Chapter 783

Seeing Wu Ke's disgusted expression, Chu Chen suddenly thought of an idea and asked with a smile, "coco, what do you think of changing a picture frame?"

"Well But the original frame of the 19th century should be worth some money, too! "

There is a saying that one beauty covers all ugliness. Although the beauty here refers to the beauty of the soul, it's also suitable to put it on this painting now. Therefore, for Wu Ke, a new frame will certainly make a great difference to this painting.

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "oil painting is different from our traditional Chinese painting. The mounting of traditional Chinese painting has a great impact on the price. Although oil countries also have an impact on the price, it is much smaller. For example, although this frame is made in the 19th century, it is not a good wood. Secondly, the frame is a little old. Replacing it has little impact on the value of oil painting."

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke asked, "why doesn't Nan replace the frame? At least it can be more beautiful! "

Chu Chen said: "businessmen like to maximize their profits. Some people buy antiques and other things, but they like the old ones. There are more of these people abroad. Nan Nan just does this. It's estimated that when they sell them, they want to increase the selling price."

Seeing that Wu Ke nodded and understood, he said, "OK, I'm going to get the tools and take down the picture frame."

Seeing Chu Chen's vigorous and resolute manner, Wu Ke said, "it's too urgent." Wu Ke

chuchen said with a smile: "anyway, it's still early. Let's solve the problem first, so that you won't be in a bad mood when you see it."

With that, he went downstairs and asked the waiter for tools. When he came back, he began to work.

In terms of size, this young girl's painting is really larger than that of a single person's oil painting. It is about 1.5 meters high and 1.1 meters wide.

Generally speaking, the bigger the figure painting is, the worse it is to be a slave. Because he has little contact with oil painting, Chu Chen thought that this painting was excellent in depicting all aspects of the characters, and thought it was an authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci.

But art is interlinked. After careful observation, he felt that some aspects of the painting were not dealt with properly. Although the author wanted to make up for his own shortcomings, his painting skills were limited. Therefore, in Chu Chen's critical eyes, he felt like painting a snake to add to his feet, which was obviously impossible for the real one.

In fact, this man's level is already excellent. If he reduces the size of the painting, the work he creates may be able to confuse the real with the fake, but the author chooses a size that he can't drive.

Of course, even because of painting skills, this painting does not reach the level of Leonardo da Vinci, but it is also a very excellent oil painting. Therefore, Chu Chen didn't think much about the size of the painting, but when he used his powers to see the internal situation, he understood the meaning of the painting, which should be the one he used to hide inside.

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

At this time, the next Wu Ke was a little surprised and said, "ah Chen, it seems that there are two layers of canvases?"

In reality, as Wu Ke said, although the two canvases are fixed together, they can be seen as soon as the frame is removed because the size is not very consistent.

Although Chu Chen had known the internal situation for a long time, he pretended to be stunned. Then he quickly took down a canvas behind him. Suddenly, a wonderful color oil painting came into their eyes.

Seeing the contents of the painting, Wu Ke immediately exclaimed, "isn't this Da Vinci's the Virgin Mary and son, Saint Anna and Saint John? How could there be an oil painting? "

With that, she looked at Chu Chen with a surprised face.

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

As a talented artist, scientist, inventor and architect in European Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci has always been committed to restoring God to human beings. In the name of praise, he endows God with ordinary heart and body, and describes God with exquisite, profound and subtle expression, so as to achieve immortality.

In 1499, the French invaded Milan, and Da Vinci moved to Venice to avoid the war. After staying for a few months, he went to damantua the following year to paint several portraits for the local countess, a cool literary connoisseur with a wide range of art treasures. One of the portraits is quite like the profile of his later Mona Lisa.

In April 1500, Da Vinci returned to his hometown Florence. Knowing that the main altar of lanzeta Cathedral needs an altarpiece, he expressed his willingness to complete the task. The monks excitedly invited Da Vinci's family into the church and gave them very kind hospitality, but da Vinci didn't write for a long time.

