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George III' s artistic envoys knew where to look. The Palazzo Mangilli Valmarana was home to the British consul, Joseph Smith. He was one of the greatest art collectors, the Charles Saatchi of his day. When Joseph Smith lived here, these walls were crammed with paintings that he' d commissioned from upandcoming Venetian artists. It became the in thing for visiting British aristocrats to pull every string and use every family connection to try and get an invite here so they could admire the collection and then maybe buy a little something to take home. But Joseph Smith fell on hard times and needed cash, so he sold the lot to George III. Along with an impressive hoard of books, antiques and coins were paintings by great masters like Vermeer. Best of all were the paintings by Venice' s greatest living artist, Canaletto. |
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wēi ní sī de dà zhǔ gù men jí xū yào qián, duì yīng guó shōu cáng jiā lái shuō zhè shì gè jué jiā de shí jī, kě yǐ yòng dī lián de jià gé shōu gòu yì shù pǐn. qiáo zhì sān shì de yì shù shǐ zhě zhī dào gāi qù nǎ lǐ táo zhèi xiē yì shù pǐn. màn jí lì wǎ mǎ lā nà gōng shì yīng guó zhù wēi ní sī lǐng shì yuē sè fū shǐ mì sī de jiā. tā shì zuì wěi dà de yì shù pǐn shōu cáng jiā zhī yī shì nà gè shí dài de chá ěr sī sà qí chá ěr sī sà qí shì dāng dài zhù míng shōu cáng jiā yuē sè fū zhù zài zhè lǐ de shí hòu, zhèi xiē qiáng shàng guà mǎn le huà zuò dōu shì tā cóng cái huá héng yì de wēi ní sī huà jiā shǒu lǐ shōu jí de. yīng guó guì zú hěn shí xīng lái zhè lǐ cān guān, wèi cǐ huì shǐ yòng gè zhǒng fāng shì hé jiā rén de guān xì, zhǐ wèi liǎo de dào yī fèn yāo qǐng, lái guān shǎng zhèi xiē shōu cáng. yě xǔ tā men kě yǐ mǎi xiē huì huà zuò pǐn dài huí jiā qù. hòu lái yuē sè fū qióng kùn liáo dǎo, jí xū yòng qián, yīn ér bǎ hěn duō dōng xī dōu mài gěi le qiáo zhì sān shì, lián tóng dà liàng de shū jí, gǔ dǒng, gǔ qián bì, hái yǒu huì huà dà jiā wéi mǐ ěr de zuò pǐn. qí zhōng zuì hǎo de zuò pǐn dāng shǔ wēi ní sī yì shù jiā kǎ nà lái tuō de. |