Chapter 1709: Da Vinci's residence
As it was almost 7 pm, other unrelated people left the presidential suite.
Except for Ye Tian and Betty, only Anderson and Cole, as well as Taylor and Lisa, were left in the room, with only six people combined.
As Ye Tian’s personal lawyer, Anderson will witness the next series of discoveries and shoot them to retain corresponding video evidence!
As for Cole and the others, of course they are responsible for security to prevent anyone from breaking into this presidential suite without permission.
At the door of this presidential suite, there are four armed security personnel with live ammunition.
Other places such as the two ends of the corridor, elevators, stairs, and even hotel lobbies and rooftops.
In addition, security personnel are staring at every corner of this five-star hotel, including the hotel facade through the hotel monitoring system and the temporary monitoring system installed by Cole and others!
Even the ventilation ducts on the floor of Four Seasons Hotel are installed with many pinhole cameras and high-sensitivity infrared sensing devices, which are under strict monitoring.
In this case, let alone one or a group of people, or even a fly, you can't hide it from the eyes of the security personnel, cross the defense line, and sneak into the presidential suite where Ye Tian and Betty live.
In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, as soon as he returned to the Four Seasons Hotel, Ye Tian immediately called Wilson of Thorse Security Company and transferred a group of security personnel to Milan.
Those guys were already on the road at this time and could arrive in Milan at night. After they arrived, they would check in to another nearby hotel and hide it as a reserve force.
Once something happens at Four Seasons Hotel and needs force support, the security personnel will be able to come to the hotel as soon as possible to pick up Ye Tian and the others, or attack them inside and outside to kill all their opponents!
After the door of the presidential suite was closed, Ye Tian immediately smiled and said:
"Guys, let's start now, Anderson, you're responsible for shooting, Cole, you three are responsible for security, staring at the door and outside the window."
As he said that, he took the black walnut painting board with "Lisa Gladini" tied up and placed it on the coffee table in the living room, preparing to uncover the secrets hidden behind this extraordinary work.
In fact, what secrets does this painting hide? As early as in the Milan Canal Antique Market, he knew it clearly and could see clearly through perspective.
Now it's just a performance. Only in this way can everything look reasonable and not attract people's doubts.
Seeing Ye Tian’s actions, everyone’s eyes lit up in the room, their eyes were full of expectations and extremely excited.
Anderson raised his phone, pointed his phone camera at the oil painting placed on the coffee table, and began to shoot.
Cole, Taylor, and Lisa, the three of them stood in triangular positions, staring at the suite doors and floor-to-ceiling windows, and were always highly vigilant.
After putting "Lisa Gladini" on the coffee table, Ye Tian did not pull out the nails of linen as soon as possible, but walked aside and reached out to turn off the chandelier in the living room!
As he moved, the light in the suite suddenly became much dimmed, in order to avoid the stimulation of strong light and cause unnecessary damage to the oil painting.
After all, it is winter. It is near 7 o'clock in Milan, and the sun has set, and it is already dusk.
After doing this, Ye Tian, who returned to the coffee table, picked up the pliers and began to pull out the nails of the original color linen, and placed the pulled nails in a box, which would be used later!
In just a moment, all the nails were pulled out one by one, and the original linen was gently uncovered by Ye Tian, revealing the "Lisa Gladini" covering the bottom.
Although you have already seen this masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci, you are still shocked when you see it again, and you are all intoxicated.
"Although Lisa Gladini and Mona Lisa are not the same person, their smiles are so similar. I wonder what special significance is it? It's so mysterious!"
"Who knows that in the past five hundred years, countless people have been studying this mysterious smile, but have gained nothing. Perhaps only Da Vinci himself can understand the mystery!"
While admiring the picture "Lisa Gladini" on the coffee table, everyone was full of curiosity.
After enjoying it for a while, Ye Tian picked up the pliers again and began to remove the nails nailed to "Lisa Gladini".
Compared to the previous removal of the nails nailed with the original color linen, his movements became more cautious, fearing that he would accidentally damage this priceless treasure.
Two or three minutes later, the nails that had a history of more than 100 years were pulled out one by one by Ye Tian and put them into the box next to them.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian put the pliers in his hand aside, picked up a pair of white gloves that had been prepared from the side and put them on his hand.
