Chapter 481 Oil paintings, manuscripts, photographs, precious stones
When Yang Jing opened a large wooden box, as many as eight well-preserved oil paintings were revealed inside, and the first oil painting gave Yang Jing a big surprise that was no less than the three sculptures just now.
The most attractive thing in this oil painting is that the gentle woman in the fruit body hugged a white swan that reached her shoulder height. The raised neck of the white swan showed a wonderful curve, which complemented the graceful figure of the fruit body, making the painting look extremely warm.
On the woman's right, there were two little boys with bare bulls playing there, and the background was the forest by the lake.
Almost at first glance, Yang Jing recognized this painting.
"Is this the original work of Da Vinci's favorite "Lita and the Swan"?" Yang Jing said in surprise.
"Lita and the Swan" is an oil painting created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. After this painting was created, Leonardo da Vinci loved it very much and kept it with him. Even when Leonardo da Vinci settled in Paris in his later years, he always carried this painting, which shows how Leonardo da Vinci loved this painting.
It's just a pity that after the death of Leda Vinci, the original work of "Leda and Swan" was lost. The painting "Leda and Swan" that is now treasured in the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy is just a later imitation.
But even imitations are priceless treasures.
And another one appeared here. Is this work the original? Judging from the wealth of Nicholas II, it seems that it is not surprising that the original works of Leonardo da Vinci were collected.
Yang Jing used the identification skills, and sure enough, the answer given by the Holy Ring made Yang Jing happy-"Lida and the Swan", Leonardo Di Piero Da Vinci, 1503."
"It's indeed the original work of "Leda and Swan" painted by Da Vinci!" Yang Jing waved his fist excitedly.
The value of this original painting is definitely not under Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa's Smile". After all, from the perspective of the author himself, Da Vinci would prefer the work "Lida and Swan". And from an artistic perspective, "Lida and Swan" is definitely no worse than "Mona Lisa's Smile".
This is another undisputed priceless treasure.
Four priceless treasures appeared in a row, which made Yang Jing's original excitement begin to feel a little numb.
How many treasures did Nicholas II plunder back then?
Yang Jing didn't dare to imagine that there was anything precious in the next treasure, but the facts made Yang Jing really numb.
In addition to this "Lita and the Swan", there is also a painting of Da Vinci in this box. This painting is rare in historical records, but it is definitely from the hands of Da Vinci.
Among the famous works of Leonardo da Vinci, there is an oil painting called "Portrait of a Musician", which is now collected in the Ambrosci Art Gallery in Milan, Italy. It is also an oil painting that is priceless.
However, it has been mentioned in some very few historical records that when Leonardo da Vinci was creating this work, he did not create this work. He also created two paintings called "Portrait of the Sculptor" and "Portrait of the Artist". Unfortunately, these two oil paintings were lost a long time ago.
The oil painting found in this box is "Portrait of the Sculptor" created by Leonardo da Vinci.
This is another surprise.
In addition to these two works by Leonardo da Vinci, Yang Jing also found a painting created by Raphael called "The Madonna Under the Tree" and an oil painting called "The Smile of the Madonna" created by Raphael.
As the three Renaissance masters who are as famous as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio's status in the Western art world is naturally unquestionable. This master, who lived only 37 years old, has created nearly 300 works in his life, and only half of them have been passed down to this day.
As we all know, Raphael is famous for his good at painting the Virgin. No one among all painters who painted the Virgin, so the painting of the Virgin became synonymous with Raphael.
Both works are paintings of the Virgin Mary and have appeared in some historical records, but no one has seen the original works now. Later generations think that these original works have long been lost or destroyed.
Unexpectedly, these two works were actually collected by Nicholas II...
In addition to the four paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, Yang Jing also found two works by Angle in this box.
Jean August Dominic Ingel, the most prestigious neoclassical painter, aesthetic theorist and educator in France in the 19th century, ranked fifth among the top ten painters in the world in the Western art world, even before Paul Cézanne, Picasso and Van Gogh.
In his early years, Angel studied under Napoleon's chief painter Davitt. Later, after Davitt went into exile in Belgium, Angel became the flag bearer of French neoclassicalism and was the most famous painter in French history.
