Chapter 2781 Founder Statue

Before I knew it, more than an hour had passed.

During this period of time, Ye Tian selectively opened seven or eight boxes, and displayed the contents of these boxes in front of everyone's eyes and on the live broadcast screen.

In addition to the gold in the first box, they found two more boxes of gold and silver coins in the remaining boxes.

These gold and silver coins come from different eras, different countries, and have different values ​​before the sixteenth century!

Some of the gold and silver coins are engraved with Ludovic's head, which are relatively rare Ludovic gold coins, and there are other very rare antique coins, which are extremely valuable for collection!

In addition, they also found a box of gold bars, all of which were branded with the double-headed snake clan emblem of the Sforza family!

In fact, there are far more than this box of gold bars on this platform, what's more, Ye Tian only opened one of the boxes!

In the two wooden boxes on the side of the platform, they also found two bronze sculptures from the ancient Roman period. These two statues are not big, but they are top-level works of art from famous masters.

One of them is carved with Poseidon, the god of the sea, and the other is carved with the ancient Roman emperor Trajan. Both statues are very exquisite and extremely rare!

Following the two ancient Roman bronze sculptures, they discovered another bronze sculpture from the Hellenistic period, which was packed in a box about 1.5 meters high.

This bronze sculpture is carved on the goddess of hunting in Greek mythology, Artemis, and this is a top-level antique artwork from the hands of a master, which is invaluable!

Unsurprisingly, the discovery of these gold and silver treasures and top antique works of art directly detonated the scene and countless live broadcast terminals, attracting bursts of almost crazy cheers!

And this is exactly the effect Ye Tian wants to see.

When choosing which boxes to open, he deliberately avoided boxes containing oil paintings and chose boxes containing gold and silver treasures, in order to stimulate people's senses as much as possible and expand the impact of this exploration operation.

As for the sculptures from ancient Rome and ancient Greece, they are not only invaluable, but also have a great impact on people. What's more, they are less affected by changes in light conditions.

Antique works of art such as oil paintings and some important historical documents are not suitable for appreciation under the current strong light conditions.

That may cause some irreparable major losses!

Only by allowing them to adapt to the environment a little and lowering the light intensity can we open the boxes containing oil paintings and literature for appreciation and identification!

Even so, those oil paintings should not be exposed for too long, and they need to be put away as soon as possible!

Just as Ye Tian opened the boxes one by one to show people how amazing this treasure is, the company employees under him were busy cleaning up the dust and moss that had accumulated in the underground palace for a long time.

With the passage of time, this magnificent underground palace located deep underground has become cleaner and cleaner, and everything presented to people has become clearer!

The dust and moss that had accumulated on the floors, on the walls, covering the Corinthian columns and statues, and the boxes were all wiped away by numerous Dart Do employees.

After more than an hour of busy work, the cleaning has just ended.

Coupled with several powerful ventilation fans working non-stop to replace the air here, this underground palace has taken on a new look, and even the air has become much fresher, exactly the same as the outside world!

Afterwards, Ye Tian asked his employees to rest in place for a while, and then started the follow-up cleaning operation later.

He himself didn't stop, and he was studying and discussing with several experts and scholars on the scene with great interest, the bronze statue standing in the center of the platform.

Since the bronze statue was placed on a marble base in the center of the platform, there were many boxes around it, so that the base was blocked, and it was temporarily impossible to approach, and the dust and moss that fell on it could not be cleaned up.

Only by removing these boxes on the platform can the statue of the bronze horseman be approached and the dust and moss attached to it can be cleaned.

This makes it difficult for everyone to see the details of this bronze sculpture clearly. We can only appreciate and appraise it from the edge of the platform based on the current conditions!

Of course, Ye Tian is not included here, he knows this bronze knight statue better than anyone else.

"Steven, who is the figure carved in this bronze statue? It looks a bit like Ludovic, but it is specious! Who is the artist who created this bronze statue?"

"This shouldn't be Ludovic's statue. Apart from some discrepancies in the image, this bronze statue also has an obvious early Renaissance style. The time is wrong!

The period when Ludovic took real power and ruled Milan was after 1476. When he really became the Grand Duke of Milan, it was 1494, which was the middle of the Renaissance.

By 1499, he was driven out of Milan by Louis XII, and he was only 47 years old! The characters carved on this bronze statue should be over fifty years old, which obviously does not match! "

Listening to these discussions, Ye Tian couldn't help laughing softly.

He didn't give an immediate response, but looked at the bronze statue carefully, pondered for a while, and then said with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I also don't think this is Ludovic's sculpture. Although he took control of the military and political power of the Duchy of Milan very early, he really became the Grand Duke of Milan very late.

He hadn't had enough of the addiction of the Grand Duke of Milan, but he was driven away by King Louis XII of France in 1499. Before that, he probably didn't think of making a statue of himself!

Let's talk about the artistic style of this bronze sculpture, which has an obvious early Renaissance style! You know, beside Ludovic, there are many top sculptors.

The Renaissance was also a great era of rapid changes and innovations in artistic styles. It was almost impossible for famous sculptors in the mid-Renaissance to carve a work in the early style.

Even if Ludovic made such a request, those proud master sculptors would not be able to agree. From this point, it is certain that this bronze statue is not carved by Ludovic.

Looking at the image of this knight again, it is not the same as Francesco Sforza engraved on the stone gate. Obviously he is not alone, but his artistic style is very close to that of the Virgin Mary.

Starting from this point, I boldly guessed, could this be the bronze statue of Muzio Sforza, the founder of the Sforza family? Only his statue is eligible to be placed here!

Muzio Sforza lived in the early Renaissance. This bronze statue may have been cast by his son, Francesco, in memory of him, and the time coincided exactly.

On this bronze statue, I saw a bit of Donatello's shadow, and there are some discrepancies. From this, I can infer that the sculptor who created this statue is probably related to Donatello!

Of course, these are just my conjectures, and it is not certain whether they are accurate! But I'm sure we'll find the right answer a little later on the marble pedestal of this bronze sculpture! "

Hearing Ye Tian's words, everyone at the scene nodded and agreed with his explanation.

Next, everyone admired the statue of the bronze knight for a while, and then left here and walked to the back of the platform!

Behind the platform, there are two inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci. Everyone is full of curiosity about those two strange-shaped gadgets!