Finally, a well conceived sketch of the Virgin Mary and the son, Saint Anna and Saint John, which he exhibited to the public, immediately caused a sensation. Its composition principle and painting method had a great influence on the art world, and Michelangelo and Raphael also got inspiration from it.This sketch is based on the light and dark tones of the characters. Leonardo da Vinci concentrated on the performance of Saint Anna, Mary, Christ and John the Baptist as a harmonious family member. The theme of the group images is the dialogue between Saint Anna and the Virgin Mary, which expresses a kind of family affection. Due to the delicate feelings of the characters, the overlapping bodies also give people a good atmosphere of intimacy.

In 1506, two years after Da Vinci returned to Milan, he painted another oil painting of the same name, the virgin child and Santa Ana. Although the oil painting on the board of this painting belongs to the same idea as the sketch of that year, it is obviously not as kind and poetic as the sketch.

The main reason is that the arrangement of the characters is too limited by the composition and the sense of form is considered more. Here, the painter let the Virgin Mary sit on her mother's lap. Although she was very young, she still felt that the body of the Virgin Mary was too big for her to bear such weight.

But the smile on Santa Anna's face was directed at the naughty little grandson who wanted to ride on the lamb. Mary, like sitting on an easy chair, reached out to hold Jesus. This kind of emotional transmission is not very harmonious. Although the characters are handled compactly, they do not appear natural and vivid.

The oil painting in front of us is just the painting version of the previous sketch version, the Virgin Mary and son, Saint Anna and Saint John. It looks like the artistic conception of a sketch, which is more intimate and poetic. However, I don't know why. The lower third of the area of this work has not been completed, which seems to be a pity.

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

You know, on July 10 last year, a sketch painting by Leonardo da Vinci, horse and knight, just took part in the auction. This painting is only about the size of a postcard, but it is of great value. It is considered to be the most important painting of Leonardo da Vinci at the auction in recent years. An anonymous buyer won the auction with 7.4 million pounds, and if you add the Commission, it will be 8.14 million pounds.

At that time, the auction announced that this was the highest price of a single painting sold so far, which equalled the price of a Michelangelo painting sold last year. An expert from the auction house said: "it's absolutely an incomparable painting, so it's sold at a very high price.".

At that time, when Chu Chen saw this report, he couldn't believe his eyes. A postcard sized sketch sold nearly 90 million RMB, which is too much for money. And this painting is only the size of a postcard. How much is it worth if it is bigger? If he could get one, he would be well fed and clothed all his life.

In a twinkling of an eye, Chu Chen actually achieved this wish, and his painting is much larger than the auction, and its value is as high as more than 2 billion RMB, which he thinks is very incredible.

After all, nearly five hundred years have passed. What happened at that time can't get the right answer by imagination. Wu Ke thinks wildly for a while, and then he gives up his wild guess.

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

Chu Chen replied: "it should be similar to the value of the Athenian School in my hand."

Wu Ke was surprised and said, "is it worth so much?"

After all, it's an unfinished work. She really can't understand how it could be so valuable.

Chuchen said with a smile, "what's impossible? You have to know what's the fame of Da Vinci and what's the fame of this painting. Let's take an example. Do you know how much the Madonna and Santa Ana we saw in the Louvre the day before yesterday

Wu Ke pondered for a while, some uncertain said: "one billion euro?"

Chuchen laughed and shook his head: "1.6 billion pounds!"

"Hiss!" When Wu Ke heard the price given by Chu Chen, he immediately took a breath.

"I see! Although this is an unfinished work, it is famous for Da Vinci, and the popularity of this work is worth the price I just said. " Chuchen said with a smile.

Wu Ke looked at the oil painting in front of him in an incredible way, then looked at Chu Chen, and exclaimed:

"ah Chen, I don't know how to describe your luck!"

Chuchen took Wu Ke's hand and said with a smile, "it's not because of you

"You're talking again!" Wu Ke Bai gave Chu Chen a look, but she said so, but Chu Chen's words still made her sweet.