Chapter 530: The Origin of the Treasure
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The old woman walked out with a smile, looked at a few people carefully, and said:
"Young people, are you international students? It's not far from the University of Finance, so it's a good idea to buy a house here. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Wen Wei smiled and said:
"Do you know how much his house will sell for?"
The old woman smiled and shook her head,
"No, no, old Brecko's house has never been sold, and he said he would come back when he left! However, there are two houses on this street that are in a hurry, and I can contact them if you want, and those two houses have just been renovated and look much more beautiful than this one. ”
Wen Huan blinked, didn't speak, couldn't tell this enthusiastic old lady that they were coming for this house, right?
The green snake smiled and said softly:
"Granny, you know, we don't have a lot of money, and this house looks like it's the most dilapidated in the area, so ......"
The old woman looked abrupt, she nodded, and said:
"Why don't you show you the two houses first, and if you don't think the price is right, I'll try to see if I can contact Brecko, what do you think?"
Wu Di smiled bitterly, okay, if Zhang Luo runs away, the lie will be exposed, but it is enough to look at the house and go to two people, he still has to stay here and see if he can see anything from those paintings.
Neither Wen Wei nor Meng Yao had ever seen a German house, so they set off with Yan Huang and Qing Snake with great interest, while Sparrow stayed with Wu Di.
"Sparrow, you go around the neighborhood and see if there are any real estate companies or anything like that, maybe this house will be listed for sale over there."
Sparrow smiled and said:
"Fifth brother. Don't worry, wait until they come back after reading it. ”
Wu Di frowned, okay, the most he stayed here was to look at him in a daze, could he still see through him in perspective?
Leaning against the back wall of the house opposite Bretchko's house, Wu Di lit a cigarette and fell into deep thought.
Did Brecko even know that these paintings existed? If they had known and sealed it up like this, the provenance of these paintings would be very suspicious. But if you don't know, then. Who hid these paintings? After so many years, doesn't there any intention to take it out?
He looked into it again, fixed on a box, and tried to identify the author of the top paintings, and perhaps, by figuring out the authors of these paintings, he could guess their origins.
This ...... It seems to be Picasso's work? After just two glances, Wu Di came to a conclusion, yes. This is the work of Picasso. Although this picture seems to have never been seen in the materials, he is too familiar with the inscription, because it can be seen in almost every material about European and American oil paintings.
The first opening of the huge aura torrent was Picasso...... He couldn't help but whistle softly. If this box is full of these kinds of goods, if he can't buy a house, his grandmother's, it's worth organizing someone to grab a handful!
Strive to control the plane of sight. He saw the payment for the second oil painting and decided, if he couldn't buy a house. Get ready to grab it!
In the third, almost the same position, he saw the familiar signature again...... Oh my God, are you really going to let me organize a robbery? He slapped himself the thigh, sister, what kind of author do you say it's okay to watch? Now it's okay, see, satisfied? But if these paintings don't reach him in the end, won't they have to toss and turn every day?
Grandma's, it's already like this anyway, then keep looking, if you really dare to have a box of old man Bi's, even if Lao Tzu can't buy a house, he really dares to rob you!
It wasn't until I saw the sixth that the signature became another person's. The signature was sloppy, and he probably had never seen it in his memory, but it was no worse than Picasso's.
In the second box, as soon as the signature came up, Wu Di was entangled for a long time, because he remembered that he had definitely seen this font, but he couldn't remember it very clearly...... No way, try to spell it, although it is so sloppy......
Pull...... Phenanthrene...... You? Raphael? Wu Di was startled, he cautiously glanced at the payment again, that's right, it's Raphael! This is actually the work of Raphael, who is known as the "Three Masters of Renaissance Art" with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo! This is actually the oil painting of Raphael, who died suddenly of high fever at the age of 37 and has not had many works handed down!
Hey, if you can't get it now, you're really going to die......
There is more than one Raphael's work, and the second one turned out to be his! Below are two early representatives of the Baroque school, the first Baroque painter in Europe, Rubens Peter? Paul? Rubens's work, further down, he didn't recognize......
