instructions, Jiang Chen continued to talk:

“According to the Records of Ziguangge Meritorious Officials:

The second battle to pacify Jinchuan ended in the spring of 1776.

In May of the same year, Qianlong evaluated Ao Cheng among the top fifty meritorious officials after the war and awarded him a reward. One of the rewards was to paint a portrait of Ao Cheng and hide it in Ziguang Pavilion for future generations to admire.

Therefore, the painting date of this portrait is 1776, which is not too late even if it is later.

According to the records in "Qing Palace Records":

At that time, there were only two Western painters serving the emperor in our country, namely the Bohemian Ai Qimeng and the Italian Pan Tingzhang..."

Speaking of which.

Liang Yong perked up.

"If there are really Western painters involved in this painting, then these two people will definitely be involved!"

The man in sunglasses asked puzzledly: "Who are these two people? I only know that there was a very powerful foreign painter named Lang Shining in the Qing court."

Liang Yong said: "In 1776, Lang Shining had been dead for ten years.

then.

Liang Yong replaced Jiang Chen and introduced:

Lang Shining——

He came to the Dragon Kingdom to preach in 1715 and immediately entered the imperial palace as a court painter. He has been engaged in painting in the Dragon Kingdom for more than 50 years. He dressed for the three emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, and participated in the design of the Western-style Building in the Old Summer Palace. He was one of the top ten court painters of the Qing Dynasty. 1. Died in 1766.

The portrait of the hero was painted in 1776, so it can’t be the ghost of Castiglione who painted it, right?

Ai Qimeng——

A missionary sent to China from Europe, he was born in 1708 AD and came to Longguo in 1745.

In the same year, he studied painting from Lang Shining.

Under the guidance of Castiglione Lang Shining, he applied Western methods to China. He soon received the attention of the Qing court and was enshrined in the inner court.

Died in 1780.

Pan Tingzhang-

He came to China in 1771 and served in the palace the following year until the end of Qianlong's reign.

Died in 1812.

At the same time, Jiang Youren, an architect from France who served the Qing court, once praised his paintings and said: The exquisiteness is not inferior to that of Castiglione.

Although this Jiang Youren is also a Westerner, he is not going home.

Unfortunately, very few of Pan Tingzhang's works have survived, and only half of them have been seen, namely the volume "Gorkha Tribute Horses and Elephants" collected by the Palace Museum, which is the only known authentic work of Pan Tingzhang.

therefore.

Ai Qimeng and Pan Tingzhang were both Western painters active in 1776 and serving Qianlong.

Liang Yongyan said categorically:

"If there are really Western painters involved in this painting, it must involve the two people I mentioned above."

The words just fell.

Chen Wanshan also called that friend's phone number.

He first greeted the man in foreign language: "I'm sorry, Jack, it's night at your place now, and I'm disturbing your rest."

Jack, who had just gotten out of bed, asked in a somewhat unclear foreign language: "ChenWhats-wrong?"

Chen Wanshan used Longguo dialect again and said: "I want to ask you to appraise a painting. I wonder if you have time."

At this time, Jack also said in somewhat unfamiliar Long Guo language: "Of course."

With Jack's promise, Chen Wanshan immediately felt confident.

He held up his mobile phone, walked to the statue of the hero, and focused the camera on the details above.

At the same time, he introduced to the people around him:

"This is the treasure appraisal expert of Yingguo Sotheby's Company, Jack. He is good at appraising Western paintings. I believe that his appraisal can give us more reliable opinions.

Everyone nodded heavily.

This is a good idea.

Jack observed the details of the painting through the screen.

Chen Wanshan introduced the specific information of this painting in detail.

Not finished yet.

Jack sent a question on his mobile phone: "Chen, the characters in the painting are courtiers of the Qing Dynasty, but the painting method... feels a bit like a combination of Chinese and Western. I think the way the facial details of the characters are processed is more like Western techniques. The use of shadows is perfect, making the characters' faces three-dimensional and deep, which was not seen in the East at the same time."

Hear this.

Everyone was shocked.

hiss--

Same as Jiang Chen said!

The focus is on the details of the characters’ faces!

Chen Wanshan also became interested and said: "Yes, we have also discovered this, so I hope you can give a more certain judgment.

Jack said: "My experience tells me that this painting was probably painted by multiple painters. For-example (for example): There are obvious differences in the line outline of the top and pants, and they are not the same person's painting-habits (painting habits). ). So...I can’t guarantee anything else, but the faces of the characters are most likely to have been painted by Western painters.”

Speaking of which.

Jack suddenly pondered.

He's staring at the characters' faces and thinking.

After a while.

Jack spoke again:

"And these details are like Castiglione's technique.

But, you just said that the birth date of this painting is after 1776, and Castiglione died in 1766, now...

His words were highly consistent with the analysis of everyone at the scene.

Liang Yong was excited and said quickly:

"It's definitely not Castiglione, but Castiglione had an apprentice named Ai Qimeng, who studied painting with Castiglione for more than 20 years."

This answer is also the most reliable.

After all, it makes more sense for master and apprentice to use the same painting techniques.

But Jack was at a loss: "Ai Qimeng? Sorry, I've never heard of this person."

Chen Wanshan already knew it in his heart, and he said gratefully: "Of course, Ai Qimeng has lived in the Dragon Kingdom for most of his life, and he has left only a handful of works. Of course you have never heard of them. Anyway, thank you Jack, I probably understand, you Go to sleep, I will send you the information I know later."

"OK!"

Jack didn't show any pretense and hung up the phone proactively.

after.

Chen Wanshan fiddled with his mobile phone.

