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Chapter 777 The Unfinished Authentic Work
Seeing Wu Ke's disgusted expression, Chu Chen suddenly thought of an idea, and asked with a smile, "Ke Ke, what do you think of changing the picture frame?"

"Uh... But this original picture frame from the 19th century should be worth some money!"

There is a saying that one beauty covers one hundred ugliness. Although the beauty here refers to the beauty of the soul, it is quite appropriate to put it on this painting now. Therefore, for Wu Ke, changing to a brand new frame will definitely make a difference to this painting. This oil painting has changed a lot.

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Oil paintings are different from our Chinese paintings. The mounting of Chinese paintings has a great influence on the price. Although the oil country also has an influence, it is correspondingly much smaller. Like this picture frame, although it is from the 19th century, But firstly, it’s not a good wood, and secondly, the frame is really old, so replacing it won’t have much effect on the value of the oil painting.”

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke asked, "Then why didn't Nan Nan change the picture frame? At least it can be more beautiful!"

Chu Chen said: "Businessmen like to maximize profits. Some people buy antiques and the like, and they like older ones. There are more such people in foreign countries. Nan Nan did this. It is probably time to sell them. , I want to use this to increase the selling price."

Seeing that Wu Ke nodded, expressing his understanding, he said, "Okay, I'll go get the tools and take the picture frame apart."

Seeing Chu Chen's resolute appearance, Wu Ke said: "This is too urgent!" Wu Ke

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Anyway, it's still early, let's settle the matter first, lest you see it in a bad mood."

After speaking, he went downstairs to ask the waiter for tools, and started to work when he came back.

Speaking of which, in terms of size, this painting of a young girl is indeed relatively large among single-person oil paintings. Calculated, it is about 1.5 meters high and 1.1 meters wide.

Generally speaking, the bigger the figure painting, the harder it is to be a slave, because he didn’t have much contact with oil painting. At first, Chu Chen felt that the portrayal of the characters in this painting was excellent in all aspects, and he thought it was an authentic work by Leonardo da Vinci. .

But art is interlinked. After careful observation, he felt that some parts of this painting were not handled properly. Although the author wanted to make up for his own shortcomings, his painting skills were limited. Therefore, in Chu Chen's critical eyes, it was just There is a sense of superimposition, which is obviously impossible for genuine products.

In fact, this person's level is already very good. If he reduces the size of the painting a little more, the works he creates may be able to achieve real real ones, but the author chose a size that he can't control.

Of course, even if it is because of the painting skills, this painting has not reached the level of Da Vinci, but it is still a very good oil painting.Therefore, Chu Chen didn't think too much about the size of the painting, but when he used his ability to see the inside, he understood the meaning of the painting, which should be the one used to hide it.

The oil painting frame was easy to disassemble. After a while, Chu Chen dismantled the back of the frame, revealing the canvas inside.

At this time, Wu Ke next to him said in surprise, "Ah Chen, it seems that there are two layers of canvas?"

The reality is just like what Wu Ke said, although the two canvases are fixed together, but because the size is not too consistent, it can be seen once the frame is removed.

Although Chu Chen had known the internal situation for a long time, he still pretended to be taken aback, and then quickly took down the canvas at the back. Immediately, a wonderful and unusually colorful oil painting caught the eyes of the two of them.

Seeing the content of this painting, Wu Ke immediately exclaimed: "Isn't this Da Vinci's "Madonna and Child with Saint Anna and Saint John"? How could there be another oil painting!"

After finishing speaking, she looked at Chu Chen next to her with a surprised face.

Chu Chen was also very puzzled by this, and he said: "I don't know about it, but you can see that this oil painting has not been completed, it is likely that Da Vinci is not satisfied with this work, or because of some other reasons , finally give up!"

As a genius artist, scientist, inventor, and architect during the European Renaissance.Da Vinci has always been committed to restoring gods to humans. In the name of singing praises, he endows gods with mortal hearts and ordinary bodies, and depicts them with extremely delicate, profound, and subtle expressions to make them immortal.

In 1499, the French army invaded Milan, and Da Vinci moved to Venice to escape the war.After staying in Mantua for several months, he arrived in Mantua in the following year and drew several portraits for the local countess, a connoisseur who loves literature and art and collects art treasures extensively. One of the sketches is quite similar to his later "" Profile of the Mona Lisa.

