The Book of Appreciation

What caught Wu Di's attention was a neoclassical oil painting, imitating the outstanding painter of the French Revolution and the representative figure of neoclassicism, Jack?Louis?Davitt's masterpiece "The Death of Marat".

Compared with the original, this oil painting is very different in terms of brushwork, composition and color matching. From a certain point of view, it can be said to be a terrible imitation.

However, this bad angle is based on imitation. If there is no "Death of Marat" that is almost exactly the same as this picture, this painting may not have the potential to become a masterpiece!

To put it another way, that is to say, Wu Di thinks that there is no problem with the brushwork, composition and color of this painting.If you cut off the connection between it and the famous work "The Death of Marat" and read this work, it should be said that the author has another interpretation of the historical event "The Death of Marat". and understanding.

But it is precisely because of this different interpretation and understanding that it creates a phenomenon of being dark under the lamp, making people who are already familiar with the original work think that the imitation of this painting is extremely poor and throw it away!And this is why Wu Di casually let it go when he browsed it for the first time.

However, an inexplicable feeling made him retreat again, and after a closer look, he knew that he had found the treasure.The biggest difference between this imitation and the original is in the color matching, but it is precisely this slightly weird color matching that makes it give Wu Di a strong feeling, and the feeling becomes clearer the more you look at it.This painting actually faintly conveyed to him a kind of extreme emotions such as sadness, anger, despair, shouting, etc.!

The protagonist in the painting, Marat, was one of the core leaders of the Jacobins during the French Revolution and was assassinated in a bathtub by a dissident lady in 1793. Davit, the author of "The Death of Marat", was originally sympathetic to the revolution and had some personal relations with Marat. After learning about this incident, he created this masterpiece, intending to set off the crime of murder through the inspiration of morality and personality.

But this imitation is different, it seems to be trying to express the author's intense emotions.If David’s original work can be seen as a neutral person’s indignation and condemnation of the assassination from a moral point of view, then the author of this painting is a staunch supporter of Marat. The painting accuses the heaven of injustice to this great leader, and expresses extreme anger and hatred towards the assassin!

Wu Di looked at the price, [-] euros. It seems that the appraiser of this gallery still recognizes its painters. Unfortunately, his thinking was imprisoned by the famous original works. You know, the same event, in different painters In the eyes, there is definitely a different understanding.However, we can't blame the appraiser's carelessness, who let this guy steal Davit's composition and creativity in a wretched way, and draw an almost identical copy that is not a copy?

Wu Di looked at the inscription, and actually inscribed two lines on the lower part of the wooden box like the original one: "To Marat, David".This kind of nonsensical imitation made him have an urge to hit the wall, you are a master after all, and you are so shameless, making such silly jokes with everyone!It's your fault that this work has fallen to such an extent!

However, if he signed his name honestly, this work must have been deeply hidden in his huge treasure room by a rich man long ago, and he, an oriental kid, will come to buy it. Pick up the leak?Even if there is a chance to put it up for auction, the price you have to pay at that time, I don't know how much more than the current price will be!

"Sparrow, buy this painting, hurry up!"

After Wu Di finished speaking, he walked away. Since he picked up a bargain, it's better not to meet them face to face. If someone recognizes them, wouldn't it be a big loss for the shopkeeper not to sell out of some mentality?

After viewing an exhibition hall, I found nothing else worth selling.Wu Di walked slowly to the second exhibition hall, and immediately saw a group of people gathered together, pointing at a manuscript on the wall.

The manuscript consisted of a long poem, consisting of ten pages, in a scrawled handwriting, and it was in Italian, a word of which he did not know.

Glancing at the description next to it, he smiled. This is part of the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, "Purgatory", and the gallery also specially marked that it is suspected to be Shakespeare's manuscript!

This trick is often seen in domestic antique shops, and even in some auctions.Merchants put the name of a certain famous artist on some paintings and calligraphy with uncertain authors, and then call them exercises, and add the word "suspect", which not only escapes responsibility, but also effectively misleads consumers.The final result is often that some people who think they are lucky and have extraordinary eyesight are greedy for this cheap, making the boss laugh and make a lot of ill-gotten wealth.

