Chapter 2791 Crazy Conjecture

The scene was completely quiet, and everyone was listening to these ancient and wonderful stories, and was deeply attracted by them!

Ye Tian, ​​who was under the eyes of everyone, was still talking eloquently and continued his performance.

"In 1496, Giovanni Medici, a beautiful man of the Medici family in Florence, came to Forli to visit Caterina as the ambassador of Florence. The two fell in love at first sight and became husband and wife.

The combination of the two of them has been recognized by all parties, including the children of Ludovic and Caterina. This marriage can be regarded as a political marriage between the Sforza family in Milan and the Medici family in Florence!

Soon after the marriage, Louis XII began to attack Italy, and soon conquered Milan, driving away Ludovic. As a member of the Sforza family, Caterina led her army to fight against the French.

At that time, Italy was not unified. It was composed of city-states of different sizes, and these city-states fought on their own, unable to resist the French attack at all. Many of them even chose to surrender.

Only Catalina, after many of her subordinates surrendered and Foley and Imola fell into the hands of the French one after another, still led a small number of subordinates to defend the isolated city, tenaciously resisting the French attack.

Caterina's actions against the French invaders alone won her a great reputation and the respect and support of almost all Italians. People called her an Italian heroine and sang it everywhere.

Many Italian poets at that time described and praised Caterina's heroic deeds in their works. The historian Machiavelli recorded many such poems, which are still circulating today! "

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A burst of warm applause suddenly broke out at the scene, interrupting Ye Tian's performance.

It was the Italians like Giovanni who applauded. Their legendary heroines in their own country sent a warm victory and bursts of cheers. Everyone is so proud!

The situation before the live broadcast was the same. Many Italians who were still watching the live broadcast were applauding and cheering loudly!

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When the scene became quieter, Ye Tian's voice came out again!

"Due to the huge difference in strength, after several months of fighting alone, the castle that Katerina was guarding was still broken by the French with cannons.

She too was captured by the French and taken to Rome to be imprisoned.

Even though she was imprisoned, Katerina did not give up the struggle. Because the Pope at the time deprived Katerina of her power over the fiefdom, she attempted to assassinate the Pope with poison during a correspondence.

Of course, the assassination was not successful. The poison contained in the letter by Katerina was discovered by the Pope's guards, and the Pope escaped. In the history books, there is no clear record about this assassination!

It was not until 1501, after paying a huge ransom, that Caterina was released and returned to the hometown of her third husband, Florence, where her children were waiting for her.

After returning to Florence, Caterina calmed down until she died of pneumonia in 1509! The "Caterina" collected in the Uffizi Gallery was painted during this period!

What I didn't expect was that before that, Da Vinci actually painted a portrait of Caterina and hid it here, but this is normal, after all, Caterina is a member of the Sforza family!

Because of Katerina's special status, her status in the Sforza family has always been very high. Even though she has been married several times, she has always maintained close ties with the Sforza family, and they have helped each other politically and militaryly!

From this point of view, it is normal for Leonardo da Vinci, the court painter of Milan, to paint a personal portrait of Caterina. It was only because of the French attack that the painting was hidden.

By extension, the personal portraits Da Vinci created for members of the Sforza family probably included not only this "Caterina", but also portraits of other family members, such as Ludovic Sforza!

Ludovic is Da Vinci's biggest benefactor and supporter, as well as his best friend. It is reasonable for Da Vinci to create a personal portrait for Ludovic to commemorate this profound friendship.

In addition, would Ludovic's wife, two sons, and several daughters, as well as other members of the Sforza family, each have a personal portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci? The odds seem high!

When the French attacked Milan, where would Ludovic and Leonardo hide these personal portraits when they couldn't take them with them? Could they be the oil paintings in this box? "

With that said, Ye Tian pointed to the several oil paintings in the wooden box in front of him, his eyes full of anticipation.

Looking at David, Bishop of Kent, Giovanni, representatives of various parties, and experts and scholars who were at the scene, they were all completely stunned by Ye Tian's words, and they all stood there dumbfounded!

Not only them, countless audiences in front of the live broadcast also behaved the same way at this time, they were all stunned, everyone's eyes were wide open, and they almost flew out of their eye sockets!

How many oil paintings in this box are all works of Leonardo da Vinci, and all of them are personal portraits of members of the Sforza family? How can this be? It's just crazy!

Just when people were dumbfounded, Ye Tianqing's clear voice came out again and reached everyone's ears.

"Whether my speculation is correct or not, just take out the oil paintings in this box and have a look, the answer will be revealed naturally! I hope these oil paintings are all Da Vinci's works, it would be perfect!"

Following his words, people were immediately awakened!

In the next moment, the scene and the front of countless live broadcast terminals suddenly exploded, and everyone held their heads and exclaimed crazily!

"My God! How is this possible? All these paintings in the box are by Leonardo da Vinci, the idea is crazy!"

"Wow! If Steven's speculation is correct, then there is no doubt that this is definitely the greatest discovery in the history of Western art!"

Just when people were exclaiming, Ye Tian had already started collecting the priceless "Caterina".

He re-wrapped the top quality painting in linen and, with the help of David and company staff, packed it into a jumbo painting bag!

Watching his actions, everyone on the live and live streams was full of reluctance, envy, and even jealous to the point of madness!

However, no one at the scene stopped Ye Tian!

Compared with this Da Vinci painting that has already been published, everyone wants to know whether the other oil paintings in the box are Da Vinci's works?

If they are really Da Vinci's works, it is definitely a great discovery!

As for appreciating and studying this "Caterina", you can push it back. Anyway, there is still opportunity and time. This top oil painting by Da Vinci will not grow wings to fly!

Under the eyes of everyone, Ye Tian and David took out another oil painting from the box, and immediately began to dismantle it carefully!

A few minutes later, several layers of moisture-proof tarpaulin wrapped around the oil painting, as well as the inner layer of linen, were uncovered by Ye Tian one after another!

Immediately, what appeared in front of everyone was another personal portrait painted with the 'fading method'. In the painting was an Italian man in his twenties! And the painting technique is extremely clever!

The moment they saw this personal portrait, everyone was stunned, their eyes full of madness!

The scene immediately fell silent, without any sound.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that a distraught murmur sounded from the scene, finally breaking the tranquility!

"God! I'm not dazzled, am I? This is a personal portrait of Ludovic's eldest son Maximilian, and more importantly, this is another Da Vinci's work!

Is Steven's speculation true? How many oil paintings in this box are all personal portraits of members of the Sforza family? This is just crazy! "