克里姆特被盗的《贵妇人画像》被意大利园丁发现

克里姆特被盗的《贵妇人画像》被意大利园丁发现

A $66 million masterpiece that was thought to be snatched by thieves nearly 23 years ago has been found in Italy — just feet away from where it once hung.

一件价值6600万美元的杰作在意大利被发现，距离它曾经悬挂的地方只有几英尺远。

Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady,” which was presumed stolen in 1997, was unearthed behind a metal panel by a gardener at the Ricci-Oddi Modern Art Gallery in Piacenza, officials told the BBC on Wednesday.

周三，官员们告诉BBC，古斯塔夫·克里姆特的《贵妇人画像》被认为是在1997年被盗，是在皮亚琴察里奇-奥德迪现代艺术画廊的一名园丁在金属板后发现的。

The worker had been ripping ivy away from the wall Tuesday when he made the discovery.

周二，这名工人在拆墙上的常春藤时发现了这个问题。

The 5-foot-tall expressionist oil painting — which depicts a rosy-cheeked woman with an apathetic gaze — had been tucked in to a dusty black bag that the gardener first thought contained trash, according to the outlet.

据报道，这幅5英尺高的表现主义油画描绘了一个面色红润、目光冷漠的女人，它被塞进了一个布满灰尘的黑色袋子里，园丁起初以为袋子里装的是垃圾。

Gallery director Massimo Ferrari said he’s sure that the 1916 artwork is the original, citing stamps and a wax sealing on the back of the canvas. The discovery baffled cops, who are investigating whether bandits may have hidden the painting with the aim of removing it later — and then simply never returned.

美术馆馆长马西莫·法拉利说，他可以肯定这幅1916年的作品是原作，因为邮票和画布背面的蜡封是原作的来源。这一发现让警察们困惑不已，他们正在调查盗窃者是否隐藏了这幅画，目的是稍后将其盗走——然后就再也没有回来。

The painting went missing on Feb. 22, 1997, as gallery workers scrambled to prepare a special exhibition — sparking international headlines about a dramatic heist.

1997年2月22日，这幅画失踪了，当时画廊的工作人员正忙着准备一场特别的展览——这一戏剧性的盗窃事件引起了国际媒体的关注。

The frame of the painting was left discarded on the roof of the building near a skylight too small through which to fit the painting.

这幅画的框架被丢弃在建筑物的屋顶上，旁边的天窗太小，装不下这幅画。

“We are not excluding the possibility that the painting was there the whole time,” art detective Roberto Riccardi, who oversees the unit investigating the case, told the UK’s Telegraph.

“我们不排除这幅画一直在那里的可能性，”负责调查此案的艺术侦探罗伯托·里卡尔迪告诉英国《每日电讯报》。

A group of art experts will now analyze the painting to confirm that it is, indeed, the real deal.

一组艺术专家将对这幅画进行分析，以确认它确实是真迹。

“It would be the best Christmas present ever,” gallery Vice President Laura Bonfanti told The Telegraph. “At first glance, based on the wax seals and stamps we saw on the back of the canvas, it appears to be the original.”

“这将是有史以来最好的圣诞礼物，”画廊副总裁劳拉·邦芬迪告诉《每日电讯报》。“根据我们在画布背面看到的蜡封和邮票，乍一看，它似乎是原作。”

Klimt was part of a radical group of Austrian artists who featured emotionally and sexually provocative paintings of women in the early 1900s.

克利姆特是20世纪初奥地利一个激进的艺术家团体中的一员，他们创作的女性绘画在情感和性方面都具有挑衅性。

The original artwork portrayed a young girl from Vienna whom the artist knew personally. But when she died unexpectedly, Klimt is said to have painted over the portrait because it was too painful a reminder of her.

最初的艺术作品描绘了一个来自维也纳的年轻女孩，艺术家本人就认识她。但是，当她意外去世时，据说克里姆特在画像上画了一幅画，因为这幅画太让人痛苦，让人想起了她。