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Chapter 429 Test results!
In the announcements issued by the Nostalgic Art Auction Company and the Capital Museum, it is clearly mentioned that the Capital Museum sent a team of appraisal experts consisting of 20 people this time, but the number of people who actually came far exceeded this number. The 20 people It's just the researcher responsible for the appraisal, plus the team leader, technicians, etc., there are more than 30 people.

Among these people, in addition to the people from the Capital Museum, there are also people from other museums. They gather together and form a circle. Although they are all very old, their energy is definitely not inferior to any A young man, especially when he was arguing, his loud voice, like a trumpet, echoed throughout the warehouse.

Li Dacheng walked over, wanting to hear how the red-faced and red-faced authorities in the antique circle commented on this painting.

"This portrait of Emperor Qianlong obviously has a certain Western painting style. Look at the Emperor Qianlong in the painting. Not only is it full of three-dimensionality, but it is also well-proportioned, and the proportions are very reasonable."

"Yes, the whole figure portrait uses anatomy as the basis for modeling, and uses realistic painting methods to draw the figures, highlighting the sense of realism. You can see that the treatment of the light source in the painting is a frontal light source, which makes the overall face of the figure feel Softer and clearer, this combination of Chinese and Western painting methods was only able to be painted by Castiglione at that time, and even for a long time afterwards."

"There is no problem with the style and the technique. This has been confirmed before we came here. What Lao Liu said just now is right. At that time and even in the next few decades, no one except Castiglione could have such an ability. , But, there are quite a few people like this now. Zhang Liu from Maosheng Hutong, you all know about it, right? I have already washed my hands in the gold basin, and I even suspect that this painting is Zhang Liu's painting."

Zhang Liu, a folk painter, studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in his early years, and later went to Europe to study art. After returning to China, he specialized in Chinese and Western paintings. He was also well-known in the painting circle, but this did not bring him much wealth. Someone found him and asked him to imitate a painting by Castiglione for [-] yuan, which was a huge sum of money at the time. He had been painting for so many years, but none of his works could sell for tens of thousands of yuan, so he spent a month In time, I copied that painting of Castiglione.

The owner of the goods was very satisfied, and later patronized several times. His reputation became bigger, and more and more people came to him. He also knew the purpose of those people asking him to paint, but he always turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

Later, a liar was caught, and he was released. He was also imprisoned for several years because of his involvement in the fraud case. After he came out, although he continued to paint, he learned how to add marks in the painting, but was once People noticed that the business didn't work out, and the number of people looking for him became less and less, and because he was getting old, he simply quit.

In fact, this is what happened a few years ago.There were rumors at that time that two-thirds of Castiglione's paintings circulated in the world were actually drawn by Zhang Liu. In fact, Zhang Liu didn't know how many there were, but what was certain was that he could recognize himself. Draw a picture.So later when many people bought Castiglione's paintings, they asked Zhang Liu to give them long eyes. Zhang Liu hadn't seen it twice, but when he was walking at night, he was stupefied. Later, I didn't even watch it, and spent my old age peacefully.

He can also be regarded as a legendary figure in the antique circle of the old capital.

"Yes, there are quite a lot of talents in this field now, but it's a pity that they are not used in the right place." An old man sighed deeply, with a bit of helplessness in his words. After all, there are so many people who learn painting, and they can paint How many of them are in their early years? Zhang Liu is actually the epitome of many painters.

"So, there are still doubts about this painting. Although from a personal point of view, I can't pick out any faults from this painting, but the identification of antiques is rigorous, and we can't miss any possibility."

"That's right. In terms of painting skills, this painting is indeed in line with Castiglione's style, but the portrait of Emperor Qianlong in it is different from that of Emperor Qianlong in various previous portraits, and among various documents and materials, there is no reference to such a painting. There is no record of this painting, let Xiao Zhou and the others test the age of this painting first, how about we continue to look at it while they are testing it?"

