Kapitel 512: Chapter 512: Sisters Paintings
What surprised Ye Tian was an oil painting hanging in the lounge.
This is a landscape oil painting on canvas. The size is small, about 40/50 cm. It is installed in a rustic-style frame and hung quietly on the wall on the north side of the lounge.
Consistent with the style of the picture frame, what the painter shows in this painting is a peaceful, beautiful and vibrant pastoral scene, which is the purest rustic flavor!
The background of the screen is a riverside jungle and a goose girl is sitting on the grass by the river, about to take a bath.
She stretched her left foot into the river, seeming to be testing the temperature of the river water, cautiously, with her hands supporting the grass behind her, her right leg arched, her head hanging down, her eyes staring at the river, her expression very focused.
Under the painter's delicate brushstrokes, the girl's body is shown plump and firm, youthful and fit and the dense jungle by the river sets off the beautiful curves of the girl's body.
In the distance of the river, a group of white geese may flutter their wings to fly, or sing loudly, or swim happily in the clear water, adding a lot of vitality and movement to the picture.
The painter used realistic skills and keen observation to depict the light and shadow of the jungle and used the light and shadow effects to highlight the girl's body, making the picture appear unified and harmonious.
"It's so beautiful! Andrew is so good at enjoying life!"
While admiring this oil painting, Ye Tian couldn't help but admire secretly, his eyes were a bit of envy.
Outside of busy work, when physically and mentally exhausted, it is definitely a very pleasant thing to be able to appreciate such a beautiful and vibrant painting if he look up.
It seems that Andrew is not just a guy who is keen on luxury goods and greedy for enjoyment, but also has a good artistic taste! It couldn't be more appropriate to hang this oil painting in the lounge!
As for whose work this landscape oil painting is and what its name is, Ye Tian knew it all at first sight of this oil painting!
This is one of the masterpieces of the outstanding French realist painter, Jean-François Millet in the 19th century, "The Goose Girl", which is a well-known top art piece.
Jean-François Millet is known for his rural themes. His works mainly depict the labor and life of the peasants, with a strong atmosphere of rural life.
He never fictionalizes pictures and scenes. Every painting is from a French farmer who cultivates, grazes, works and lives. Every painting is a portrayal of real life.
Because of this, he also got the nickname of a 'farmer painter'.
Miller has a very high status in the history of French painting. He is one of the important members of the Barbizon school. He has lived in Barbizon for 27 years, longer than any other painter and knows Barbizon better than anyone. All profound and appropriate!
In addition, he is also the painter most loved by the people in the history of modern French painting. His simple and cordial artistic language is especially loved by the majority of French farmers.
He created many outstanding works throughout his life, such as the famous French paintings "The Sower", "Shepherdess Seated on a Rock", "The Gleaners", "Starry Night " and so on.
This "The Goose Girl" in the lounge is also one of his masterpieces!
On this painting, Ye Tian did not find the artist's signature, but he was extremely sure of his judgment.
The reason is simple. In his eyes, this oil painting radiates a dazzling red light. Judging from the intensity of the light, Ye Tian instantly determined the creation time of this oil painting.
This oil painting was created in the early 1860s, no doubt!
The more than a dozen layers of fascinating halos on the paintings aptly illustrate its value. This is a top-level work of art from a master, with extraordinary artistic value!
Of course, the market value of this oil painting is also extraordinary. If it is sent to auction, it will be easy to sell for several million dollars.
If he meet a collector who is looking it, it is not impossible to sell more than tens of millions of dollars, or even higher!
In addition, there was another important reason, which made Ye Tian sure of his judgment.
He knew this landscape oil painting, he had seen it in many art books and catalogs and he knew that the oil painting was collected in a museum.
This oil painting is housed in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. It is a very important collection. Anyone can often see pictures of this oil painting in the art gallery's official introduction.
He haven't heard that this top oil painting was stolen, so why did it appear in Boston and in Andrew's lounge?
The reason is very simple. This is the sister painting of "The Goose Girl" at Walters Art Museum.
When Millet created this oil painting, he must have painted two at one go, with the same theme and the same content and most of them are exactly the same! It's like a cloned painting.
Of course, they cannot be exactly the same, after all, they are subjectively created artworks, not true clones!
In some local details of the painting, the two paintings are still somewhat different! If someone have a good understanding of these two oil paintings and after careful study, it isn't difficult to find these differences.
But these differences are very obvious in Ye Tian's eyes. Under his perspective ability, all the secrets no longer exist. Almost at the first glance, he can see the difference between the two oil paintings!
It is not uncommon to create several identical oil paintings with the same theme.
Paul Cézanne was like this. He has painted the Mont Sainte-Victoire in his hometown for more than 20 years. There are many similar paintings, but it does not affect the artistic value and market value of these paintings!
