John laughed until he bent down and coughed, and then he stopped his sneer at Fang Luo with a flushed face: "When I bought this painting, I was already in financial trouble, but I still spent ten million euros, do you think I would buy a fake painting? ”

John glanced at Fang Luo and the others very proudly, and talked eloquently: "Fang, I thought you could say something new, but it turned out to be nothing more than that. I would like to ask you to tell me why we only identify paint particles for paintings from before the 17th century, and ignore this step for paintings from the 17th century onwards?"

"Because before the seventeenth century there was no machinery for grinding paint, it was all done by hand. Fang Luo said with a smile.

"Well said. John nodded: "So for paintings before the seventeenth century, this is almost the most effective method, but for Mechelen, it may not be effective, and I have taken this into account, and for this I have noticed another key, and that is the crack, the crack on the canvas!"

Seeing that Fang Luo didn't speak, John smiled even more proudly: "The counterfeiter must first forge a canvas with cracks, and the cracks on the canvas must be consistent with the real thing." So they make the crack first, and then paint on it, and when they do the crack, they have to apply oil on the canvas and then bake it, which is a very cumbersome process, so the fake painting will melt under the temperature test. ”

"But Mechelen's paintings don't. ”

Fang Luo smiled faintly: "The oil he uses will not melt even at a high temperature of one hundred degrees, your method is ineffective for him." ”

"Well, that's a good point, Fang, you are quite insightful, so to identify Mechelen's forgery, you must use the last resort to detect the presence of cobalt and cadmium in the painting. Because if you use oil to create cracks, and then paint with paint, these two components will be produced due to chemical reactions. ”

John smiled, "That's what I asked of the Royal British Academy. But in the end, they did not find cobalt and cadmium in this painting. In other words, the cracks in this painting are not made, but naturally generated. We even removed the 0.1 micron slice without damaging the painting, and there was no problem at all after inspection. What do you have to say, young man?"

"Absolutely. I repeat, this is a fake!"

Fang Luo's expression was calm: "It's actually very simple to prove that it's a fake, as long as you cut open this painting, everything will be clear." ”

"Mr. Fang, are you really sure?"

Wang Yongle's nervous palms were sweating. When Fang Luo was debating with John, he asked John's butler to take all the certificates and inspection reports and read them, but the more he looked at them, the more uncertain he became; John was not talking nonsense, his words were implemented in the certificates and reports.

At the moment, Fang Luo seemed to be guessing without any basis, and he was still very stubborn.

"Haha, that's funny young man, you're such a stubborn boy. ”

John shook his head again and again, and said, "You want to cut open this painting? This is the only genuine thing, it is priceless, are you trying to destroy it? I can tell you one more fact, Mechelen's forgery is now in the secret collection of the Kunsthalle in Vienna! It is a secret, few people know about it, but I have heard that you have read the books and materials on the shelves in the VIP room, if you are careful enough and if you are lucky." ”

"I was lucky enough to see Duke Verdi's private diary and know about it. ”

Fang Luo smiled and nodded: "But Lord Duke is mistaken, if I am not misjudged, the one in the secret collection of the Vienna Art Museum was painted by Mechelen's son Mechelen." Their father and son did this for only one purpose, which was to make people mistakenly believe that the painting was real, and for this reason, Mechelen Jr. deliberately left a flaw. ”

"What are you talking about!"

John's face finally changed.

"I mean, it's just a little trick by Mechelen and his sons. In order to make this fake painting to the extent that it can be fake, Mechelen Jr. painted another painting "The Last Supper", which is the one in the collection of the Kunsthalle in Vienna, in order to allow experts to distinguish that it is a fake painting, Mechelen Jr. deliberately left some flaws, otherwise he could have done better. ”

Fang Luo smiled slightly: "Although the Vienna Art Museum is a secret collection, some top collectors know about it, which makes them have a preconceived idea, they will think that this painting of the old Mechelen is genuine, after all, the old Mechelen's technique is too clever, even if there is no cover of the little Mechelen, the experts will be very good." ”

"Young man, you can go and write, the imagination is very rich......," John laughed: "It's a pity that you have said so much, and it is still only speculation, is it true that the twelve top experts and the scientific testing methods of the Royal British Academy of Sciences are all fake?

"The proof is under the crystal glass, in this painting. ”

Fang Luo smiled: "Do you know why you can't detect cobalt and cadmium? Do you know why this painting doesn't melt at high temperatures? Because Mechelen used the technique of "picture in picture" on this painting, he used a canvas that was half thinner than an ordinary canvas to make a crack first, and then painted a "Last Supper", and after a few months, he covered it with another canvas and painted another "Last Supper", so this painting would be half and fifty thicker than an ordinary painting, but it would not attract people's attention. Because Farmel was also accustomed to using thicker canvases. ”

"This technique of forgery requires the painter to have a high degree of skill and a keen sense, and if it is successful, the modern means used to detect forgery will be useless, because with two layers of canvas, even if it is produced with cobalt and cadmium, it will be blocked by the pigment on the painting below, even if it is used for sectional examination....... Mr. John. Do you still have questions?"

"Young man, you can go on a talk show, according to you. Unless you cut the painting open to find out if it's true or not, but if your judgment is wrong, who's going to make up for it?"

"If I'm wrong, I'd like to travel the world for the rest of my life. Find the top 10 lost paintings in the history of Western painting!And I will compensate you for your losses at ten times the price!"

Fang Luo smiled, and without waiting for John to react, he walked to the painting in a few steps, picked up a chair from the dining table, and smashed it on the crystal glass frame.

He dared to do this because he was not short of money.

In addition, the system on his body prompted him to do so.

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