在博物館的墻里，發(fā)現(xiàn)23年前被盜畫作

在博物館的墻里，發(fā)現(xiàn)23年前被盜畫作

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，已被證實是奧地利畫家古斯塔夫•克里姆特被盜的《貴婦人畫像》。這幅畫于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.

上個月，在意大利東北部皮亞琴察的里奇·奧迪現(xiàn)代藝術畫廊(Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art)，園丁們在一堵外墻里發(fā)現(xiàn)了這幅有百年歷史的油畫。

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，這幅55×65厘米(21×26英寸)的表現(xiàn)主義作品價值在6000萬歐元到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上銷售過，因此很難對其進行估價。

"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，在進行科學測試之前，他們無法立即確定這幅畫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，這幅畫在博物館閉館期間失蹤。