Seeing Wu Ke's disgusted expression, Chu Chen suddenly thought of an idea, so he asked with a smile, "Keke, what do you think of changing the frame?" ”

"Uh...... But this original 19th-century frame should be worth a bit of money! ”

There is a saying that one beauty covers one hundred ugliness, although the beauty here refers to the beauty of the soul, but it is quite appropriate to put it on this painting now, so for Wu Ke, changing to a new frame will definitely change the view of this oil painting a lot.

Chu Chen waved his hand and said: "Oil painting is different from our Chinese painting, the framing of Chinese painting has a great impact on the price, although the oil country also has an impact, but the corresponding is much smaller, like this frame, although it is from the 19th century, but it is not a good wood, and secondly, this frame is really old, and replacing it has little impact on the value of oil painting." ”

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke asked, "Then why didn't Nan Nan replace the frame?" At least it can be beautiful! ”

Chu Chen said: "Businessmen, they all like to maximize profits, some people buy antiques and other things, they like the old ones, this kind of people are more abroad, it is difficult to do this, it is estimated that when they sell, they want to increase the selling price." ”

Seeing that Wu Ke nodded and understood, he said, "Okay, I'll go get the tools and dismantle the frame." ”

Seeing Chu Chen's resolute appearance, Wu Ke said, "This is too anxious!" "Wu Ke

Chu Chen smiled: "Anyway, it's still early, let's solve the matter first, lest you see it in a bad mood." ”

With that, he went downstairs and asked the waiter for tools, and when he came back, he began to move.

Speaking of which. This painting of a girl is indeed larger than a single oil painting in terms of size, counting it. It is about 1.5 meters high and 1.1 meters wide.

Generally speaking. The bigger the figure paintings, the more difficult it is to control the slave, because there is not much contact with oil paintings, Chu Chen at first thought that this painting was excellent in all aspects of the portrayal of the characters, and thought it was the real work of Leonardo da Vinci.

But the art is the same, and after careful observation, he felt that there were some parts of this painting that were not handled properly, although the author wanted to make up for his own shortcomings, but his painting skills were limited, therefore. In Chu Chen's critical eyes, there was a sense of adding to the snake, which was obviously impossible for the real thing.

In fact, this person's level is already very good, if he reduces the size of the painting a little more, the work created is likely to be able to achieve the real and the real, but the author chose a size that he can't control.

Of course, even because of the technical reasons, this painting did not reach the level of Leonardo da Vinci. But it's also a very good oil painting. Therefore, Chu Chen didn't think much about the size of the painting, but when he used his ability to see the situation inside. He understood the meaning of this painting, and it should be used to hide the painting inside.

The oil painting frame is still very easy to disassemble, and it didn't take long for Chu Chen to disassemble the back of the frame. The canvas inside is revealed.

At this time, Wu Ke next to him was a little surprised and said, "Achen." It's like there's two layers of canvas, huh? ”

The reality is just like Wu Ke said, although the two canvases are fixed together. But because the size is not too consistent, as soon as the frame is removed, you can see it.

Although Chu Chen had long known the internal situation, he still pretended to be stunned, and then hurriedly took down a canvas behind him, and suddenly, a wonderful and unusual colored oil painting came into the eyes of the two.

Seeing the content of this painting, Wu Ke immediately exclaimed: "Isn't this Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child with St. Anna and St. John"? How could it be an oil painting! ”

After speaking, she looked at Chu Chen next to her in surprise.

Chu Chen was also very puzzled by this, and he said: "I don't know about this, but you see that this oil painting is not finished, it is likely that Leonardo da Vinci is not satisfied with this work, or for some other reason, he finally gave up!" ”

As a gifted artist, scientist, inventor, and architect during the European Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci has always been committed to reducing God to human beings, and in the name of praise, he endowed the gods with mortal hearts and mortal bodies, and depicted them in extremely exquisite, profound, and subtle expressions, so that they were immortal.

In 1499, when the French invaded Milan, Leonardo da Vinci moved to Venice to escape the war. After a few months of stay, he arrived in Mantua the following year, where he painted several portraits of the local countess, a connoisseur of literary and artistic treasures, including a sketch resembling a profile of one of his later Mona Lisa.

In April 1500, Leonardo da Vinci returned to his native Florence. Knowing that the main altar of the Cathedral of Ranzeta needed an altarpiece, he expressed his willingness to complete the task. The monks excitedly put Da? Vinci's family invited him into the church and gave him great hospitality, but Leonardo da Vinci did not write for a long time.