"Yes, test it quickly."

In fact, these elderly people present are also very concerned about the authenticity of this painting, because if this painting is the authentic work of Castiglione, then its value will be incalculable, because there has never been any painting Emperor Qianlong in the movie is so domineering and exposed.

The middle-aged man who was carrying the instrument just now, that is, the so-called Xiao Zhou and others, immediately came to the side of the painting, carefully extracted it, and then took it to the instrument for testing, waiting for the result, and those old people surrounded Qianlong again. Around the emperor's portrait, I looked at it inch by inch with a magnifying glass, for fear of missing a certain detail.

"Mr. Li, it will take a while for the test results to come out. How about you take out all the other 20 custom-made antiques and let us open our eyes?" But full of expectations.Obviously, he also really wanted to know what the remaining [-] custom-made antiques were. Twenty days was really a long time.

"Director Xu, you don't know the time when the custom-made antiques will be unveiled, right? One piece a day, this is not decided by our company, but by the owner of the treasure. They hope that everyone will have enough time to slowly Appreciate their treasures, I know that Director Xu and all the experts present are very busy, but I also hope that Director Xu can understand our difficulties." Li Dacheng looked at Xu Chao and said.

He didn't lie, because he was the owner of the antique.

"Baby's owner? I see, then we have to stay here and wait slowly, but this will cost Mr. Li a lot." Xu Chao hurriedly smoothed things over.

"It's okay. It's my honor to invite all the experts from the Capital Museum, and I will definitely trouble you in the future." Li Dacheng said with a smile. If he can cooperate with the Capital Museum for a long time, then the business of custom-made antiques will be even better in the future. It goes well, because no one will doubt the authenticity of the nostalgic antique order.

Xu Chao smiled faintly. He is just an office director. Although he can be regarded as a leader, he can't decide this matter.After all, these old researchers in the museum are all eccentric masters, and they cannot be ordered by him. If they want to let them go, the antiques themselves must be attractive enough. This is the case with Castiglione's portrait of Emperor Qianlong today.

The wait was very long, especially for Li Dacheng, because he knew that the painting that He Shenshang provided him would never be fake. If it was found to be modern, it would be a ghost.

On the contrary, the members of the appraisal expert team still stared at the painting, wishing to see every stroke on it clearly.

At the same time, on the official website of Nostalgic Art Auction Company and the official Weibo of the Capital Museum, there have been endless messages of inquiry.

"It's already afternoon, the expert team should have arrived, right?"

"It takes less than two hours to fly from the capital to Province A. According to this time, the expert team should have arrived long ago. Are you eating?"

"Whether the expert group is on business or for tourism."

"Yes, when will the result come out, I can't wait."

"..."

In one morning, the number of retweets has gone from over a thousand at the beginning to tens of thousands now, and there have been thousands of messages, most of which are asking about the test results, and even the official Weibo of some newspapers have come to join in. It was all lively, and they continued to join the army of inquiries.

No way, the reporters they sent didn’t even see the members of the identification expert group, and squatted around the Nostalgic Art Auction Company for nothing for a whole morning, and now they finally realized that they must have avoided the reporters and hid in a hidden place. In fact, when you think about it, how can you take such a precious treasure everywhere?If it is touched and dropped, it will not kill anyone?
"Director Xu, experts, the results are out." After a long time, Xiao Zhou came over with a report.

"Come out? How is it?" Xu Chao asked quickly, the result may be related to the arrangement of the entire identification expert team. If it is a fake, he will return to the capital immediately this afternoon. If it is genuine, he will continue to stay here. It seems that the dean reports.

"We have carried out carbon fourteen tests on the paper and the ink on it. It is certain that the paper should be around 250 years old, and the ink has been on the paper for at least 200 years." Xiao Zhou said truthfully.

250 years?
200 years?

Isn't that the period of Emperor Qianlong's reign?