In April 1500, Leonardo da Vinci returned to his hometown of Florence again.Knowing that the main altar of Ranzeta Cathedral needed an altar painting, he expressed his willingness to complete this task.The monks excitedly invited Da Vinci's family into the church and treated them very graciously, but Da Vinci did not write for a long time.

Finally, he exhibited a well-conceived sketch of "The Madonna and Child with St. Anna and St. John" to the public, which immediately caused a sensation. Its composition principles and painting methods had a great influence on the art world. Rafael and others also got inspiration from it.

This sketch is drawn on the basis of seeking the light and dark tones of the characters.Leonardo da Vinci concentrated on Santa Ana, Mary, Christ and John the Baptist as members of a harmonious family.The theme of the group portrait is the dialogue between Santa Ana and the Virgin, which expresses the family affection of a human family.Due to the delicate emotions of the characters, the overlapping bodies also give people an intimate and beautiful atmosphere.

In 1506, two years after Da Vinci returned to Milan, he painted another oil painting of the same name, "Madonna and Child with Santa Ana".Although this oil painting on board is of the same concept as the sketch, it is obviously not as intimate and poetic as the sketch.

This is mainly because the arrangement of the characters is too restricted by the composition, and the sense of form is considered more.Here, the painter made the Virgin Mary sit on her mother's lap. Although the grandmother Santa Ana was also very young, she still felt that the Virgin Mary's body was too big for her to bear such a weight.

But the smile on Santa Ana’s face was towards the naughty little grandson in front of him who wanted to ride Jesus on the lamb. Mary seemed to be sitting on an easy chair, reaching out to hug Jesus without hesitation. .This kind of emotional transmission is not very coordinated. Although the characters are handled tightly, they do not appear natural and vivid.

And the oil painting in front of me is exactly the previous sketch version, the oil painting version of "Madonna and Child with St. Anna and St. John". It looks like the artistic conception of the sketch, more intimate and poetic.However, for some unknown reason, the lower third of the work has not been completed, which seems rather regrettable.

However, even so, the value of this painting is almost the same as that of "The School of Athens" in Chu Chen's hands.

You know, on July 7 last year, Leonardo da Vinci's sketch "Horse and Knight" just participated in the auction.This painting is only about the size of a postcard, but it is worth a lot. It is considered to be the most important Leonardo da Vinci painting in the auction market in recent years. It was won by an anonymous buyer for 10 million pounds at the auction. Including commissions, it was as high as more than 740 million pounds.

The auction announced at the time that it was the highest price ever paid for a single painting and matched the price paid for a painting by Michelangelo that sold last year.An expert at the auction house said: "This is absolutely an unparalleled painting, which is why it sold for an unusually high price."

At that time, when Chu Chen saw this report, he couldn't believe his eyes. A sketch the size of a postcard actually sold for nearly 9000 million RMB, which is really not worth the money.And this painting is only the size of a postcard, how much would it be worth if it was bigger?If he could get a picture, he would be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

And in a blink of an eye, Chu Chen actually fulfilled this wish, and his painting was much larger than the auctioned one, and the value was as high as more than 20 billion RMB. He thought it was incredible.

After all, it has been nearly 500 years. What happened at that time, I can't get the correct answer based on imagination. Wu Ke thought about it for a while, and then gave up the random guess.

At this time, what Wu Ke wanted to know most was the value of this painting. She asked, "Ah Chen, how much is this painting worth?"

Chu Chen replied: "It should be worth about the same as the "Athens School" in my hand!"

Wu Kewen said in surprise: "Can it be worth so much?"

After all, it was an unfinished work, she really couldn't figure out how it could be so valuable.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "This is impossible. You have to know what is the fame of Da Vinci, and what is the fame of this painting. Let's give an example. The "Da Vinci" we saw in the Louvre the day before yesterday Do you know how much "Madonna and Child with Santa Ana" is worth?"

Wu Ke pondered for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "One billion euros?"

Chu Chen smiled and shook his head: "16 billion pounds!"

"Hiss!" Wu Ke immediately gasped when he heard the price given by Chu Chen.

"Understood! Although our work is an unfinished work, based on Da Vinci's fame, the popularity of this work is worth the price I just said." Chu Chen said with a smile.

Wu Ke looked at the oil painting in front of him in disbelief, then at Chu Chen, and sighed:
"Achen, I don't even know how to describe your luck!"

Chu Chen held Wu Ke's hand, and said with a chuckle, "Isn't it because of you!"

"You, sweet talk again!" Wu Ke gave Chu Chen a white look, but that's what she said, but Chu Chen's words still made her feel sweet.

(End of this chapter)