When Yang Jing opened a large wooden box, there were as many as eight well-preserved oil paintings inside, and the first oil painting gave Yang Jing a big surprise that was not inferior to the three sculptures just now.
The most attractive thing in this painting is that the gentle woman with the fruit body is holding a white swan that reaches her shoulder height, and the white swan's high neck presents a wonderful arc, which complements the graceful figure of the fruit woman, making the painting extremely warm.
To the right of the woman, two little boys with bare cows frolicked there, with the mountains and forests by the lake in the background.
Almost at first glance, Yang Jing recognized the painting.
"Could this be Leonardo da Vinci's favorite painting of Lida and the Swan?"
Yang Jing muttered to himself in surprise.
"Lida and the Swan" is an oil painting created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503, after the creation of this painting, Leonardo da Vinci liked it very much, and has always taken it with him, and even when Leonardo da Vinci settled in Paris in his later years, he always carried this painting, which shows that Leonardo da Vinci loved this painting.
Unfortunately, after Leonardo da Vinci's death, the original Lida and the Swan was lost, and the painting Lida and the Swan, now in the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy, is only a later imitation.
But even if it's an imitation, it's a priceless treasure.
And there is another one here, is this work the real thing?
Given Nicholas II's wealth, it would not be surprising that he seemed to have a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's original works.
Yang Jing used his identification skills, and sure enough, the answer given by the Holy Ring made Yang Jing overjoyed - "Lida and the Swan, Leonardo di Pierrot da Vinci, 1503. ” "Sure enough, it's the real painting of Leonardo da Vinci's "Lida and the Swan"!"
Yang Jing waved his fist excitedly.
The value of this authentic work is definitely not lower than Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa's Smile", after all, from the author's point of view, Leonardo da preferred "Lida and the Swan".
And from an artistic point of view, "Lida and the Swan" is definitely no worse than "Mona Lisa's Smile".
This is yet another indisputable priceless piece.
Four priceless treasures appeared in a row, which made Yang Jing's originally excited mood start to become a little numb.
How many treasures did this Nicholas II loot back then!
Yang Jing didn't dare to imagine that there were any precious things in the next treasure, but the fact made Yang Jing really numb.
In addition to this "Lida and the Swan", there is also an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci in this box, which is rare in historical records, but definitely by Leonardo da Vinci.
Among Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces, there is an oil painting called "Portrait of a Musician", which is now in the collection of the Ambrosiu Art Museum in Milan, Italy, and it is also a priceless oil painting.
However, in some few historical records, it is mentioned that Leonardo da Vinci did not create this work when he created this "Portrait of a Musician", he also created two paintings called "Portrait of a Sculptor" and "Portrait of an Artist", but unfortunately these two paintings were lost a long time ago.
And the oil painting found in this box is Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of a Sculptor".
This is another bonus.
In addition to these two works by Leonardo da Vinci, Yang Jing also found an oil painting by Raphael called "Madonna under the Tree" and "Madonna Smiling" by Raphael.
As one of the three post-Renaissance masters along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio's status in the Western art world is undoubted.
The master, who only lived to be thirty-seven years old, created nearly 300 works in his lifetime, and only half of them have survived to this day.
As we all know, Raphael is famous for his ability to paint the Madonna, and among all the painters who paint the Madonna, no one can stand out, and the painting of the Madonna has become synonymous with Raphael.
Both of these works are paintings of the Virgin, which have appeared in some historical records, but now no one has seen the originals, and later generations think that these originals have long been lost or destroyed.
Unexpectedly, these two works were collected by Nicholas II In addition to the four paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, Yang Jing also found two works by Ingres in this box.
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Ingres, the most famous French neoclassical painter, aesthetic theorist and educator of the 19th century, ranked fifth in the world's top ten painters in the Western art world, ranking even ahead of Paul Cézanne, Picasso and Van Gogh.
In his early years, Ingres studied under Napoleon's chief painter Dawit, and after Dawit went into exile in Belgium, Ingres became the standard-bearer of French neoclassicism and is the most famous painter in French history.
