Chapter 1709: Leonardo da Vinci's residence
Towards seven o'clock in the afternoon, other unrelated people and others left the presidential suite.
In addition to Ye Tian and Betty, only Anderson and Cole, as well as Taylor and Lisa, were left in the room, adding up to only six people.
As Ye Tian's personal lawyer, Anderson will witness the next series of discoveries, shoot them, and keep the corresponding video evidence!
As for Cole, of course, they are in charge of security to prevent anyone from breaking into the presidential suite without permission.
At the entrance to the presidential suite, there are also four armed security personnel with loaded guns.
Other places such as the ends of the hallways, elevators, staircases, and even hotel lobbies and rooftops are also guarded.
In addition, there are security personnel who keep an eye on every corner of this five-star hotel, including the façade, through the hotel surveillance system, as well as the temporary monitoring system that Cole has installed themselves!
Even the ventilation ducts on this floor of the Four Seasons Hotel are closely monitored by pinhole cameras and high-sensitivity infrared sensors.
In this case, not to mention one or a group of people, even a fly, don't want to hide from the eyes of the security personnel, pass through the defense line, and sneak into the presidential suite where Ye Tian and Betty live.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, the first time he returned to the Four Seasons Hotel, Ye Tian immediately called Wilson of Raytheon Security Company and transferred a group of security personnel to Milan.
The guys were on their way by this time and would arrive in Milan in the evening, and when they arrived, they would stay in another nearby hotel and hide as a reserve.
Once something happens on the side of the Four Seasons Hotel and needs military support, those security personnel can rush to the hotel as soon as possible, pick up Ye Tian and them, or fight them inside and outside, and kill all opponents!
After the door of the presidential suite was closed, Ye Tian immediately smiled and said:
"Guys, let's get started, Anderson, you're in charge of the shooting, Cole, the three of you are in charge of security, keep an eye on the door and out the window"
With that, he took the black walnut drawing board with Lisa Gradini on it and placed it on the coffee table in the living room, ready to uncover the secrets behind this masterpiece.
In fact, he knew exactly what secrets this painting hid as early as the Milan Canal Antique Market, and he could see it clearly through perspective.
Now it's just a show, and only then can everything seem plausible and not attract suspicion.
Seeing Ye Tian's movements, everyone's eyes in the room suddenly lit up, and their eyes were full of anticipation and excitement.
Anderson held up his phone, pointed his camera at the painting on the coffee table, and began to shoot.
Cole, Taylor, and Lisa, the three of them stood in a triangular position, staring at the door and floor-to-ceiling windows of the suite, keeping a high level of vigilance.
After putting "Lisa Gladini" on the coffee table, Ye Tian did not pull out the nails with the linen for the first time, but stepped aside and reached out to turn off the chandelier in the living room!
As he moved, the light in the suite suddenly became much dimmer, so as to avoid the stimulation of the bright light and cause unnecessary damage to the painting.
It's winter after all, and it's almost seven o'clock in Milan, and the sun has already set, and it's already dusk.
After doing this, Ye Tian, who returned to the coffee table, picked up the pliers, began to pull out the nail nailed to the primary linen, and put the pulled nail in a box, which will be used later!
In just a moment, all the nails were pulled out one by one, and the piece of linen in the primary color was gently uncovered by Ye Tian, revealing the "Lisa Gradini" covered underneath.
Although everyone has already seen this masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci, when they see it again at this time, they are still shocked, and their eyes are full of fascination.
"Lisa Gradini and Mona Lisa are not the same person, but their smiles are so similar, I don't know what special meaning they have?
"Who knows, in the past five hundred years, countless people have studied this enigmatic smile, but nothing has been found, perhaps only Leonardo da Vinci himself understands the mystery!"
Everyone was looking at the painting of Lisa Gladini on the coffee table, and they were all full of curiosity.
After admiring it for a while, Ye Tian picked up the pliers again and began to pull out the nails nailed to "Lisa Gradini".
He was more cautious than when he had removed the nails that were nailed to the original linen, lest he accidentally damage this priceless artifact.
Two or three minutes later, those nails with a history of more than a hundred years were pulled out by Ye Tian one by one and put into the box next to them.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian put aside the pliers in his hand, picked up a pair of white gloves that had been prepared from the side, and put them on his hands.
