While they were talking, everyone came to "Portrait of a Young Man" and began to admire this famous painting by Raphael with great excitement.
The size of this oil painting is not large, only about 75*60, and it is surrounded by a classical style frame.
The painting depicts a handsome, confident and well-dressed young man.
He was sitting sideways on a chair in front of the window, staring outside the painting.
According to the artist's brush, the proportions of the young man in the painting are almost perfect, like a sculpture from ancient Greece, sitting quietly and watching the visitors outside the painting.
Looking out from the window behind him, he could see a magnificent palace and a beautiful scenery.
The moment they stood in front of this famous painting handed down from generation to generation, everyone was shocked again, deeply attracted, and admiring it intoxicatedly.
The same goes for Xiao Ran, even though this is not the first time he has admired this famous painting.
When he first discovered this masterpiece by Raphael, he stood in front of it for about five minutes before leaving with unfinished content.
After a while, everyone gradually woke up.
"Wow! This painting by Raphael is so perfect, it's unparalleled!"
"Before I actually saw this painting, I never believed that this painting could stand side by side with the Mona Lisa."
"Now I can say with absolute certainty that this painting is no worse than the Mona Lisa!"
Peggy said excitedly, her voice choked with excitement.
"Yes, this 'Portrait of a Young Man' can indeed be compared with the 'Mona Lisa'"
“Raphael’s depiction of portraits has reached its pinnacle, no worse than Leonardo da Vinci.”
"The discovery of this portrait is definitely a great discovery, enough to shock the world!"
"These two crazy guys, McCann and Miles, did a good thing and brought this famous painting to the United States."
Timothy continued, equally excited and beaming.
"Hahaha"
Everyone laughed and nodded.
Except for Xiao Ran, everyone else present was Americans.
Obviously, these guys all made up their mind to keep this famous painting in the United States.
Not only them, but every American who sees this painting must have the same thought.
As the discoverer of this famous painting handed down from generation to generation, Xiao Ran also understood it in his heart.
It is impossible for me to keep this famous painting and take it out of the United States and send it to Beijing!
In this case, he could only try his best to use this famous painting to seek the greatest benefit for himself and exchange as many top Chinese antique artworks as possible.
As soon as the laughter died, Frank suddenly whispered:
"Sean, can you introduce this painting "Portrait of a Young Man" by Raphael?"
"Although we know the existence of this famous painting handed down from generation to generation, we are not professionals and do not know much about this painting."
"Now that we have this opportunity, we want to know more about it."
Before he finished speaking, Scott and other laymen nodded in agreement.
Xiao Ran looked at these guys, pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Okay, let me introduce to you this "Portrait of a Young Man" by Raphael. Please listen to it."
"This painting was created around 1514. It is a work from the Raphael Mannerist period and has distinctive characteristics."
"Since the creation of this painting, it has been considered by many art critics to be one of the most beautiful paintings among all Raphael's works."
"In the history of Western art, many people even think that this painting is more outstanding than Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and is the first painting."
Frank and the others' eyes widened in an instant, and they were all frightened.
"Ah! This "Portrait of a Young Man" is the number one painting, even better than the "Mona Lisa". Did I hear that right?"
"Wow! How is that possible? Isn't the Mona Lisa the most precious painting in the world?"
While exclaiming, Frank and Scott's eyes were already blood red, which looked quite scary.
Not only them, but also other people at the scene, as well as everyone on the ground watching the live video, behaved similarly.
Before Xiao Ran could respond, Timothy continued:
"Sean is right. In the Western art world, there are indeed quite a few people who believe that this painting is more outstanding than the Mona Lisa!"
"Of course, in the eyes of more people, especially ordinary people, the Mona Lisa has always been the number one painting in the Western art world!"
"There are many reasons for this, such as the greater popularity of the Mona Lisa, the long-term disappearance of the Portrait of a Young Man, etc."
Not surprisingly, following Timothy’s words, there was another commotion at the scene and on the ground.
Xiao Ran nodded slightly, and then continued to introduce this famous painting.
"The confident young man in the painting should be Raphael himself. This is one of his self-portraits."
"This point can be confirmed in another famous masterpiece of Raphael"
"That is a fresco collected in the Vatican, "School of Athens""
"In "The School of Athens", Raphael painted himself into a group of characters, standing in an inconspicuous corner, looking sideways outside the painting."
"His image in "The School of Athens" is highly similar to the image in this painting. This is the best proof."
Next, he briefly introduced the creation background of this oil painting, Raphael's painting style, and some related stories.
