Chapter 1683: A Treasury of Renaissance Art
In the blink of an eye, it was half past three in the afternoon, and the Uffizi Gallery.
Ye Tian and the others are in this famous museum, fascinated by the top antique artworks displayed here, and wandering in the ocean of art.
The Uffizi Gallery, one of the most famous museums in the world for the art of painting, is located in the Uffizi Palace in Florence, hence its name.
The museum is famous for its collection of works by European Renaissance figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto and many others.
In addition, there are paintings by representatives of other painting schools, such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck and other famous painters, as well as many sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome.
For art lovers, the Uffizi Gallery is undoubtedly the most magnificent and wonderful place in Florence, the "City of Flowers", and has the reputation of "the treasure house of Renaissance art".
Since the late 16th century, this famous art gallery has attracted countless people from all over the world to visit and experience the great charm of many of the top works of art.
The Uffizi Gallery has a total of 46 exhibition halls, divided into three floors, and houses about 100,000 pieces of famous paintings, sculptures, ceramics and other antique artworks, making it one of the largest and highest art museums in the world!
The museum's collection is dominated by paintings and sculptures from the 13th to 18th centuries in Italy, as well as in the Flemish school, Germany and France.
The exhibits are arranged chronologically and genrely, and you can see not only the trends in the development of Italian art, but also the various schools of world art, especially painting.
The main purpose of Ye Tian's visit to Florence this time is to visit the Uffizi Gallery and appreciate the many top antique artworks in the museum's collection.
Sweeping the Florentine antique art market and admiring the historic buildings and famous sculptures that dot all corners of the city are secondary to the goal.
Of course, he didn't mind taking this opportunity to absorb the aura and improve his strength again to make himself stronger.
This morning, shortly after Giovanni and Mario arrived at the Medici Villa Hotel, Sotheby's and his party arrived at the hotel.
The hotel was accompanied by representatives of several top art insurance companies.
Subsequently, several top antique art experts present at the scene began to work, identifying the antique artworks that Ye Tian swept from all over the city of Florence to determine the authenticity and approximate valuation.
Needless to say, the appraisal conclusions reached by these appraisal experts are no different from the appraisal conclusions given by Ye Tian.
Every piece of antique art he took out was worth a lot of money, which shocked everyone present and made everyone present feel shocked and envious almost crazy.
As Ye Tian expected, as the appraisal results came out, several of the most valuable top antique artworks were immediately targeted by those cultural relics and gendarmes, preparing to include them in the list of artworks restricted from leaving the country.
Of course, there are still some procedures to go through, and the result is unlikely to change.
Once included in the list of art objects restricted from leaving the country, those top antique works of art that are worth a lot of money must remain in Italy and be traded in Italy.
Even if they are auctioned off in Italy, the next owner cannot take them out of Italy without special permission.
For this situation, Ye Tian had already expected it.
He also has no intention of bringing all these top antique works back to New York, but is preparing to auction them in Italy.
After the appraisal was completed, Ye Tian signed a series of consignment auction agreements with Sotheby's Auction House, entrusting all those antique artworks to Sotheby's Auction House.
At the same time, he signed a series of art insurance contracts with Sotheby's and several top art insurance companies, completely transferring the risk.
As always, he set an auction reserve price for each piece of antique art to prevent anyone from joining forces to beat the idea of the top antique artworks.
During this period, Mario of the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and the director of the Uffizi Gallery were interested in acquiring several of these top artworks.
However, they were all frightened away by the astonishing price reported by Ye Tian, and they could only watch those top antique artworks being taken away by Sotheby's auction house, and they were envious in vain.
It was noon when these things were done.
Next, Ye Tian invited all the guests to enjoy a sumptuous lunch in the hotel, and discussed and exchanged relevant knowledge of antique artworks with these peers, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
After lunch, they left the Villa Medici and rushed to the Uffizi Gallery under the personal guidance of the director of the Uffizi Gallery.
Walking into this famous art museum, the first exhibition hall they visited was the 13th-century Tuscan Showroom.
This gallery houses works by famous artists such as Cimabue, Giotto, Bonisenne, etc., each of which is of great value and fascinating.
Among them, Bonisena's large-scale painting "Madonna and Child" is one of the treasures of the Uffizi Gallery, which has a great visual impact.
Next, there is the fourteenth-century Sienese showroom.
In this room, several works by the Lorenzetti brothers, as well as S. Maldini's "Proclamation", which reflect the colorful style of the Sienese school, are displayed.
Among them, Maldini's "Divine Notice" is also a top-level artwork at the level of a treasure of the town.
The next room is the 14th-century Florentine Showroom.
In this room, many works by the famous 14th century painters Fabriano, Friar Lorenzo and others are displayed, and each painting is very wonderful.
In this way, Ye Tian and the others walked through the exhibition halls, admiring the many top artworks displayed in these exhibition halls, and swimming in the ocean of art.
During this period, Ye Tian did not forget to secretly absorb aura from those top works of art in the early Renaissance to improve his strength and make himself stronger.
Less than half an hour after entering the Uffizi Gallery, he had completed the work of stealing the aura, and the aura in his eyes was almost overflowing.
Naturally, his strength has also improved by leaps and bounds, and he has become even stronger.
After absorbing the aura, Ye Tian immediately conducted a field test.
After testing, he found that the distance he could see the light of the antique artwork had become farther away, he had broken through one hundred and forty meters, and his ability to see through it had become stronger, and he could see through almost everything.
While admiring the many top artworks in the exhibition hall, Ye Tian did not let go of the top antique artworks collected in the warehouses and vaults of the Uffizi Gallery.
In perspective, the thick and solid floors and walls of the Uffizi Gallery were as if they did not exist, and he saw through them in an instant.
Under the floor and behind the walls, the top-level antique artworks stored in the warehouse and vault were clearly presented in front of Ye Tian's eyes, and he could see them clearly, and nothing was missing.
In those warehouses and vaults, in some of these antique artworks, he also discovered some secrets, which were kind of unexpected gains.
Unfortunately, those secrets are either related to the Uffizi Gallery, or they are too old to verify, so he can only write them down to see if he has the opportunity and time to unravel them in the future!
Before they knew it, they had arrived at the door of the fifteenth-century Florentine school showroom.
This is one of the most striking rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, which displays many representative works of the 15th-century Renaissance masters, almost every one of which is priceless and famous!
Among them are 20 works by Botticelli, "The Birth of Venus" and "Spring", two of Botticelli's masterpieces at the peak of his maturity.
These two paintings are Botticelli's most famous masterpieces and the top works of art in the Uffizi Gallery.
In addition to Botticelli's paintings, there are also outstanding works by several other famous painters of the 15th-century Florentine School, such as the paintings of the perspective master Uceno.
In addition, there are works by several famous painters of the Flemish school of the fifteenth century.
Among them are outstanding paintings by famous painters such as H. Memling and H. Hus, which illustrate their relationship with the Florentine School!
Walking here, Ye Tian looked up at the door of this Renaissance-style exhibition hall, and then said with anticipation:
"I've been famous for Botticelli's Spring and The Birth of Venus for a long time, and I've wanted to see them for a long time, and today I can finally see these two top works of art.
I also had a lot of contact with Botticelli, and it was a huge surprise to come to Florence and find the first piece of art that I found and harvested, which was his work."
After sending two sentences of emotion, Ye Tian took Betty into the exhibition hall and began to appreciate the many top artworks displayed here.
Anderson and Cole followed them into the showroom.
Of course, the Florentine policemen, who were dressed in civilian clothes and were always on high alert, followed them as if they were there.