area51novel Chapter 299
Chapter 299
Xiao Ran did not immediately open the other two painting bags, but carefully admired the "Dante Boat" in front of him and explained it to everyone.
In the process of appreciation, he found Delacroix's French abbreviated signature in the lower right corner of the painting.
On the back of this "Dante Ark", the logo of the French family that originally housed the painting was found.
These two discoveries perfectly prove the origin of this painting.
So far, there is no longer the slightest doubt about the authenticity of this "Dante's Ark".
In the process of appreciation, Elaine also discovered some differences between this "Dante's Ark" and the painting of the same name in the Louvre.
In addition to the difference in size, there are some differences between the two paintings of the same name in some details.
However, in terms of artistic standards, there is not much difference, and it can only be said that each has its own merits.
Elaine briefly introduced her discovery, and was interrupted by Xiao Ran.
At this time, Elaine and David had understood his intentions and had no objections.
Next, Xiao Ran took the other two painting bags, opened them one after another, and took out the paintings contained inside.
Unsurprisingly, there are two more "Dante's Boats"
, both by the romantic lion and Delacroix, both of which are undoubtedly top works of art.
These three oil paintings put together just make up the complete triptych of Dante's Boat, and they are in a very good state of preservation.
The difference is that the two paintings of "Dante's Ark" taken out later are different from the content of the first one.
The first painting of Dante's Boat depicts Dante and Virgil's experience as they cross the gates of hell and ferry them across the River Styx to the first level of hell.
The latter two paintings of the same name depict different sins and punishments that Dante witnesses elsewhere as he enters the depths of hell.
In terms of pictures alone, the atmosphere created by the last two oil paintings is more terrifying and tragic, and even unsuitable for public exhibition!
Taken together, the three paintings show that it is Dante's journey through hell under the leadership of the poet Virgil, like a complete play.
Not surprisingly, the discovery of these two "Dante's Ark" once again detonated the live and live broadcast rooms.
Everyone was amazed and excited.
Of course, Patrick and they who were at the scene regretted that they wanted to jump into the sea, which was called envy and jealousy!
As before, after Xiao Ran preliminarily identified the two "Dante Arks"
and obtained certain identification conclusions, he briefly explained.
After the explanation, he was ready to put away the three oil paintings.
At this moment, Patrick suddenly asked:
"Sean, since this triptych of Dante's Boat is Delacroix's authentic work, it must be the top artwork
" "I want to ask, how much do you value these three "Dante's Ark"?" Can you tell us about it? "
Not only Patrick, Elaine and David, but also everyone in the two live broadcast rooms, as well as Fang Yufei and Mildew, are very concerned about this issue.
A few guys in the collector's live broadcast room couldn't even wait for Xiao Ran to give a valuation and directly issued an acquisition request.
"Xiao Ran, my boss intends to buy this set of "Dante's Boat" triptych
" "The price is as you like, never bargain!"
The beautiful man in Shanghai couldn't wait to say.
Before the words fell, another guy immediately continued:
"My boss also wants this set of "Dante's Boat" triptych
, Xiao Ran" "It can be traded in New York, and all taxes and fees are borne by us"
Xiao Ran did not immediately respond, but fell into thought.
After a moment, he smiled and said:
"This set of Dante's Ark triptychs, I do not intend to sell it, nor will I collect it myself, but there is another use
" "So I will not give an accurate estimate, but it is certain that they are all undoubtedly top works of art!"
Hearing this, David and Patrick were all stunned, a little confused.
They didn't understand what Xiao Ran meant when he said that there was another use.
Neither for sale nor collection, what to do with these three top works of art?
Just when everyone was confused, Xiao Ran suddenly switched to Mandarin and said his disposal plan.
"Dante's Boat is the pioneering work of the romantic school in the history of Western art, with a very special meaning and difficult to measure value!"
"I plan to use these three "Dante's Ark
" to make a deal with the Library of Congress or the Metropolitan Museum of Art" "The Library of Congress has 40 volumes of "Yongle Canon" lost overseas, those priceless treasures are my goal, I want to see if I can trade it
" "If I can't get the 40 copies of "Yongle Classic", I am ready to make a deal with the Metropolitan Museum".
The Metropolitan Museum has a lot of national treasure-level antique cultural relics, and my goal is "White Picture of the Night" and the forbidden thirteen instruments, as well as the Chenghua chicken cylinder cup, etc.,......"
The words did not fall, and the two live broadcast rooms were instantly fried.
