Two days ago, after Lin Chen agreed to Flora's request and decided to rescue Isabella for her, Lin Chen contacted the Speaker of the Roman Parliament, Mr. Laueri.
Because of Lin Chen's shocking discovery, he did not plan to use force this time, but decided to try to resolve the problem peacefully.
Taking advantage of Laurieri, the Speaker of Parliament, the Sforza family agreed to meet with Lin Chen in person to talk about the ancestral homes in Qiao Palace.
Considering Flora's mood, Lin Chen did not let her follow him, but went to Sforza's house alone with Laurieri.
The car drove all the way out of Florence and entered the suburbs. After driving for a while, you could see the mansion of the Sforza family.
According to Laurieri, the current patriarch of the Sforza family, Caroles, is not only a member of the local Florence city council, but also a large landowner in Florence. He owns a large area of land on the outskirts of the city. Behind the scenes, he does have connections with the Black Heads Party.
Rumors of collusion.
So if possible, it is best for everyone to resolve the problem peacefully.
After entering the manor and getting out of the car, Caroles did not show up immediately. Instead, a butler led the two people into a room to wait.
When Lin Chen and the two entered the room, they couldn't help but be shocked by the scene before them.
I saw that this room was actually filled with oil paintings and sculptures.
And what’s special is that all the collections here are related to the Mona Lisa!
There were many works in it that Laoyeri recognized, and he introduced them one by one beside Lin Chen.
"Mr. Lin, look, this painting should be a copy of the Mona Lisa by Sarai, a disciple of Leonardo da Vinci! This painting is a copy of Dali, and there is also a plaster copy of the Mona Lisa with an unknown author!
There seems to be…”
Lowery took a deep breath: "I have long heard that Mr. Caroles is a crazy fan of the Mona Lisa. I never thought it was true."
"That's right! Because among famous paintings from ancient to modern times, it's rare to find a work with as many imitations as the Mona Lisa! And this just shows that this painting has incredible appeal!"
Suddenly, a voice sounded in the room. Lin Chen and the other two turned around and saw that it was an old man with blond hair and a big belly.
Laurier recognized the other party and introduced: "Mr. Lin Chen, this is Mr. Caroles of the Sforza family."
Lin Chen stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I am Lin Chen."
"Hello, I heard from Mr. Lowery that you seem to be a rich man from the East!"
After saying hello, Caroles invited the two of them to sit down on the sofa in the room.
"Mr. Lin Chen, I already know your purpose of coming. In fact, Miss Isabella is currently visiting me as a guest. She is delicious and delicious, so you don't have to worry at all."
Lin Chen nodded, he naturally knew that Isabella was fine.
"Mr. Carolles, let me get straight to the point. I heard that you want to buy the ancestral home of the Gio Palace family because you heard a piece of evidence that the Gio Palace family owns the ancestral home that can prove that Caterina S.
Evidence that Forza is the original Mona Lisa?”
"Yes." Caroles raised his head and pointed at the paintings on the surrounding walls, "Mr. Lin Chen, you have also seen that before the 21st century, our Sforza family had always firmly believed that we were Mona
Lisa’s descendants, so many people in our family, including myself, are ardent admirers of Mona Lisa and are proud to be her descendants.”
"But a few years ago, when the world began to think that Gongdo Chiao was the real Mona Lisa, our pride became the laughing stock of others."
"In order to clear the stigma, I have been looking for evidence that can prove our identity. As a result, a year ago, I really found it!"
"Found it? Caroles, what did you find?" Lauery asked curiously.
"Proof of Giorgio Vasari!" said Caroles.
Giorgio Vasari was a painter and architect who appeared half a century after Leonardo da Vinci. His most famous deeds are the book he wrote called "Biographies of Artists", which records the Renaissance
Biographies of many masters.
The idea that Mona Lisa's original form was Lisa Giogondo was said to have been originally recorded in this book.
It can be said that for the two supporters who believed that Lisa Giogondo was the original Mona Lisa, Vasari was like their defense lawyer. How could it be that according to Caroles, this person's notes turned out to be
Can it be proven that Caterina Sforza is the original Mona Lisa?
Caroles did not answer immediately, but called the butler.
After a while, his butler brought a wooden box with an ancient book inside.
This book was written in Italian, so naturally Lin Chen couldn't understand it, but Laurie was shocked when he saw the cover of the book.
"This, this is Vasari's "Biographies of Artists"?"
"Yes, and this one is unique in the world. It is the first edition of "Biographies of Artists"! All "Biographies of Artists" published today have been revised after this one. As for the reason..."
Carolles opened the book, turned to one of the pages and said: "Now everyone knows that in this book it is mentioned that the Leonardo da Vinci family and the Giogondo family are neighbors, and the Mona Lisa
It was Leonardo da Vinci who painted it for Lisa Giogondo, Giogondo’s 24-year-old wife.”
"It was this passage that made everyone believe that the Mona Lisa was actually Lisa Giogondo."
"However, there is one more thing mentioned in this first edition!"
"That is, when he later visited Giogondo's family, he saw another Mona Lisa in their home!"
When Lin Chen and Laoyeri heard this, they were both shocked: "What?"
Lin Chen was okay, but as an Italian, Laurieri was concerned about Italy's proud Mona Lisa, so he was naturally extremely surprised and asked: "Caroles, show me the book!"
"Excuse me." Caroles put the book in front of Laurier and let him read it at will.
He himself continued: "If I hadn't read what was written in this book, it would be hard for me to believe it to be honest. But in fact, there is another Mona Lisa in the world that has already been foreshadowed."
"As we all know, after the painting of Mona Lisa was completed, Leonardo da Vinci kept it with him and did not give it to the person who commissioned him to paint it. It was not until he left Florence and went to China, where he finally died.
, this Mona Lisa has always been left by his side.”
"There is actually a big doubt here, that is, why didn't Leonardo da Vinci give the painting to his client?"
"Although Leonardo da Vinci himself had a habit of procrastinating, and often took a long time to complete the painting after being commissioned by others, it was too strange not to hand over the completed painting to the client. And given the environment at that time
, if his client wants to sue him for failing to fulfill the contract, it will be completely accurate."
"But in fact, neither the Giogondo family, who is now recognized as the client, nor the head of the Midici family, who was considered the client by our Sforza family in the past, has shown no sign of filing a lawsuit afterwards."
"But now from this book, we know that the reason why the Giorgondo family did not file a lawsuit was because Leonardo da Vinci had given them a Mona Lisa! A dreamlike painting unknown to the world.