Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1709: Da Vinci’s residence
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At around seven o'clock in the afternoon, everyone else left the presidential suite.
Except for Ye Tian and Betty, only Anderson, Cole, and Taylor and Lisa were left in the room, totaling only six people.
As Ye Tian’s personal lawyer, Anderson will witness the next series of discoveries, film them, and keep the corresponding video evidence!
As for Cole and the others, they are of course responsible for security to prevent anyone from breaking into the presidential suite without permission.
At the door of the presidential suite, there were four armed security personnel with live ammunition.
Other places such as the ends of corridors, elevator rooms, stairwells, and even hotel lobbies and rooftops are also guarded.
In addition, there are security personnel watching every corner of this five-star hotel, including the hotel's facade, through the hotel surveillance system and the temporary surveillance system installed by Cole and others!
Even the ventilation ducts on this floor of the Four Seasons Hotel are equipped with many pinhole cameras and highly sensitive infrared sensing devices and are under strict surveillance.
In this case, let alone a person or a group of people, not even a fly could hide from the eyes of the security personnel, pass through many defenses, and sneak into the presidential suite where Ye Tian and Betty lived.
To ensure nothing went wrong, Ye Tian immediately called Wilson from Thor Security Company as soon as he returned to the Four Seasons Hotel and dispatched another group of security personnel to Milan.
Those guys are already on the road and will arrive in Milan in the evening. After arriving, they will stay in another hotel nearby and hide as a reserve force.
Once something happens at the Four Seasons Hotel and requires military support, the security personnel will rush to the hotel as soon as possible to respond to Ye Tian and the others, or to attack with them from inside and outside to kill all opponents!
After closing the door to the presidential suite, Ye Tian immediately said with a smile:
"Guys, let's get started, Anderson, you are in charge of filming, Cole, the three of you are in charge of security, keep an eye on the situation at the door and outside the window"
As he spoke, he took the black walnut board with "Lisa Gradini" stretched out on it and placed it on the coffee table in the living room, preparing to reveal the secrets hidden behind this masterpiece. secret.
In fact, he knew exactly what secret was hidden in this painting as early as at the Milan Canal Antique Market, and he could see it clearly through perspective.
Now it's just a performance. Only in this way can everything seem reasonable and not arouse people's suspicion.
Seeing Ye Tian's actions, everyone's eyes in the room suddenly lit up, full of expectation and excitement.
Anderson raised his mobile phone, pointed the mobile phone camera at the oil painting on the coffee table, and began to take pictures.
Cole, Taylor, and Lisa stood in a triangular position, staring at the suite door and floor-to-ceiling windows respectively, always maintaining a high degree of vigilance.
After placing "Lisa Gradini" on the coffee table, Ye Tian did not immediately pull out the nails holding the linen cloth. Instead, he 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 dimmer, in order to avoid strong light stimulation and cause unnecessary damage to the oil painting.
It is winter after all. It is approaching seven o'clock in Milan, the sun has already set, and it is already dusk.
After doing this, Ye Tian returned to the coffee table and then picked up the pliers and began to pull out the nails holding the piece of original color linen cloth, and put the pulled nails in a box, which will be used later. !
In just a moment, all the nails were pulled out one by one, and the piece of original color linen was gently opened by Ye Tian, revealing the "Lisa Gradini" covering it underneath.
Although everyone has already seen this masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, when they see it again now, they are still shocked and fascinated.
"Although Lisa Gradini and Mona Lisa are not the same person, their smiles are so similar. I wonder what the special meaning is? It's so mysterious!"
"Who knows, in the past five hundred years, countless people have been studying this mysterious smile, but they have found nothing. Perhaps only Leonardo da Vinci himself understands the mystery!"
Everyone was admiring the painting "Lisa Gradini" on the coffee table and discussing it, all full of curiosity.
After admiring it for a moment, Ye Tian picked up the pliers again and began to remove the nails holding "Lisa Gradini".
Compared with when he removed the nails holding the original-colored linen cloth, he became more cautious, lest he accidentally damage this priceless treasure.
Two or three minutes later, Ye Tian pulled out the nails that were more than a hundred years old one by one and put them into the box next to them.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian put the pliers in his hands aside, picked up a pair of white gloves that had been prepared from the side, and put them on his hands.
The most important moment finally came. Everyone in the suite held their breath and stared closely at the painting "Lisa Gradini" on the drawing board and Ye Tian's every move.