"Did I hear you right? Xiao Ran, you have to exchange these three "Dante's Ark" for 40 copies of the "Yongle Classic
"" "This business can be done!" If you can make this deal, it will be awesome!
Jingcheng Hua Shao exclaimed in a lost voice.
"That's the Yongle Canon and the White Picture of the Night! A national treasure among national treasures! "
Are the Yankees willing to take it out in exchange?" How about we add all that pop art garbage to it? Add a little more leverage,"
Maple joked at Dusk.
The words did not fall, and there was immediately a burst of laughter in the live broadcast room.
Before the laughter fell, Elder Jin's excited voice came.
"Xiao Ran, you kid really dares to think about it, but there are really some possibilities for this!"
"If you can really do this and get those 40 volumes of the Yongle Canon back, I will be the first to go to the Cultural Relics Bureau to ask for credit for your kid!"
"Even if you can get back a copy of the Yongle Classic, you are also a hero of our country, there is no doubt about this!"
Following Elder Jin, Elder Qin and Mr. Qiu, as well as top appraisal experts such as Shangbo Lao Li, all stood up.
Without exception, these old men were excited, and everyone was looking forward to Xiao Ran being able to bring back those "Yongle Classics" that had lost to the United States.
One by one, they patted their chests and promised that if Xiao Ran could really exchange the "Yongle Classic" back, they would also rush to the Cultural Relics Bureau and the Ministry of Culture to ask for credit for him!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the live broadcast room was shocked, and they were also excited to cheer non-stop.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Ran gave a categorical reply.
"A few old men, you guys are all right, I will definitely be able to do this!"
"Even if I can't exchange those 40 copies of the Yongle Canon this time, I believe it won't be long before I can achieve this goal!"
"At that time, I will help you book your tickets to Beijing in advance, all of them are first class!"
"Don't forget the promise you made just now, you must rush to the Cultural Relics Bureau to help me ask for credit!"
"Hahaha"
There was a loud laugh in the live broadcast room again, and everyone laughed.
When the laughter fell, Elder Jin's voice immediately came again.
"Good! You kid has this determination
" "Don't worry about us, we can't do things that break our word!"
"I'll contact the Cultural Relics Bureau later to see if I can provide you with some help."
Then I have more confidence!
Xiao Ran replied with a smile.
After a few more conversations, he turned his attention back to the scene.
He glanced at everyone at the scene and said with a smile:
"Regarding how to deal with these three "Dante's Ark", you will soon know the result" "Let's
put away these three paintings first, continue to clean up these two warehouses, maybe there will be a surprising and important discovery!"
With that, he took action and put the three "Dante's Ark" back into the painting bag.
Patrick and them, who were standing on the side, their envious and jealous eyes were about to bleed, and they also secretly complained.
Sure enough, it lives up to its name! You guy is such a greedy bastard!
Discovering seven top-notch works of art of immense value in a row, you bastard are not satisfied and are still looking forward to surprising major discoveries!
What kind of major discoveries will satisfy you? Is it the Mona Lisa?
In a moment, Xiao Ran had collected three paintings of "Dante's Boat" and handed them to Marven, who was standing on the side, to guard them.
Immediately after, the clean-up operation began again!
In the next clean-up process, everyone found a small surprise, but there was no major discovery as expected!
Half an hour later, the first warehouse was cleared.
The things that were cleared out of the warehouse were like hills, stacked separately on both sides of the warehouse door, and loaded and transported away later.
The value of these things is quite staggering, and the overall value of non-antique works of art alone is in the millions of dollars.
Patrick, they can't eat these things, how can they have so much money.
Helplessly, Xiao Ran could only let them sell first and pay later!
After a short break, everyone began to clean up the second warehouse.
In the second warehouse, several antique works of art were found one after another, and the quality was not bad.
The value of these antique works of art is basically more than one million dollars.
Although it is not comparable to the seven top-quality works of art in the first warehouse, it is still a small gain.
It is worth mentioning that in the depths of the second warehouse, there are actually two cool super motorcycles.
A Ducati Limited Edition V4 sports car and an Augusta Limited Edition F4 sports car, both are the ultimate dreams of motorcyclists!
As soon as these two superbikes appeared, they immediately caused a sensation in the live broadcast room.
Immediately afterwards, the live broadcast room was completely opened!
Those guys who love motorcycles, one by one, scrambled to start offering, lest they miss this godsend opportunity!
When it was three o'clock in the afternoon, the two warehouses were finally cleared.
Moments later, two stretched vans drove straight into the storage area.
At the same time, a medium helicopter roared from the air.