Wait, there is a problem, if there are so many Picasso's works, it is understandable that some of them are not recorded, but there are so many Raphael's paintings, and these two paintings will not have any information at all, right? However, Wu Di thought about all the information about European oil paintings he had seen, but he couldn't remember where there was an introduction to these two paintings.
He shook his head, he couldn't be mistaken, the style of this painting, plus the signature, must be Raphael's! So, why have you never heard of it?
He pondered for a while, there is no relevant information about the painting, and there are generally several situations. One is that when the author is not famous, he collects his paintings, and then his descendants are not in the collecting circle or for other reasons, they do not make a public announcement. Another common situation is that because of the long period of time, the relevant information is lost, and the painting is also missing......
The long time is only one aspect of the loss of data, and if the time is long, if it is a peaceful era, then even if it is lost, it will not be lost. But will it always be a time of peace?
Wu Di took a deep breath, he should have found the origin of these paintings.
In the 30s of the last century, Hitler's Nazi Party began to come to power in Germany. After coming to power, the Nazis not only vigorously reformed Germany's politics and economy, but also attached great importance to the transformation of the cultural sphere.
Hitler opposed Impressionism and attacked and rejected modern art, so the Nazis began to attack modern art in Germany. However, although the Nazis hated modern art, they were well aware of the value of these works of art. The artworks were confiscated and confiscated, but they were sold to other countries through dealers or auctions, and the proceeds from the sale of paintings were used to finance the fascist war.
The plundering of German art was only a prelude, and the real catastrophe of European art came after the outbreak of World War II. And this time the Nazis were targeting not only those "degenerate" arts, but also the classical works of art they admired. To this end, Hitler also carefully organized a special force, whose task was to carry out large-scale looting of precious cultural relics, gold and silver treasures of various countries in a planned manner.
Under Hitler's influence, Nazi leaders followed suit and plundered European art from their own pockets.
Wu Di suspects that these oil paintings were looted and hidden by a Nazi leader! Well, go back and ask someone about the history of this house.
He didn't look at the rest of the boxes, because if the things here were really looted by the Nazis, even if they were taken out, they would be in great trouble. Because Jews from all over the world have long formed tracing societies to urge the return of works of art looted by the Nazis. There are also many descendants of Jews who, for years, have paid exorbitant legal fees to investigate and find lost works of art.
The Washington Principles, signed by 44 countries in 1998, provide international cooperation and legal guarantees for the recovery of works of art looted by the Nazis.
Grandma's, he flicked the cigarette butt out fiercely, Lao Tzu Huaxia was robbed of so many works of art back then, and I didn't hear that a few of these grandchildren took the initiative to return them, why should Lao Tzu return the things he worked so hard to get to them unconditionally? No, you must get your hands on things, even if you stay in the basement forever and don't see the light of day, you have to stay in the territory of Huaxia!
The sparrow saw Wu Di in a daze, and looked around boredly. Suddenly, he saw a middle-aged woman walking in the distance at the entrance of the alley, and couldn't help but stand up straight. Got off work?
The woman glanced up at this side from a distance, suddenly quickened her pace, and in a short time walked in front of them, a pair of large gray-blue eyes scanned up and down several times, and did not speak.
At this moment, Wu Di also noticed this woman and came at them? He couldn't help frowning, what did she want to do? Could it be that like the red armbands on the streets of the capital, she is specifically responsible for interrogating strangers?
"Excuse me, who are you looking for?"
The woman looked at the two of them a few more times, and finally spoke.
"Our companions have followed Mrs. Merlin to see the house, and we will wait for them here for a while, may I ask you, are you a resident here?"
The woman smiled, she pulled out a bunch of keys, and said with a smile:
"I'm not a resident here, I'm the worker who cleans Mr. Brecko's room. Mrs. Merlin is a good person, and you are right to buy a house and look for her......"
Wu Di and Sparrow glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes, today's luck actually met the maid who cleaned the house for Breccico!
"Hello ma'am, first of all, we are students from Huaxia, we just fancy this house, but because Mrs. Merlin said that Mr. Bretschko is not ready to sell, and he is not in Munich now, so I took my companion to see the other houses......" (To be continued. )