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Compared with Giorgione's "Venus Bathing", the second oil painting placed deeper in the dark compartment is a bit larger, about 100*10, and it is also wrapped in black moisture-proof tarpaulin.

Ye stretched out his hand to take the picture frame out of the dark compartment, checked the exterior carefully over and over again, and found nothing unusual.

Then, he began to disassemble the tarpaulin outside the frame, carefully.

In the blink of an eye, the black tarpaulins were uncovered, and the painting hidden underneath finally appeared in front of everyone.

The first thing you see is a Renaissance-style golden picture frame, which is carved with some exquisite patterns and flowers, giving people a magnificent feeling.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw the content of this oil painting.

What this oil painting depicts is a fierce and brutal naval battle, which took place in the middle and late sixteenth century.

The two warring parties are the bishops' coalition forces composed of the Spanish colonial empire, the Holy See, and the army of the Republic of Venice, and the navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

The reason why it is so certain is that although the national flags flying on the warships of both sides are tattered, they are not difficult to identify, and the military uniforms, appearances, and weapons used by the soldiers on both sides have their own distinctive characteristics!

The foreground of this oil painting, which can also be the focal point, is a battered Venetian naval warship, engaged in a boarding battle with a Turkish navy galley, and it was a one-sided massacre.

The soldiers on the Venetian warship, in a condescending posture, passed the springboard between the two warships, and rushed into the galley of the Turkish navy like a tide, waving their sabers and other weapons in their hands, killing frantically.

The relatively backward Turkish galley had already caught fire and burned. There were raging fires everywhere on the ship, corpses were everywhere, and the Turkish naval soldiers died miserably.

The part of the Turkish navy soldiers who survived by chance faced the crazy impact of the Venetian soldiers, and while desperately waving their scimitars to resist, they kept retreating to the stern.

At this time, they may be facing the enemy, not only to resist the flood of Venetian soldiers, but also the fire that is burning more and more.

Without exception, the faces and eyes of those Turkish naval soldiers were full of fear and despair. With nowhere to retreat, some Turkish soldiers even completely collapsed and jumped into the sea directly.

The Venetian soldiers who rushed onto the Turkish warship were all red-eyed, fighting desperately without fear of death, trying to kill all the Turks on board and completely occupy the warship.

The sea surface where the two warships were located was rough at this time. Among the rolling waves, there were many dead soldiers floating, and many soldiers were struggling desperately in the sea water, extremely desperate!

On the sea a little further away, there are still many huge sailing ships and galleys confronting or fighting. Some warships are engaged in brutal boarding battles, and some warships are frantically bombarding each other with artillery.

Many warships on both sides of the war were scarred, and many warships ignited raging fires, turning the sky red, and some warships had been destroyed and were slowly sinking into the sea.

On the rough sea, thick smoke billowed everywhere, and there were wreckage of warships, broken wood, and soldiers from both sides struggling in the sea.

Even the surface of the sea seemed to be completely stained red by the blood of the soldiers on both sides, turning into a sea of ​​blood!

And at the top of this oil painting, in the air above the sea area where the two warring parties are located, several envoys are flying in the air, as if they are cheering for the bishop's coalition forces that already have an overwhelming advantage on the sea below!

As the bishop's coalition forces gradually gained the upper hand, the sky that was originally covered with dark clouds suddenly split open at this moment, and a bright sun passed through the dark clouds, shining directly on the warships of the bishop's coalition forces on the sea below.

This scene, combined with those angels flying in the sky, is like God splitting the hazy sky,

It brought victory to the bishop's coalition forces on the sea below, which is very symbolic!

This oil painting is majestic, with complex composition, numerous characters and exaggerated movements, flickering light, full of dramatic tension, and the whole picture reveals a tragic atmosphere, which makes people feel a little chilled when looking at it.

In addition, in the lower right corner of this oil painting, there is also a line of cursive Latin written, which should be the personal signature of the artist who created this painting.

The first time they saw this oil painting, everyone was completely shocked by the content it depicted, and also completely attracted by this ancient oil painting, and couldn't help but immerse themselves in it.

And several professionals at the scene, including Ye, showed a dumbfounded expression the first time they saw this oil painting, and everyone's eyes were full of madness and inconceivability!

Some guys even wondered if they were dazzled or hallucinated. They stretched out their hands and rubbed their eyes, and then looked at the majestic oil painting again.

However, this oil painting has not changed in any way, and it is a real existence right in front of them.

The content depicted in this oil painting, as well as its meaning and status in the history of Western art deeply shocked each of them and made each of them crazy.

Of course, Ye, who was also stunned, was just performing, so as not to reveal any flaws.

After a while, Paolo, the curator of the Palazzo Venezia Museum, suddenly murmured:

"Hey! Am I right? This is actually the famous oil painting by Tintoretto, "Battle of Lepanto". Because of this painting, Tintoretto was collectively rejected by almost all Venetian painters.

According to legend, wasn't this oil painting completely destroyed in the fire of the Doge's Palace in Venice in 1577? How did it appear here? Hiding in this secret dark grid, could it be that my eyes are dazzled? "

Following Paul's words, everyone suddenly woke up, and the scene immediately boiled.

Especially several experts and scholars who knew something about this famous oil painting, all exclaimed in surprise, each of them looked crazy!

"Yes! Tintoretto's "Battle of Lepanto" caused great controversy at the time, but it was quickly burned. How could this oil painting appear here? Is it a fake, or Tinto Leto painted two?"

"The possibility of forgery is not ruled out, but besides Tintoretto, who can draw such a majestic "Battle of Lepanto"? I believe everyone can see that this is definitely a priceless painting." Top art.

An artist who can paint such a work is a top art master no matter what era he is in. How can such a master imitate other people's works, even if it is Tintoretto who is being imitated! "

Before the exclamation fell, Ye suddenly smiled and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are not mistaken, this is the work of Tintoretto, a famous painter of the Venetian School in the late Renaissance, the "Battle of Lepanto", which caused great controversy at that time.

From the shocking majestic momentum and artistic expression of this oil painting, the superb painting technique and use of light, and the changeable and exaggerated figures, it can be proved that this is the masterpiece of the world!

What's more, in the lower right corner of this "Battle of Lepanto", there is the personal signature of the master artist Tintoretto. This signature has appeared many times in other works of Tintoretto, and it is completely fake!

From this point of view, the rumors about the "Battle of Lepanto" being burned in the fire of the Doge's Palace in Venice are not true, but just rumors. The real "Battle of Lepanto" is right in front of everyone's eyes.

You can let your imagination run wild and guess whether it was because the controversy caused by this "Battle of Lepanto" was so great that Tintoretto became the target of public criticism, so he fabricated this biography.

At that time, a fire broke out in the Doge's Palace in Venice where this oil painting was collected. Those who fabricated this legend took advantage of the fire. Tintoretto's oil painting was burned in the fire.

This majestic oil painting has been kept in secret for a long time, and somehow passed to the ambassador of the Republic of Venice in Rome, and was then stolen by Philip and hidden here! "

"ah!"

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene, and everyone was shocked by Ye's analysis.

Especially those few experts and scholars, everyone's eyes were wide open, and they stared at Ye and the "Battle of Lepanto" he was holding in his hand.