Not to mention the modern Andy Warhol, who is purely a painting dealer, directly using silk-screen printing technology to copy, how does it make sense?
Perhaps because of this, Andrew dared to hang this painting majestic in the lounge, to enjoy the beautiful pastoral scenery alone and experience the charm of a top art work!
Even if someone asks or doubts the value of this top oil painting, Andrew has perfect excuses to explain and prevaricate!
He would say that this is an old copy and the real "The Goose Girl" is at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore!
Hearing this explanation, he is afraid that no one will have any more doubts about this oil painting and no one will have covetous hearts about this oil painting.
In their view, this is just a copy, what value can it have?
But how did they know that what they saw was a top-level artwork with extraordinary artistic value, and the market value was as high as tens of millions of dollars!
Although Ye Tian is very sure that this is one of Millet's masterpieces, "The Goose Girl", he doesn't know where this oil painting came from, which collector or museum was stolen.
Because this top oil painting is not on the list of stolen art works, there is no news about this oil painting in the art market.
Obviously, this oil painting has never been known to people!
This painting may have always been the private collection of a certain family or collector, even if it was stolen, it did not attract any attention.
It may even be a piece of art lost during the war. Numerous precious pieces of art were lost in Europe during World War I and World War II. Many of them were in the sea. Since then, there has been no news.
Is it possible that it is Andrew's private collection and not a stolen artwork?
This thought only flickered in Ye Tian's mind and he immediately denied it!
If it is a legal art collection, then this top oil painting should be hung in Andrew's house, not in the company's lounge.
Artwork worth tens of millions of dollars! Who has such a big heart? Dare to hang such an invaluable treasure in the company, even if he has a perfect concealment excuse, it is impossible! Even more reluctant!
Unless there is a problem with the origin of this oil painting, the efforts and emotions of oneself and family members have not been devoted and it has not cost much, so it will be hung here.
So why didn't Andrew send this top oil painting to the auction house?
You know, this "The Goose Girl" is not on the list of stolen artworks. As long as it is sent to the auction house and passed the appraisal, it will definitely make a fortune.
Of course there are reasons why Andrew didn't do this, which is easy to understand!
This guy has never been short of money, as can be seen from his extravagant life, plus he likes this oil painting, he naturally hold it and appreciates it for himself.
There is another reason, he does not want to attract the attention of the outside world! Lest he get into trouble!
This includes not only professionals in the field of antique art collection, but also the FBI art crime group, as well as the most brutal US Internal Revenue Service!
Seeing this top oil painting, Ye Tian immediately strengthened his judgment.
Andrew this guy is most likely an international art thief and the head of a certain art theft gang.
Even if not, he is inextricably linked with international art thieves.
His shipping agency is basically a cover, used to deceive people's eyes and it is also the perfect channel for smuggling stolen antiques and artworks!
While running a legitimate shipping agency business, he can use this company to secretly ship stolen antique art from all over the world to the United States.
Then look for opportunities to sell them on the black market of art and earn a fortune to maintain his luxury life and accumulate large amounts of wealth!
Judging by the kinship between him and the deputy curator of the Gardner Museum, this guy is probably one of the robbers who ransacked the Gardner Museum.
If the judgment is correct, then the 13 top art pieces stolen by the Gardner Museum are likely to be in their hands at this time.
What he need to do now is to find the another robber and find the whereabouts of the stolen artworks!
As long as he have conclusive evidence, he can sit down and negotiate with the FBI art crime team, the Gardner Museum and other museums and collectors!
They must be severely slaughtered at that time and those guys must not be spared lightly!
The harvest day is not far away! So close!
After admiring the famous paintings in the lounge for a while, Ye Tian shifted his gaze and began to explore the rest of the place.
Except for this "The Goose Girl", there are no other antique artworks in the lounge and there is no hidden secret room, so he don't need to see it again.
The next room is the conference room, there is nothing surprising to find.
Soon, Ye Tian looked through all the rooms facing the street in this villa and never found any heavyweight antique artworks again, which was no different from other shipping agency companies.
During that, he had already walked to the front of the villa.
When he got here, Ye Tian stopped immediately, pretending to admire the villa, turned around and began to see through from the front, so that he could see a larger area, more content and more comprehensive!
But unfortunately, there is still nothing to discover.
The office area does not have any secrets that he is interested in. There is an old vault in the basement, which has been transformed into a wine cellar by Andrew, which stores some high-quality red wine, whiskey, brandy and so on.
This was not Ye Tian's goal, his eyes passed by!
Then, he continued to move forward, walked to the other side of the villa and looked through the villa again from the other side.
Still no harvest, no other antique works of art.
After that, Ye Tian retracted his gaze and ended the perspective.
He can leave now!
Ye Tian wandered forward with a bright smile and left Liverpool Street contentedly.
The next goal, Andrew's brother.
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