Chapter 2136: Anonymous painter

Due to the limited time, Ye Tian and the others speeded up their visit, and they quickly walked through the gallery, and they roughly appreciated the many paintings displayed in the gallery.
After that, Ye Tian came to the painting that he had just seen before and stopped to admire it again.
This is an oil painting on canvas. The size is small. Both the canvas and the frame look quite old. There are many small cracks on it. It seems to be a bit old and the preservation condition is relatively poor.
The content on the screen is of a noble lady and her daughter in full costume.
The lady was sitting on a sofa chair with a graceful posture, but without a smile on her face, she was somewhat reserved, even a little rigid, her eyes staring out of the painting.
The lady’s daughter is about seven or eight years old. She is standing next to the lady, wearing a court dress that is not commensurate with her age. She is also sturdy and stiff, pretending to be an adult, staring out of the painting, completely unable to see the innocence she should be. .
Or it should be said that the girl's innocence was deliberately concealed.
Behind them, there is a full cabinet, and a green velvet curtain or curtain that serves as the background wall, and a luxurious carpet is spread on the floor.
There is no signature of the author on this painting, nor any year number. It is impossible to determine which painter's work was created in that era.
However, it can be seen from the dressing of the middle-aged lady in the painting that this is a painting created around the middle of the 16th century.
After standing in front of this painting and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian turned his head and looked a short distance away, smiling and saying loudly:
"Mr. Julian, can you come over and explain to us about this portrait? This painting looks a bit interesting, I'm more interested"
Before the words fell, Julian responded immediately.
"Okay, Mr. Steven, I'll come right now, please wait a moment"
After speaking, Julian greeted the two customers who were receiving, and walked over here quickly.
The two customers were also very curious, and followed them, ready to watch the excitement.
The Germans who followed Ye Tian into this gallery before and kept staring at him all looked at the portrait hanging on the display wall with curious eyes.
While speaking, Julian had come to the front, stopped and stood.
Ye Tian immediately reached out and pointed at the portrait hanging on the wall, and asked with a smile:
"Julian, please tell me about this painting. It was created by that painter, when was it created, and how did you get this painting? Of course, there is also an offer for this painting."
Following the direction of Ye Tian's fingers, Julian looked at the painting, eyes full of doubts.
He paused for a while before starting the introduction.
"I collected this oil on canvas last year at the flea market on June 17th Street in Berlin. It looked a little interesting at the time, so I took it and kept it on display here.
After receiving this painting, a few friends and I also did some research and conducted corresponding scientific tests, but we never got a positive identification conclusion. Now we are still at a loss.
In this oil on canvas, we did not find the author's signature, the specific creation time, nor other information and marks related to the artist, or even mysterious characters.
The data obtained through scientific detection methods such as carbon fourteen and infrared scanning is basically certain that this is a portrait of a person created around the middle of the sixteenth century and has a certain history."
Hearing this, Ye Tian couldn't help but nodded slightly, without disagreement.
The eyes of everyone else in the same gallery suddenly brightened, and their eyes flashed with excitement.
For many people, a piece of antique artwork from the 16th century illustrates many problems. This long history of four to five hundred years is the value of the corresponding antique artwork.
After a short pause, Julian continued:
"Let’s take a look at the style of this painting. I believe you can see it too, Steven. In this 16th-century portrait, we can see a little bit of Holbein’s shadow. "
"Your eyesight is very good, Julian, it is true. In this oil on canvas, we can indeed see the shadow of little Holbein"
Ye Tian smiled and nodded and said, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes at an appropriate time.
A surprise flashed across the faces of the rest of the people on the scene.
Especially the guys from the German Ministry of Culture and the antique art appraisers from the Museum Island in Berlin were so ecstatic that they almost cheered loudly.
Who is little Holbein? How valuable is his work? As professionals in the field of German antique art collection, no one knows better than them!
Not only them, but everyone who has a little knowledge of Western art history and the Renaissance, it is impossible not to know the name Holbein Jr., and it is impossible not to understand the weight of this name.
During the Renaissance, Holbein was one of the greatest painters in Germany. He was as famous as Dürer, the top art master of the Renaissance. He was the most outstanding artist in the Holbein family and was called the perfect Holbein. because.
Especially in portrait painting, it can be called an achievement!
At this time, when they heard that this portrait of a person might be a painting by Jr. Holbein, could they not feel ecstatic about it?
When Ye Tian's voice fell, before the rest of the people could even interrupt, Julian immediately continued:
"The first half of the sixteenth century was the time when Hans Holbein, the greatest German portrait painter of the Renaissance, lived, but compared with other portraits by Holbein, this painting is different.
As we all know, in the field of realistic portrait painting, Holbein strives for perfection and reaches an unprecedented height. The depiction of the characters and the environment in the painting is extremely detailed, and can be examined under a magnifying glass.
Although this oil painting on canvas is very delicate and skillful, it looks a bit dull and rigid, which is different from the bright and elegant style of the portrait of young Holbein.
More importantly, the portraits painted by young Holbein are customized by others. Almost every work has reliable evidence. In the relevant literature, you can find the inheritance information of those paintings.
Moreover, almost every portrait of his person is signed by the artist himself. Not only does the portrait of the person in front of him have no signature of the author, nor any relevant information can be found, it seems to have come out of thin air.
In this way, we ruled out the possibility that it was Holbein's work. Next, we compared the works of other famous painters in the mid-sixteenth century one by one, and found no similarities.
Therefore, we concluded that this portrait painting should be from an unknown painter in the mid-sixteenth century. This unknown painter may have known little Holbein and had imitated the painting style of little Holbein~EbookFREE.me ~This is the identification conclusion we have reached, Steven, your vision is very sharp, you must see more content than us, I don’t know how you look at this oil on canvas? Can you determine its origin?
Although this is a work by an unknown painter, it has a long history after all, and it has a slight connection with Holbein. In view of this, I quoted it for 120,000 Euros. Can you accept it? "
After speaking, Julian stopped talking and fixed his eyes on Ye Tian, ​​looking forward to his answer.
"Hey--!"
There was a sigh of sound from the people in the gallery.
It's not a portrait of young Holbein! It made everyone happy.
If, as Julian said, this is the work of an unknown painter in the middle of the sixteenth century, even if it is quite old, it is not easy to preserve it today, and it is not worth much.
Julian’s offer of 120,000 euros is obviously a bit too high!