Chapter 115 honest forger story

honest forger story There are so many interesting stories and legends about Da Vinci's masterpiece "Mona Lisa". Here is a story about a self-proclaimed "honest counterfeiter". On the left bank of the Seine in Paris, one of the countless studios of unknown painters lived in An extremely hard-working Italian painter who has lived in Paris for more than forty years. Copying famous paintings as a career, specially copying Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", it is said that it has passed 130 years There are as many as one picture. The artist, Antonio Breen, called himself an "honest forger."he has sworn

Dedicated his whole life to copying and is currently hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris, with a mysterious smile as the world This portrait of Leonardo da Vinci is appreciated by many people. Brin's perfection in imitating the Renaissance master's brushwork is said to have made him Except for a few discerning experts, ordinary art connoisseurs will not be able to recognize the copy of this book. Let alone a layman.Because he has not only researched the secrets of ancient painters' matching pigments, but also Many of the characteristics of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, such as the unique brushstrokes he painted with his left hand, Brin can imitate.

The imitation is very cool. According to the obese Italian copying expert, he believes that Leonardo da Vinci did not fully develop He is his fellow countryman, so he is obliged to carry forward his masterpiece.therefore, One day in 1911, Brin brought canvases and palettes to the Louvre Museum to put Da Vinci's This masterpiece is carefully copied.From that day on, he became the copy master of the painting "Mona Lisa". home. The reason Brin calls himself an "honest forger" is because he copied this masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci and It is not to manufacture fake antiques to confuse genuine ones, but to meet the needs of art museums and private collectors in various countries.

Make a copy for them, to satisfy those who cannot come to Paris to admire the countless beauties of this masterpiece. Art lovers' request.Because although there are many original color reproductions of fine printing, the copy is always better than the printed one. It makes people feel a sense of reality (in the collection of paintings collected by President Sukarno of Indonesia published in Beijing, there is a "Mongolia Narisa", which is marked as the collection of the Presidential Palace). Since Brin is an expert in copying the "Mona Lisa", anyone who wishes to obtain a copy of this masterpiece,

Always come and entrust him with the job, so his business is booming.However, the country is based on the taste of customers Different, sometimes this job will bring him unpleasantness and troubles.Because of some half-knowledgeable art hobbies Or the arty nouveau riche, who would be proud to own a copy of the Mona Lisa People, on the one hand, do not like the "melancholy smile" of the person in the painting, and some even dislike the dark tone of the face, Instruct him to change it brighter when copying. Breen said that for the sake of business and to cater to the tastes of customers, he sometimes had to make changes with pain.He said,

As a result of such changes, some copies of the "Mona Lisa" have become modern cut-and-paste girls. The original painting has been completely lost. Brin recalled one of his amusing encounters.He said that one day, as usual, he devoted himself to the While copying this masterpiece, someone suddenly asked him from behind: "Who is the person in this painting?" Brin glared at the audience, blaming him for being too ignorant of art, so he reluctantly answered Said: "What, you don't know? This is Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", the world's first A famous painting. "

But that audience seemed to know neither Leonardo da Vinci nor the Mona Lisa.This makes cloth even more Lin was angry, and he deliberately explained to this person jokingly: "I tell you, this artist fell in love with this woman, so he painted this picture for her portrait, but she refused to marry him, so the artist fell in love and took the painting to Paris, Then he committed suicide by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. " "Stupid guy," the spectator sighed smugly shaking his head. "She's not pretty at all!"