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Chapter 995 Foreign Experts

Among the tourists who came to visit today, there were many blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners. Seeing the excited yet frustrated expressions of these foreigners, the Chinese tourists around them felt relieved.

In addition to more than 30 female receptionists who specialize in explanations in the Western Art Hall, there are also explanatory plaques in front of the exhibits. For example, the plaque in front of Leonardo da Vinci's "Lida and the Swan" oil painting not only tells visitors that this painting is Leonardo da Vinci's favorite painting of his life, but also says that this painting had been missing for hundreds of years. The "Lida and the Swan" now treasured in the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy, is just a later imitation.

But even that imitation is priceless, not to mention this authentic Leonardo da Vinci painting, whose value is definitely not inferior to that of "Mona Lisa's Smile". After all, this painting is Leonardo da Vinci's favorite.

Chinese tourists may not know the value of this painting, but thanks to the information explosion, domestic tourists are very clear about Leonardo da Vinci's status in the Western art world. The value of an authentic painting by such a leading figure is absolutely extraordinary.

Among the tourists who came to visit today, there were many foreign cultural relics experts, and their eyes almost popped out when they saw this painting.

They had no way of knowing whether it was an authentic work or not, but all of them, the experts, could feel the artistic conception of the painting. Also, there was an oil painting next to it that they had never heard of before, and the plaque said that this painting was also an authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci.

It is generally accepted that Leonardo da Vinci painted 22 oil paintings and 2 murals in his lifetime, but these are all preserved works and imitations of the originals. But no one knows whether Leonardo da Vinci has other paintings.

If this oil painting titled "Portrait of the Sculptor" is really an original work created by Leonardo da Vinci, then its archaeological value is truly immeasurable.

There are many similar paintings in this exhibition hall, such as the two paintings by Raphael, which have never been heard of before. Raphael was a prolific painter. He created more than 300 paintings in his short life of 37 years, most of which have been lost. Only 114 paintings are still in existence. The two paintings exhibited here have never been heard of before. If they are really authentic works of Raphael, their value is inestimable.

There are many situations like this in this exhibition hall. The more than ten oil paintings have already stunned these foreign experts, and when they saw the three bronze sculptures, they were almost completely dumbfounded.

It is estimated that these foreign experts originally just wanted to see China's most precious national treasure, the Imperial Seal, but they did not expect to see so many treasures in this small museum.

That's right, for foreigners, apart from the imperial seal and the Peking Man skull stone, there are not many things in China that can arouse their interest. But they happened to see treasures here that they can't see even in the Western world.

To them, antique artworks from the Western world are the most precious. And this small museum actually exhibits so many unprecedented antique artworks at once. Aren't these foreign experts going crazy?

So, they didn't even bother to visit the exhibits upstairs. They hurriedly found a female receptionist who specialized in explanations and asked to meet the museum's director.

The receptionist would naturally not refuse the request from foreign friends, so in the office, Yang Jing and Wang Jiazan met more than a dozen blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners.

These foreigners are very smart. They are experts in their field and they know that since these exhibits can be displayed here, their origins are correct. At least these exhibits are not stolen goods, because even they have never heard of their names, and no museum or private collector in the Western world has reported to the police that they have lost anything.

Therefore, they just wanted to know whether these unheard-of exhibits were authentic.

Yang Jing was prepared for this kind of question.

"If you want to know whether these exhibits are authentic, you can ask experts from your respective countries to come and identify them. I personally also welcome cultural relics experts from all over the world to identify these treasures. But what I can tell you is that these treasures are all real!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the dozen or so foreign experts immediately took out their mobile phones and started making calls. Since photography was prohibited in the museum, Yang Jing also took out high-definition photos that he had taken in advance and asked them to take them and then send them back to their countries.

Yang Jing also wants to take this opportunity to make the Grand Canal Museum famous throughout the world!