As for the two remaining paintings in this box, not surprisingly Yang Jing, they are also the works of a French painting master.
This master was Paul Cézanne.
The eight oil paintings found in a box, and all of them were from the master or even the grandmaster-level authentic works, which Yang Jing couldn't find a better adjective than to describe it as incredible.
In the following boxes, Yang Jing found dozens of oil paintings by European painters, including works by Rubens, Monet, Repin and other painters, and of course, more works by Russian painters.
For example, the paintings of Alexei Safrasov, Ivan Shishkin, Mikhail Vrubel, Ivan Aivazovsky and other famous artists.
These paintings alone are enough to support a medium-sized museum.
In addition to oil paintings, Yang Jin also found a lot of sketches, 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 play "The Forces of Darkness".
In addition to Leo Tolstoy's manuscript, Yang Jing also found the manuscript of another great writer, who has a higher status in the Western literary world than Leo Tolstoy, because this guy has a too famous name - Shakespeare!
Among these manuscripts, Yang Jing found a very good manuscript that had been carefully preserved, and when he looked at this manuscript, Yang Jing was surprised to find that it was actually a manuscript of the play for Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
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In addition to this precious manuscript of Shakespeare, Yang Jing also found three manuscripts of another great writer, this great writer is Victor Hugo.
The largest of these three manuscripts is a volume of manuscripts of Notre-Dame de Paris, about 80,000 words.
In addition to this precious manuscript, there are two sketches by Monsieur Hugo himself The value of these manuscripts is definitely not lower than the value of those oil paintings, they are absolutely priceless.
In addition to the manuscripts, Yang Jing also found a large number of black-and-white photographs and hand-painted portraits in a box, although these are all photographs and hand-painted portraits, but the contents are absolutely precious.
There are many photographs of Alexander III and Nicholas II ascending the throne and their weddings, as well as numerous photographs of the Tsar conversing with members of the royal families of other European countries.
As for the hand-painted portraits, they include the entire Tsar and Empress of the Romanov Dynasty.
These photographs and hand-painted portraits are absolutely extremely valuable historical materials, and just a random one is enough to cause historians to go crazy.
Several of the chests contained precious jewelry, including those worn by Catherine the Great when she ascended the throne, as well as jewelry from the weddings of several Tsars and Empresses.
Among them, the scepter held by Catherine II when she ascended the throne is particularly precious, this scepter more than 50 centimeters long accompanied a generation of female tsars to the throne, and witnessed the great achievements of Her Majesty the great female tsarina.
Among these precious jewelry, there are three crowns alone, and necklaces, rings, bracelets, brooches, earrings and other jewelry are counted in boxes.
These jewels were worn by the empresses or queens of the Romanov dynasty, and many were gifts from other European royal families.
In one box, Yang Jing also found a series of gemstones such as diamonds, ruby sapphires, emeralds and even jadeite.
Any one of these gems can be the finale of an auction, but here, they can only be stacked together.
It's like the red diamond that Yang Jing saw the size of a pigeon's egg, if it was taken out, it would definitely make women all over the world crazy.
This diamond is not only large, but also extremely colorful, and because this huge red diamond has been cut, the fire emitted by it can't help but be a little intoxicated even if Yang Jing sees it.
Looking at this box full of gems, Yang Jing knew where the eight gems he got from that totem pole came from.
Even those eight gems are not very remarkable in this box of gems.
In this box of gems, there are more brilliant and beautiful gems than those eight gems It is no exaggeration to say that if the other treasures don't want it, just this box of gems can make Yang Jing the richest man in the world immediately.
Even the richest man in the world would never be able to have so many gemstones.
These gems can be described in a more colloquial phrase, which is "to be met but not to be found".
You can't buy this gemstone with money alone.
These gems are estimated to have been accumulated by the Romanov dynasty for more than 300 years, can they not be precious?
How could an ordinary gem be in the eyes of the Tsar?
And in addition to these gems, Yang Jing also found a surprise