Listening to his introduction, Frank and the others all nodded, as did many people on the ground.
After introducing the creative background of this painting, Xiao Ran's tone suddenly changed.
“In the late eighteenth century, this painting and several other famous paintings were purchased by Prince Czartoryski of Poland and brought back to Poland.”
“The painting remained in the collection of the Toleski family in Krakow, Poland, until the outbreak of World War II.”
"After the outbreak of World War II, the Torresky family hid this famous painting, but the news was accidentally leaked, and it was snatched away by the NZ Gestapo."
"Soon after, this painting and some other famous paintings were sent to Germany and became Mustache's collection, and even more so his true love!"
Frank and the others were all dumbfounded, and they were all dumbfounded.
At the same time, these guys became more and more excited, and their eyes became redder and redder.
Xiao Ran turned a blind eye and continued to introduce the situation of the painting.
"After the end of World War II, many antiques and artworks looted by German NZ were recovered, but many antiques and artworks have completely disappeared since then and have disappeared without a trace!"
"Including this "Portrait of a Young Man" by Raphael. During World War II, this was the most important piece of top-notch art looted by the German NZ."
"But no one expected that this painting was not burned and buried by Mustache, but was secretly passed down and eventually fell into the hands of Miles and others."
"As Timothy said, Miles and McCann did a good thing, and because of this, we can get this huge surprise!"
"Hahaha"
Everyone laughed again and nodded.
After a few jokes, Scott suddenly asked curiously:
"Sean, since Raphael's "Portrait of a Young Man" is comparable to the "Mona Lisa", its market value must be amazing!"
"Can you give us a valuation for this painting? It will also open our eyes."
This is a matter of great concern to everyone, not just Scott and Frank.
The next moment, everyone looked at Xiao Ran, waiting for him to give the answer to this question.
Xiao Ran pretended to think for a moment before giving a response.
"This Portrait of a Young Man is a truly priceless treasure."
"Like the Mona Lisa, it represents the pinnacle achievement in the field of Renaissance art and cannot be measured in terms of money!"
"If we have to give an estimate, we can refer to the "Salvator Mundi" that was auctioned in 2017 and was suspected to be created by Leonardo da Vinci."
"The painting "Salvator Mundi" has been restored many times, is in extremely poor condition, and has questionable provenance, but it still fetched a sky-high price of US$500 million!"
"In view of this, the valuation of Raphael's "Portrait of a Young Man" should be over US$2 billion, or even higher!"
"If it were the Mona Lisa, the Louvre would value it at US$5 billion. Of course, the Louvre would never sell the Mona Lisa."
Before he finished speaking, the scene and the ground were boiling.
"What? This 'Portrait of a Young Man' is worth over $2 billion. That's crazy!"
"Oh my god! This is not an oil painting, it's just a huge gold mine!"
Scott and the others all held their heads and exclaimed, looking like crazy.
Even Peggy and Timothy, who knew the market, and Pierre on the ground, performed similarly!
When the exclamation subsided, Xiao Ran immediately smiled and nodded and said:
"Yes, this is not just an oil painting, but a huge gold mine, inexhaustible!"
"Everyone can think about it, how much benefit has the Mona Lisa brought to the Louvre and France?"
“Everyone who travels to Paris, who doesn’t want to go to the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa? There are almost no exceptions!”
"How many peripheral products, tourist souvenirs, and various licenses have been sold for "Mona Lisa"? It's more than tens of billions of dollars!"
"This "Portrait of a Young Man" is a famous painting that is as famous as the "Mona Lisa""
"Any museum that acquires this painting will attract countless tourists and art lovers to visit."
“More importantly, this craze can continue, bringing endless benefits to that museum!”
After the words fell, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Everyone was completely stunned by Xiao Ran's words, so much so that they lost the ability to speak.
Especially the two museum curators, Peggy and Timothy, their eyes instantly turned red and their bodies were trembling slightly!
Not only them, but also Pierre and Fargot on the ground behaved the same way.
They know better than anyone else what Raphael's "Portrait of a Young Man" really means!
What museum wouldn’t want to be the next Louvre? Don’t want to own a Mona Lisa? No exception!
Seeing their exaggerated performance, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle.
He glanced at everyone present, and then looked at the bronze sculpture beside him.
This is a small bronze sculpture. The sculpture depicts a scene of Hercules fighting a python.
No need to ask, this is also a top-notch work of art from the hands of a Renaissance art master, and it is worth a lot of money!
Raphael's "School of Athens"