The most important moment finally came, everyone in the suite held their breath, staring closely at the "Lisa Gladini" on the drawing board, and staring at Ye Tian's every move.
Looking at Ye Tian again, he stretched out his hands and gently pinched the two corners above the canvas of "Lisa Gradini", and then carefully lifted the oil painting from the drawing board.
He had just picked up this priceless oil painting on canvas, and Betty beside him suddenly said in surprise:
"Wow! There's a painting underneath this oil painting that looks like a sketch of Lisa Gladini, and it has the author's signature on it!"
Hearing this, the rest of the people in the suite immediately looked over.
At the bottom of the painting, there was a sketch, relatively small, and it was Lisa Gladini!
In the lower right corner of that sketch, there are two lines of floral Latin, which are quite legible.
The first line in Latin is the name of Lisa Gladyni, the same as the signature in the lower right corner of the painting, and the bottom line is Leonardo da Vinci's personal signature, and the initials 'LV' are clear at a glance!
The moment he saw these two lines of flowery Latin, the suite immediately resounded with excited cheers.
"There is no doubt that this Lisa Gladini is Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, and the signature on the manuscript speaks for itself."
"It's fantastic, and the discovery of this manuscript will certainly increase the value of Lisa Gladini and make it even more convincing!"
While Betty and the others were cheering, Ye Tian had already taken off the oil painting, carefully held it in his hand, and began to look at it over and over again.
The next second, he suddenly pretended to be surprised and said:
"There is actually a line of Latin on the back of this oil painting, and the handwriting should be from Leonardo da Vinci himself, but I don't know what it means"
As he spoke, he gently lowered the oil painting in his hand and laid it on the original linen in turn, with the back side up.
At the same time, Betty and Anderson all looked at each other, their eyes full of curiosity.
After a few glances, Anderson suddenly said:
"This line of Latin seems to be a place name, maybe it is in the city of Milan, where Leonardo da Vinci spent the most brilliant period of his artistic career, but it is unknown where it is!"
"It doesn't matter, we can check the dictionary, I believe it is not difficult to figure out the meaning of this line of Latin, I hope it is the name of a place somewhere in Milan, maybe it is the residence of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan!
There is no doubt that this Lisa Gradini is a precedent for Leonardo da Vinci's other works, where there is not so much textual information at all, and even the personal signature is hidden."
Ye Tian nodded with a smile and said, his eyes full of anticipation.
Then he took the Latin dictionary he had prepared and began to look up the meaning of the Latin line.
It didn't take long for the answer to come out, and that line of Latin was indeed a place name, and the name of a street.
Next, they searched the Internet for a map of the city of Milan in the early 16th century, and compared it with the map of the current city of Milan.
Soon, the answer was in front of everyone's eyes.
"On the map, it is an old street near the Sforza Castle, built at the beginning of the 14th century, very close to the Sforza Castle, and may have been Leonardo da Vinci's residence in Milan.
Whether this judgment is correct or not needs to be verified again, if it is really the residence of Leonardo da Vinci, it must be another major discovery, and maybe it can bring a huge surprise.
Leonardo da Vinci left Florence for Milan and soon formed a friendship with Ludvico Sforza, Duke of Milan, who hit it off and became the Duke's painter.
Leonardo da Vinci lived in Milan for eighteen years, during which time he completed several of his most important portraits, several of the women depicting the Duke of Milan.
At that time, Sforza Castle had replaced Milan's Cathedral Square and became the political center of Milan, as well as the castle and ruling center of the Sforza family.
As a close friend of the Duke of Milan and a royal painter, in many historical records, Leonardo da Vinci lived in the castle of Sforza for a long time, and it is normal for him to have a residence near the castle.
This old street still exists today, and we can visit it in retrospective, and if there is indeed a place where Leonardo da Vinci once lived, I am sure I will find something!"
Ye Tian said with a smile, his words full of confidence.
Betty and Anderson nodded excitedly, both in anticipation.
Next, Ye Tian picked up a high-powered magnifying glass from the table and began to carefully study this masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci.
Of course, this was just posturing, a show for Anderson and everyone else.
Five or six minutes later, Ye Tian's surprised voice came out again.
"Sure enough, this painting, like the Mona Lisa, also has hidden mysterious characters and Leonardo da Vinci's personal signature, which is in Lisa Gradini's hair,......"