Looking at Ye Tian again, he stretched out his hands and gently pinched the two upper corners of the canvas of "Lisa Gradini", and then carefully lifted the oil painting from the drawing board.
He had just picked up this priceless oil painting on canvas when Betty beside him suddenly said in surprise:
"Wow! There is actually a painting under this oil painting, which looks like the manuscript for "Lisa Gradini", and it is signed by the author!"
Hearing this, the other people in the suite immediately looked over.
Under the oil painting, there was indeed a sketch, which was relatively small in size, and what was drawn on it was none other than Lisa Gradini!
In the lower right corner of the sketch, there are two lines of Latin cursive writing, which is quite clear.
The first line of Latin is Lisa Gradini's name, which is the same as the signature in the lower right corner of the oil painting. The lower line is Leonardo da Vinci's personal signature. The initials of 'LV' are clearly visible!
The moment I saw these two lines of Latin cursive, excited cheers erupted in the suite.
"There is no doubt that this "Lisa Gradini" is an outstanding work of Leonardo da Vinci, and the signature on the creative manuscript speaks for itself"
"It's great. The discovery of this creative manuscript will definitely increase the value of "Lisa Gradini" and make it more convincing!"
While Betty and the others were cheering, Ye Tian had already taken off the oil painting, carefully held it in his hands, and began to admire it over and over.
The next second, he suddenly pretended to be surprised and said:
"There is actually a line of Latin text on the back of this oil painting. It seems that the writing should be from Leonardo da Vinci himself, but I don’t know what it means."
As he spoke, he gently put down the oil painting in his hand and laid it flat on the piece of original-color linen, with the back side facing up.
At the same time, Betty and Anderson all looked over, each with curious eyes.
After looking at it for a few times, Anderson suddenly said:
"This line of Latin seems to be a place name. Maybe it is in the city of Milan. Leonardo da Vinci spent the most glorious period of his artistic career in Milan, but where exactly it is is unknown!"
"It doesn't matter. We can look it up in the dictionary. I believe it will not be difficult to figure out the meaning of this Latin line. I hope it is the name of a place in Milan. That might be where Leonardo da Vinci lived during his time in Milan!
There is no doubt that this painting "Lisa Gradini" sets a precedent. In other works of Leonardo da Vinci, there is not so much text information at all, and even personal signatures are hidden."
Ye Tian smiled and nodded, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Then he took the Latin dictionary he had prepared and began to look up the meaning of that line of Latin.
It didn't take long for the answer to come out. The Latin line was indeed a place name, and it was the name of a street.
Next, they searched the Internet and found a map of Milan from the early 16th century, and compared it with the current city map of Milan.
Soon, the answer was in front of everyone.
"From the map, this is an ancient street near Sforza Castle. It was built in the early 14th century and is very close to Sforza Castle. It may be Leonardo da Vinci's residence in Milan.
Whether this judgment is correct requires further research. If it is really Leonardo da Vinci's former residence, it must be another major discovery, and it may even bring a huge surprise.
After Leonardo da Vinci left Florence and came to Milan, he quickly established a friendship with Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. The two hit it off and became the Duke's royal painter.
For the next eighteen years, Leonardo da Vinci lived in Milan and completed several of his most important portraits during this period. Several of the women in the paintings were related to the Duke of Milan.
At that time, the Sforza Castle had replaced Milan Cathedral Square and became the political center of Milan. It was also the castle and ruling center of the Sforza family. The city defense was impregnable!
As a close friend of the Duke of Milan and a royal painter, Leonardo da Vinci has lived in the Sforza Castle for a long time in many historical records, and it is normal to have a residence near the castle.
This ancient street still exists today. We can go there for a tour later. If there really is a residence of Leonardo da Vinci there, I believe I will find something! "
Ye Tian said with a smile, his words full of confidence.
Betty and Anderson nodded excitedly, both looking forward to it.
Next, Ye Tian picked up a high-power magnifying glass from the table and began to carefully study this masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci.
Of course, this was just pretense, a show for Anderson, the others, and everyone else to see.
Five or six minutes later, Ye Tian's surprised voice came out again.
"Sure enough, this oil painting is just like the "Mona Lisa". There are also hidden mysterious characters and Leonardo da Vinci's personal signature in the painting, just in Lisa Gradini's hair..."