在博物馆的墙里，发现23年前被盗画作

在博物馆的墙里，发现23年前被盗画作

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，奥地利检方称，在一家意大利博物馆的墙壁内发现的一幅油画，已被证实是奥地利画家古斯塔夫•克里姆特被盗的《贵妇人画像》。这幅画于20年前失踪。

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.

上个月，在意大利东北部皮亚琴察的里奇·奥迪现代艺术画廊(Ricci Oddi Gallery of Modern Art)，园丁们在一堵外墙里发现了这幅有百年历史的油画。

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.

该博物馆估计，这幅55×65厘米(21×26英寸)的表现主义作品价值在6000万欧元到1亿欧元之间(约合6700 - 1.11亿美元)，但也指出，由于这幅作品从未在市场上销售过，因此很难对其进行估价。

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

检察官奥内拉·奇卡(Ornella Chicca)告诉记者:“我可以毫不犹豫地告诉大家，这幅画是真迹。”

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

博物馆官员最初表示，在进行科学测试之前，他们无法立即确定这幅画是否真的是被盗的克里姆特。

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

这幅表现主义作品创作于1916年至1917年，描绘了一位年轻女子的脸部和身体，她有着一头棕色的头发，背景是翠绿色。

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

1997年2月，这幅画在博物馆闭馆期间失踪。