在博物館的墻里，發(fā)現(xiàn)23年前被盜畫(huà)作

在博物館的墻里，發(fā)現(xiàn)23年前被盜畫(huà)作

A painting found stashed inside a wall at an Italian museum has been confirmed as the stolen "Portrait of a Lady" by Austria's Gustav Klimt, prosecutors said on Friday, two decades after the artwork went missing.

上周五，奧地利檢方稱，在一家意大利博物館的墻壁內(nèi)發(fā)現(xiàn)的一幅油畫(huà)，已被證實(shí)是奧地利畫(huà)家古斯塔夫•克里姆特被盜的《貴婦人畫(huà)像》。這幅畫(huà)于20年前失蹤。

The century-old painting was discovered concealed in an external wall by gardeners at the Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art in Piacenza, northeast Italy, last month.

上個(gè)月，在意大利東北部皮亞琴察的里奇·奧迪現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)畫(huà)廊(Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art)，園丁們?cè)谝欢峦鈮锇l(fā)現(xiàn)了這幅有百年歷史的油畫(huà)。

The museum estimates that the 55-by-65-centimetre (21-by-26-inch) expressionist work could be worth between 60 and 100 million euros (US$67-111 million), but notes the difficulty in estimating the work as it has never been sold on the market.

該博物館估計(jì)，這幅55×65厘米(21×26英寸)的表現(xiàn)主義作品價(jià)值在6000萬(wàn)歐元到1億歐元之間(約合6700 - 1.11億美元)，但也指出，由于這幅作品從未在市場(chǎng)上銷售過(guò)，因此很難對(duì)其進(jìn)行估價(jià)。

"It is with no small emotion that I can tell you the work is authentic," prosecutor Ornella Chicca told reporters.

檢察官奧內(nèi)拉·奇卡(Ornella Chicca)告訴記者:“我可以毫不猶豫地告訴大家，這幅畫(huà)是真跡。”

Museum officials had initially said they could not immediately determine whether the painting was indeed the stolen Klimt until scientific tests were undertaken.

博物館官員最初表示，在進(jìn)行科學(xué)測(cè)試之前，他們無(wú)法立即確定這幅畫(huà)是否真的是被盜的克里姆特。

Painted in 1916-1917, the expressionist work depicts the face and torso of a young woman with brown hair, over an emerald green background.

這幅表現(xiàn)主義作品創(chuàng)作于1916年至1917年，描繪了一位年輕女子的臉部和身體，她有著一頭棕色的頭發(fā)，背景是翠綠色。

The painting went missing in February 1997 while the museum was closed for work.

1997年2月，這幅畫(huà)在博物館閉館期間失蹤。