Picking up leaks in live broadcast: There are treasures everywhere in my eyes

Xiao Ran took Pierre and several other antique art appraisal experts and entered the arranged appraisal room again.

Several ambassadors to France, who had just entered the apartment building, did not leave.

They stayed in the lobby on the first floor, watching everything happening here through HD live footage on the big-screen TV.

On this large-screen TV, they can not only see the ongoing clean-up and removal of Napoleon's treasures.

You can also see Xiao Ran in the appraisal room, identifying various antique cultural relics and artworks, and identifying many gold and silver treasures.

Mike, who remained in the lobby on the first floor, accompanied the ambassadors.

It seems more appropriate to say surveillance, in order to prevent them from messing around, or confusing other people, and so on.

In the identification room.

Xiao Ran asked his employees to lower the brightness of the light a little, making the indoor light even darker.

The antique artworks that will be identified next are different from the previous gold and silver treasures.

These antique artworks are more valuable and react more violently to changes in the environment, so be especially careful.

After adjusting the light to the right brightness, Xiao Ran asked his employees to move over a tightly wrapped picture frame and prepare to untie it.

Two of his employees moved the frame over, placed it lightly on the table, and then stepped aside.

Xiao Ran immediately stepped forward and began to inspect the picture frame, which had been hidden for more than two hundred years.

The size of this frame is not large, about 1.5 meters wide and about 1.2 meters high.

Because of this, it can be sent to the underground palace along the secret passage, and it can be taken out through the secret passage and seen again.

If the size is too large, it is bound to be unable to keep the original shape, so you can only disassemble the picture frame and move it, and then install it.

Coming to the table, Xiao Ran took a serious look at the surface of this picture frame.

Outside this frame, several layers of moisture-proof tarpaulin are wrapped, and the wrapping is quite tight.

On the outermost moisture-proof tarpaulin, there are no markings or words, only a set of numbers similar to the number, 529.

What exactly this set of Arabic numerals means, no one knows now.

After taking a quick look at the appearance of the frame, Xiao Ran said:

"Gentlemen, just from the appearance of this frame, it seems that there is no danger, you can open this frame with confidence

" "Since these things have been hidden in the dark underground palace of lack of oxygen for more than two hundred years, they must be sensitive to environmental changes

" "And it is also very fragile, after I open this picture frame, without permission, it is best not to touch it casually, so as not to cause unnecessary losses"

Pierre and Henry looked at each other, then nodded in unison.

"Understood, Sean, we know how to protect this kind of antique art,"

Xiao Ran nodded, and then began to disassemble the moisture-proof tarpaulin wrapped outside this frame.

His movements are very careful, but his speed is very fast, just like a cow unraveling an ox.

In the blink of an eye, he had opened the outermost layer of moisture-proof tarpaulin.

What appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a second layer of moisture-proof tarpaulin.

Xiao Ran smiled softly, and then continued his previous action and continued to remove the moisture-proof tarpaulin.

In this way, he unveiled four layers of tightly wrapped moisture-proof tarpaulin one after another, and this wrapped picture frame appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

It is a Baroque black walnut frame with intricate carvings and patterns.

In this frame, is a religious theme of Baroque style oil painting, and a very famous subject, the moment "Admire the Virgin"

saw this oil painting, several appraisal experts, including Xiao Ran, were all stunned.

Not only them, but also the rest of the appraisal experts in the hall on the first floor, as well as countless Western painting art appraisal experts, many collectors, and other experts and scholars on the live broadcast end, were also stunned in place.

Everyone was stunned to look at this Baroque oil painting, full of incredulity.

After a few moments, everyone came to their senses.

The next moment, Henry suddenly said in surprise:

"I read it right? Isn't this Rubens' "Veneration of the Virgin", how could this heirloom of Baroque art appear here?

"Isn't Rubens' Veneration of the Virgin always in a famous church in Antwerp? "

What's more, Rubens' "Veneration of the Madonna" is huge, 560cm wide and 401cm high. It's several times larger than

this "Veneration of the Virgin"" "But this "Veneration of the Virgin" is too similar to Rubens's work, even the Rubens signature in the lower right corner, there is no problem, can anyone tell me what is going on?"

However, Pierre and Lawrence, who were also at the scene, were confused and could not give a reasonable answer.

At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly smiled and said:

"Gentlemen, it is certain that this is definitely the Baroque master Rubens' "Veneration of the Virgin", and the author's signature is the best evidence

" "Moreover, more than two hundred years ago, a person with such a brilliant painting skill would not go to great lengths to forge the work of another master."

A work of art that can be collected by the Habsburg Lorraine family and Napoleon in the Holy Roman Empire cannot be a fake

" "In this way, there is only one possibility, Rubens created this "Veneration of the Virgin", but this painting has not been recorded in any historical documents

" "There is another possibility, that is, this painting is one with the painting of the same name in Antwerp, so it is not recorded separately"

Hearing his explanation, Henry and Pierre looked at each other, then nodded.

"From the timeline, this "Veneration of the Virgin" is indeed unlikely to be a fake

" "And the painting technique of this painting is extremely clever, which is highly consistent with Rubens's painting style

" "But why did Rubens paint two identical "Veneration of the Virgin"? And it's a big one and a small one, I don't quite understand"

Before the words fell, Xiao Ran already laughed.

The next moment, he pointed to the Baroque oil painting and said:

"In fact, although this "Veneration of the Virgin" is highly similar to the Antwerp painting of the same name by Rubens, it is not actually the same painting, or it should be said that it is a sister

painting" "The first difference between these two paintings of the same name is that the size is different, about this, everyone can see this, I will not go into details, the second difference is the different degree of fineness of the painting."

Although this oil painting is a little smaller, the brushstrokes are more delicate, the author seems to be more attentive, the most important difference is that the characters

in the painting are different" "I don't know if you have noticed, the angel in this painting of the same name has one more angel than the one more angel in the painting of the same name in Antwerp, and the white dove symbolizing peace and the Holy Spirit has two more

" "Then there is the movement of the Virgin Mary, the body is relatively slightly forward, with a smile on the face, and the eyes are kinder, originally pressed in the " The left hand in the Bible raised slightly,...... while

introducing these details, he also pointed out these details one by one.

With his movements, Henry also noticed the difference in these details, and his eyes suddenly became brighter and brighter.

"It's true, although this "Veneration of the Virgin" is smaller in size, the content is richer, and the brushstrokes are more delicate, which is incredible!"

"Wow! Judging from these differences in details, this "Veneration of the Virgin" and the one collected in Antwerp are indeed not a painting, but a sister painting,"

Henry and they all exclaimed, and they all became more and more excited.

Meanwhile.

Fang Yufei and they quickly found the high-definition picture of "Veneration of the Virgin" in Antwerp and released it on the live broadcast screen for everyone to compare by themselves.

In contrast, people quickly discovered the difference between the two paintings of the same name.

There is no doubt about the authenticity of this "Veneration of the Virgin".

Now everyone is most concerned about the value of this painting.

At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly smiled and gave the answer to this question.

"My technicians told me through the headset that many people on the live broadcast end are asking about the valuation of this painting, wanting to know about it

" "Since everyone cares so much about this issue, then I will talk about it to satisfy everyone's curiosity

" "Rubens's "Veneration of the Virgin" is one of the most outstanding representative works of Baroque art and one of his personal masterpieces

" "In the current art market, such top artworks are very rare, According to market conditions, the valuation of this painting should be more than 150 million US dollars"

With this valuation, the ground and countless live broadcast ends were instantly detonated.

"Oh my God! One hundred and fifty million dollars, that's just crazy! "

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