Finally, he exhibited to the public a carefully conceived sketch of the Madonna and Child with Santa Anna and St. John, which immediately caused an instant sensation, and its compositional principles and methods of painting had a great influence on the art world, and Michelangelo and Raphael were also inspired by it.

The sketch is based on the search for the light and dark tones of the characters. Leonardo da Vinci grouped St. Anna, Mary, Christ, and John the Baptist as a harmonious and joyful family member. The theme of the group portrait is the dialogue between Santa Ana and the Virgin, expressing a kind of family affection on earth. Due to the delicate emotions of the characters, the overlapping bodies also give people a beautiful atmosphere of intimacy.

In 1506, two years after Leonardo da Vinci returned to Milan, he painted a painting of the same name, Madonna and Child with Santa Anna. Although the oil painting on the board belongs to the same idea as the sketch of the time, it is obviously less intimate and poetic than the sketch.

This is mainly due to the fact that the arrangement of the characters is too limited by the composition, and the sense of form is more considered. Here, the painter has the Virgin Mary sit on her mother's lap, and her grandmother, Santa Anna, although also young, felt that the Virgin's body was too large for her to bear such weight.

But the smile on Santa Anna's face was directed at the naughty little grandson in front of her, Jesus, who wanted to ride on the Lamb, and Mary reached out to hold Jesus as if she were sitting in an easy chair. This kind of emotional transmission is not very harmonious, and the characters, although handled tightly, do not appear natural and vivid.

The oil painting in front of me is the previous sketch version, the oil painting version of "Madonna and Child with St. Anna and St. John", which looks like the artistic conception of the sketch, which is more intimate and poetic. However, for some reason, the area under the third of this work has not been completed, which seems to be quite regrettable.

However, even so, the value of this painting is almost the same as the "School of Athens" in Chu Chen's hand.

You know, on July 10 last year, Leonardo da Vinci's sketch "Horse and Knight" just participated in the auction. The painting, which is about the size of a postcard but is priceless, is considered the most important Leonardo da Vinci painting at auction in recent years, and was won by an anonymous buyer for £7.4 million, or more than £8.14 million if commissions are added.

At the time, it was announced that this was the highest price ever paid for a single painting, and it was equal to the price of a Michelangelo painting sold last year. An expert at the auction house said: "It is definitely an unbeatable painting, so it was sold for an unusually high price".

At that time, when Chu Chen saw this report, he couldn't believe his eyes, a sketch the size of a famous postcard actually sold for nearly 90 million RMB, which was really too much money. And this painting is only the size of a postcard, so how much is it worth if it is bigger? If he can get one, he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

And in a blink of an eye, Chu Chen actually achieved this wish, and his painting is much larger than the auction, and the value is as high as more than 2 billion RMB, he feels very incredible when he thinks about it.

After all, nearly five hundred years have passed, and what happened at that time, you will definitely not be able to get the right answer based on your imagination, Wu Ke thought about it for a while, and then gave up guessing.

At this time, what Wu Ke wanted to know most was the value of this painting, and she asked, "Achen, how much can this painting be worth?" ”

Chu Chen replied: "It should be about the same value as the "School of Athens" in my hand!" ”

Wu Ke was surprised when he heard this: "Can it be worth so much?" ”

After all, it was an unfinished work, and she really couldn't understand how it could be so valuable.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "What's impossible about this, you have to know, what is the fame of Leonardo da Vinci, and what is the fame of this painting." Let's take an example, do you know how much the "Madonna and Child with Saint-Anna" we saw in the Louvre the day before yesterday is worth it? ”

Wu Ke pondered for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "One billion euros? ”

Chu Chen smiled and shook his head: "1.6 billion pounds!" ”

"Shhh When Wu Ke heard the price given by Chu Chen, he immediately gasped.

"Got it! Although our work is unfinished, it is worth the price I just said because of Leonardo da Vinci's fame, and the popularity of this work. Chu Chen said with a smile.

Wu Ke looked at the oil painting in front of him with an incredulous face, and then looked at Chu Chen, and sighed:

"Achen, I don't know how to describe your luck!"

Chu Chen took Wu Ke's hand and said with a smile: "It's not because of you Wangfu!" ”

"You're talking again!" Wu Ke glanced at Chu Chen, but she said so, but Chu Chen's words still made her heart sweet. (To be continued......)