In fact, people with a little common sense know that this must be false.The store owner is not stupid. Since he doubts it, he will definitely find someone to identify it.Even if an expert says it is true, you can ask for a certificate of authenticity.Even if you can't get the appraisal certificate, you can use it to cause controversy and attract more people's attention.In this way, there will always be people who are taken advantage of and buy it as the real thing, so why bother to make any "suspected" gimmicks?

Wu Di doesn't know Italian, let alone the Italian written by Shakespeare, an Englishman, but he has his own magic weapon. If he has any doubts, close the door and release the heavenly book!

The result of the appraisal made him laugh and cry. The appraiser of this gallery really has a surname, and he made the real thing look like a sensationalist. I don't know how he got into this position!

However, why is Shakespeare copying poems if he has nothing to do?Is this what he used to learn Italian when he was a child?It seems quite possible that after the old man became famous in the later stage, let alone Italian, even if he wrote something in the indigenous language of a small African country, he would probably be recognized by citing classics!

Standing outside the crowd, Wu Di stretched his neck to look for the price, but unexpectedly saw that this work was going to be sold by auction! ***, this is troublesome!

It seems that this appraiser is not doing any gimmicks, but hopes that these buyers will give him a free appraisal!It is conceivable that once the auction price reaches a certain limit, the seller will start to consider whether to stop the bid.If unfortunately the one who paid the high price is a well-known task in the collection industry, they probably don't even need to think about it, they will just throw a sky-high price and take the item back into their pockets!In this way, when this thing comes out next time, it will probably be labeled as Shakespeare in a high-sounding manner!

The problem Wu Di is facing now is very troublesome. He can bet that no one will be greedy for this cheap price, bet that the competition will not be so fierce, and bet that there will not be a price that is enough to touch the red line.But can he participate?Once the shopkeeper recognizes him, the work probably won't fall into his hands.But the key point is that even if the sparrow is allowed to take pictures, the oriental face will be recognized at a glance. If you look at the surveillance, you will know that he is behind the scenes. What should I do?

Looking at the auction time, there is still more than an hour, it should be too late, but I don't know if it will work.

Wu Di's idea was to ask the police for help. Of course, this did not mean calling the police, but the police who picked them up at the airport before.Even if he wasn't free, it would be more reliable for him to introduce someone than to just go to the street and pull someone over, right?

After dialing Yue Ge's phone number and briefly explaining the reason of the matter, the old man excitedly shouted to come over,

"We must take it! Think about when they robbed us back then, we must not let go of such an opportunity! Just wait, I will take people there and fight them..."

Wu Di's head was covered with cold sweat, he really didn't realize that this old man was also a cynic!No, at such an advanced age, it should be called angry old...

In fact, he didn't know that in Yue Ge's position, if he had a sense of responsibility, life would not be too easy.In fact, every year, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage negotiates with those former bandit countries, asking them to return the precious cultural relics they took away.However, on the other side, there are various auctions of Chinese ancient cultural relics that are getting hotter and hotter.At these auctions, Huaxia's rare cultural relics were fired at sky-high prices, which then drove up the prices of the entire series of collections, making recycling infinitely more difficult!That feeling of powerlessness had made this passionate old man dream back at midnight countless times, with inexplicable resentment.Now that he finally had this opportunity, how could he be blamed for shouting excitedly?

When he came to Spain this time, he knew Pierre on the one hand, mainly because he wanted to see how Wu Di, who ransacked here last time, picked up the leaks.Whether it's picking up Chinese treasures or taking away foreigners' things, this feeling is much better than waiting hopelessly in the back day after day!

Three minutes later, the old man's angry youth called,

"There's a meeting in half an hour, and I can't go. But I borrowed someone for you, she's a beautiful woman! You can communicate with her when the time comes, and let's command remotely."

Wu Di waited at the intersection for 10 minutes, and received a call. It was a gentle female voice, but her English was a bit broken, and I felt that she was not as fluent as a rookie like him.

After discussing the details with the blonde who was about as tall as him, the two entered the gallery one after the other.Wu Di has already understood that this is the seventh day that this manuscript will be exhibited, and the auction will be held in a small courtyard next to it. Everyone needs to register their information and receive a temporary number plate to enter.

After getting this done, Wu Di continued to wander around the exhibition hall. He wanted to find Yan Ju first to see what this guy was doing. He didn't even come to take a look at such a lively event. (To be continued.)