I found Lang Shining’s figure paintings.

Then he walked to the portrait of the hero and compared the face of the character on his mobile phone with the face of the character in the painting. Although he did not understand art, he did understand appraisal, so he could roughly see that "the two are indeed strikingly similar:" Shadow The treatment methods are exactly the same. "

Tang Yunna was even more categorical: "Those who have studied art can tell at a glance that the faces of the characters in the two paintings are treated in the same way."

Judge Han felt sad and asked feebly: "So, was it really true that a Western painter participated in the painting of this painting?"

Chen Wanshan nodded, "There is no doubt, and it is probably Castiglione's apprentice Ai Qimeng who participated in the painting. The other painters were responsible for the costumes, and he was responsible for the faces. Of course, this is just our guess. After all, except Ai Qimeng, there are no other painters in the palace except Ai Qimeng. There are other Western painters as well. But overall, this painting has the participation of 10 Western painters."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Tsk!

Jiang Chen was really right!

This kid is awesome, he can even see Western painting techniques?

·[Didn’t Lang Shining also live in the Dragon Kingdom for most of his life? Why does Jack only know Lang Shining but not Ai Qimeng? 】

[Because Lang Shining left many works, and most of them were taken away during the Eight-Power Allied Forces period, Ai Qimeng and others have fewer works, so naturally they are not well-known. 】

[Sigh, it makes me sad to think about the Eight-Nation Allied Forces. 】

[A piece of trivia: Our appraisers from the Dragon Kingdom have almost no ability to appraise foreign antiques; but Western experts have a good understanding of our Dragon Kingdom’s antiques. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, there were many Westerners who went to the Dragon Kingdom to purchase antiques. , and it was fruitful. 】

[Sad and lamentable, the foreign devils have robbed too many treasures from us. The more you come into contact with them, the more you will understand, so they returned to the Dragon Kingdom to pick up the treasures. [It is like a dimensionality reduction attack on the collected millet within our surroundings. 】

[Fuck? You did it so brilliantly? You really plan to take away all our babies!]

[When I was searching for information about Tang Xiangqiang, I came across an interesting fact about him:

It is said that Tang Xiangqian was traveling in France and encountered a blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty in an antique shop. He thought that foreigners did not understand the preciousness of this instrument and priced it at 5,000 euros.

But the shop owner flatly refused and asked Tang Qianqian to learn about the preciousness of blue and white porcelain. He also said that this porcelain was bought from a farmer for 15 yuan by his grandfather when he traveled to the capital. He had to sell it now. 100,000 euros.

This incident made Tang Xiangqian feel that it was not as easy as imagined for Chinese people to go to the West to pick up leaks. 】

[Can Brother Chen go to the West specifically to pick up leaks in the future? I’m looking forward to it!]

Watching them talk to the topic, the answer is basically certain.

Jiang Chen said bluntly:

"Although it is not known whether Ai Qimeng or Pan Tingzhang participated in the painting, both of them served Emperor Qianlong, and their superb painting skills are evident. Unfortunately, these two people left very few works in history, so they Authentic works, each one is worth a lot of money."

According to the system details, Jiang Chen knows:

A total of 3 Western painters and 5 Qing Dynasty painters jointly painted this painting.

only.

It is too detailed but there is no evidence to prove it, so everyone will not believe it.

If people ask: How do you know?

Jiang Chen can't say: This is what the system details say, right?

So Jiang Chen can only stop there.

Whether it's Ai Qimeng or Pan Tingzhang.

The works of these Western painters are very popular in the market.

Maybe it's because they are Westerners, maybe it's because their painting skills have reached the level of masters, or maybe it's because of their special status of serving Emperor Qianlong, maybe it's all three?

Anyway, as long as it is confirmed that a Western painter will participate in the portrait of Ao Chengchen.

The value will definitely go up a notch.

that's the truth.

Chen and Liang had to re-examine the portrait of the hero in front of them.

The characters in the painting are awesome;

Painted by court painters;

Western painters participated in the painting;

Inscription written by the Emperor Qianlong in 937.

With so many buffs added together, it’s hard to think whether it’s expensive or not.

So Chen Wanshan thought about it and said: "It seems that the painting was really a collaboration between multiple painters, and there must have been Western painters involved. Combined with the valuation of the works of Ai Qimeng and Pan Tingzhang on the market... ..This painting is likely to be sold for 34 million.

On the basis of the original valuation, Chen Wanshan added another 5 million.

certainly.

This is just his personal opinion and should be used as a reference for buyers.

It's not that he said how much it would be, that's how much it would be.

Liang Yong on the side added:

"This number is not unusual. You must know that the domestic auction prices of Ai Qimeng's paintings start at tens of millions, especially his "Ten Horses and Dogs", which sold for more than two thousand

The price is 10,000. Pan Tingzhang was no less generous. As far as is known, he only left one authentic work, called "Gorkha Tribute Horse and Elephant Picture", and the auction price reached 32 million. "

Things are rare and valuable.

There are only a handful of works left by these two painters.

The smaller the quantity, the higher the price of course.

Everyone was mesmerized when they heard it.

Before the true identity of the Western painter was determined, the value soared by five million?

If I can prove my identity as a painter in the future.

The value of this portrait of a hero will definitely skyrocket again.

Think of this.

Everyone's emotions were even more suppressed and painful.

Such a good thing fell into the hands of Jiang Chen!

Tang Yunna stared into Jiang Chen's eyes, as if she was planning to see through him, and murmured with a smile on her lips: "I know quite a lot."

The mood that the man in sunglasses had just calmed down was shattered again.