The most important moment finally came. Everyone in the suite held their breath and stared at the picture "Lisa Gladini" on the drawing board, 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 Gladini", and then carefully picked up the oil painting from the painting board.
He had just picked up this priceless oil painting on canvas, and Betty next to him suddenly said in surprise:
"Wow! There is actually a painting under this oil painting, which looks like the creation draft of "Lisa Gladini", and has the author's signature on it!"
Hearing this, the rest of the people in the suite immediately looked over.
I saw that under the oil painting, there was indeed a sketch with a relatively small size, and the one drawn on it was Lisa Gladini!
In the lower right corner of the sketch, there are two lines of Latin in flower style, with very clear handwriting.
The first line of Latin is the name of Lisa Gladini, which is the same as the signature in the lower right corner of the oil painting. The next line is the personal signature of Da Vinci, and the abbreviation of the ‘lv’ is clear at a glance!
The moment I saw these two lines of flower-like Latin, excited cheers immediately sounded in the suite.
"There is no doubt that this "Lisa Gladini" is a outstanding work of Leonardo da Vinci, and the signature on the creation draft is enough to explain everything."
"It's amazing. The discovery of this creative draft will definitely increase the value of "Lisa Gladini" and be more convincing!"
Just as Betty and the others cheered, Ye Tian had already taken off the oil painting, carefully held it in his hands, and began to appreciate it over and over again.
The next second, he suddenly said in surprise:
"There is a line of Latin on the back of this oil painting. The handwriting should be from Da Vinci himself, but I don't know what it means."
As he said that, he gently lowered the oil painting in his hand and spread it flat on the original linen with the back facing upwards.
At the same time, Betty and Anderson all looked over, all of them curious.
After a few glances, Anderson suddenly said:
"This Latin seems to be a place name. Maybe it's in Milan. The most glorious period of Leonardo da Vinci's artistic career was spent in Milan, but it's unknown where it is!"
"It doesn't matter. We can check the dictionary. I believe it is not difficult to understand the meaning of this Latin line. I hope it is a place name somewhere in Milan. Maybe it is the residence of Leonardo da Vinci during the Milan period!
There is no doubt that this "Lisa Gladini" sets a precedent. There is no such much text information in other works of Leonardo da Vinci, and even the personal signature is hidden."
Ye Tian nodded with a smile, looking forward to it.
Then he took the Latin dictionary that had been prepared and began to search for the meaning of the line Latin.
It didn't take long before the answer was released. The Latin line was indeed a place name, and the name of a street.
Next, they searched the Internet for a city map of Milan from the early 16th century, and compared it with Milan's current city map.
Soon, the answer was in front of everyone.
"From the map, this is an ancient street near the Sforza Castle. It was built in the early 14th century and is very close to the Sforza Castle. Perhaps it is Leonardo da Vinci's residence in Milan.
Whether this judgment is correct or not needs to be verified. If it was really the residence of Leonardo da Vinci, it would definitely be another major discovery and might bring a huge surprise.
After Leonardo da Vinci left Florence and came to Milan, he soon established a friendship with the Duke of Milan Ludevico Sforza. The two hit it off at first sight and became the Duke's imperial painter.
For eighteen years thereafter, Leonardo da Vinci lived in Milan, and during this period he completed several of the most important portraits, with the women in the paintings all related to the Duke of Milan.
At that time, the Sforza Castle had replaced the Milan Cathedral Square and became the political center of Milan, and the castle and ruling center of the Sforza family. The city defense was as solid as a rock!
As the close friend of the Duke of Milan and the imperial painter, in many historical records, Leonardo da Vinci lived in the Sforza Castle for a long time, and it was normal for him to have a residence near the castle.
This ancient street still exists today. We can go back and see it. If there really is the former residence of Da Vinci, I believe I will discover something!”
Ye Tian said with a smile, his words full of confidence.
Betty and Anderson nodded excitedly, all full of expectations.
Next, Ye Tian picked up a high-power magnifying glass from the table and began to carefully study this unique work of Leonardo da Vinci.
Of course, this is just a pretentious act, a performance for Anderson and others, and everyone else.
Five or six minutes later, Ye Tian's surprise voice came out again.
Chapter completed!