200 years ago? 200 years ago, the influence of Western painting on Chinese painting was very limited. At that time, no one in the Qing Dynasty could combine Chinese and Western painting methods, but only one foreigner could do it, and that was Castiglione!
"The authentic work is the original work of Castiglione!" An old researcher said excitedly, his hand holding the magnifying glass was trembling.

"No one could imitate Castiglione's painting style 200 years ago. This portrait of Emperor Qianlong is undoubtedly Castiglione's painting, and there is absolutely no mistake."

"It's strange, it's really strange. Why did Castiglione paint two completely different portraits of Emperor Qianlong in the same year and in the same place? Is there something hidden here? But there has never been a similar thing recorded in the historical documents about Castiglione."

After determining the age of the portrait, everyone knows that the painting in front of them is definitely a treasure. The result of the inspection will not lie, and the history of that era will not lie, but history has left doubts, which makes these old men All of them frowned, puzzled.

"Ahem!" Li Dacheng suddenly coughed twice. Now that the portrait has been identified as authentic, it's time for him to speak, "I know a thing or two about the origin of this painting."

"You know?" Hearing Li Dacheng's words, everyone looked over, their eyes shining brightly.

"If you know it, why don't you say it quickly? What are you dawdling in?"

"You want to kill us old men, but I have a heart attack."

"Everyone, don't worry, I'll just say it." Li Dacheng said quickly, if he didn't say anything, he might be touched by these old men, "According to the owner of this treasure, Emperor Qianlong ordered Castiglione to give him a portrait in the year of Guihai. When the first painting was finished, Emperor Qianlong felt that he was much older in the painting than when he was young, so he was very depressed, and told the matter to the concubines around him. As a result, one of the concubines Master Qianlong did some makeup on Emperor Qianlong. Emperor Qianlong was very satisfied with his sudden youth, so he recruited Castiglione to paint him again. Let me tell you, the one that is currently circulating on the market is Qianlong The portrait of the emperor without make-up, and the one in front of you is the makeup portrait of Emperor Qianlong, and the temperament of Emperor Qianlong in this painting is also the emperor in the heart of the concubine in the harem, mighty and domineering. Well, that's it. "

Li Dacheng recounted what He Shen had said to him, emphasizing it.

All the experts were dumbfounded when they heard it, thinking that there is such a thing?

However, this can explain why the two portraits have the same time but different content.

Makeup is indeed a magical skill.

"I see." After a long time, the experts came back to their senses.

"How did your friend know?" A researcher asked curiously. This kind of thing has never been recorded in the literature, either it is in some unofficial history, or it is passed on by word of mouth.If it's the former, it's a bit casual, but if it's the latter, then the owner of this treasure is definitely not an ordinary person.

"My friend's ancestor was a high-ranking official in the Qianlong period, so he knows something." Li Dacheng began to make up nonsense again.

"Really? Then, can you find out your friend, we still have a lot of questions to ask him."

"Sorry, we have signed confidentiality agreements with our customers, I believe you should be very clear."

"..."

The experts are also people in the circle, and they are very clear about the confidentiality agreement, because if the owner of the baby is exposed and is targeted by criminals, who is it?

"Thank you experts for being here today. It's getting late, let's go eat." Li Dacheng hurriedly changed the subject.

None of the experts left. Looking at the portrait on the table, they picked up the magnifying glass and looked at it again.In the past, it was judged whether it was genuine or a fake, but now that the authenticity is confirmed, it is time to appreciate it from an artistic point of view.You must know that once such treasures are photographed, they must be priceless, and it is not an easy task to look at them again.

"Mr. Li, don't be surprised. These master craftsmen are usually like this. They forget everything when they see treasures." Xu Chao said to Li Dacheng.

"It's okay, I understand." Li Dacheng smiled lightly, if he forgot to eat when he saw the treasures, then these master craftsmen would not have to eat for the next nineteen days.

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(End of this chapter)