As for the two remaining paintings in this box, Yang Jing was not surprised by the work of a French master of painting. This master is Paul Cézanne.
The eight oil paintings found in a box are all from masters or even masters. Apart from being incredible, Yang Jing can no longer find a better adjective.
In the following boxes, Yang Jing found dozens of oil paintings by European painters, including works by painters such as Rubens, Monet, and Repin. Of course, more of them were works by Russian painters.
For example, paintings by famous artists such as Alexey Safrasov, Ivan Hishkin, Mikhail Frubel, Ivan Evazovsky.
These oil paintings alone are enough to support a medium-sized museum.
In addition to oil paintings, Yang Jin also discovered a lot of sketches and watercolors, and even in a box, Yang Jing found a large number of manuscripts.
Among these manuscripts, Yang Jing actually found the original manuscript of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and the original manuscript of the script "The Force of Darkness".
In addition to Leo Tolstoy's manuscripts, Yang Jing also discovered the manuscripts of another great writer. This great writer has a higher status in the Western literary world than Leo Tolstoy because this guy has a very famous name - Shakespeare!
Among these manuscripts, Yang Jing found a very good manuscript that was carefully preserved. When he saw this manuscript, Yang Jing was surprised to find that it was the script manuscript of "Hamlet" created by Shakespeare.
In addition to this precious manuscript of Shakespeare, Yang Jing also discovered three manuscripts by another great writer, who was Victor Hugo.
The largest of these three manuscripts is a volume of "Notre Dame de Paris", with about 80,000 words. In addition to this precious manuscript, there are two sketches written by Mr. Hugo...
The value of these manuscripts is definitely not below the value of those oil paintings, they are absolutely priceless treasures.
In addition to the manuscript, Yang Jing also found a large number of black and white photos and hand-painted portraits in a box. Although these are all photos and hand-painted portraits, the contents are absolutely precious.
There are many photos of Alexander III and Nicholas II ascended the throne and their weddings, as well as many photos of the Tsar talking with members of the royal family of other European countries at that time. As for the hand-painted portraits, they even included the tsars and queens of the Romanov dynasty throughout the Romanov dynasty.
These photos and hand-painted portraits are definitely extremely precious historical materials. Just posting them is enough to cause historians to be crazy.
Several boxes filled with precious jewelry, including jewelry worn by Caterina when he ascended the throne, as well as jewelry from several Tsar queens during their wedding. Among them, the scepter held by Caterina II when he ascended the throne was particularly precious. This scepter, more than 50 centimeters long, accompanied a generation of female tsar ascended the throne and witnessed the great achievements of the great female tsar throughout his life.
Among these precious jewelry, there are three crowns, necklaces, rings, bracelets, brooches, earrings and other jewelry that are calculated by boxes. Anything that comes out is a priceless treasure.
These jewelry are worn by the queens or queens of the Romanov dynasty, and many of them are gifts given by other European royal families. Now, they are precious jewelry that is hard to come by.
In a box, Yang Jing also found a series of gems such as diamonds, red sapphires, emeralds and even jade. Any one of these gems can be the finale of an auction, but here, they can only be put together in piles.
Just like the red diamond that Yang Jing saw was the size of a pigeon egg. If it was taken out, it would definitely make women all over the world go crazy.
This diamond is not only large in size, but also extremely bright in color. Because this huge red diamond has been cut, the fire color emitted even Yang Jing couldn't help but be intoxicated when he saw it.
After looking at the boxes of gems, Yang Jing realized how the eight gems that he got from that totem pole came from.
Even those eight gems are not very outstanding in this box of gems. Among these boxes of gems, some are more brilliant and beautiful gems than those eight gems...
It is no exaggeration to say that those other treasures don’t want, just this box of gems can make Yang Jing immediately the richest man in the world.
Even the richest man in the world will definitely not have so many top-quality gems. These gems are described in a more popular sentence, which means "can be met but cannot be sought". You will never be able to buy such top-quality gems just by having money.
These gems are probably accumulated by the Romanov dynasty for more than 300 years. How can ordinary gems be seen by the Tsar?
Chapter completed!