
据当地镇政府消息,一个月前在法国南部一家博物馆失窃的两幅奥古斯特·雷诺阿画作现已寻回。
Two paintings by Auguste Renoir stolen a month ago from a museum in the south of France have been recovered, the local town hall has said.
9月8日,窃贼们剪断围栏、砸碎窗户,潜入位于卡涅苏梅尔的雷诺阿博物馆。这位法国印象派大师晚年便在此地生活。
The two works were seized on 8 September when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, where the French impressionist had lived during his final years.
当地市长对警方成功找回画作表示赞赏,称这一消息令民众欢欣鼓舞且如释重负。
The local mayor praised authorities for recovering the paintings and said the news gave immense joy and profound relief.
镇政府在声明中证实,另有六名涉嫌参与此次盗窃案的嫌疑人已被逮捕。
Six suspects have also been arrested in relation with the heist at Renoir Museum, the town hall confirmed in a statement.
这起案件是近期欧洲发生的一系列备受瞩目的艺术品失窃事件中的最新一例。
ft was the latest in a series of high-profile art heists in Europe.
失窃的两幅画作分别为《科隆纳·罗曼诺夫人肖像》(1910年作)与《井边的少女》(1886年作)。
The two missing paintings were the Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano (1910) and Jeune fille au puits (1886).
窃贼们使用电锯切断了博物馆内的画框固定装置,起初共偷走了四幅画作。但在逃窜过程中,他们将其中两幅遗落在博物馆的花园里。“这两幅画作的意义远不止于艺术品本身。它们是我们这座城市的历史见证、文化遗产,也是奥古斯特·雷诺阿留给卡涅苏梅尔的宝贵遗产,”隶属于法国国民联盟的市长布赖恩·马松说道。有关画作寻回的具体细节预计将于周五晚些时候公布。
The thieves had used an electric saw to cut through the frame mountings inside the museum and had initially made off with four paintings, but dropped two of them in the museum's garden as they fled "These two paintings are far more than works of art. They are part of our city's history, our cultural heritage and the legacy Auguste Renoir left to Cagnes-sur-Mer," said Mayor Bryan Masson, who is part of France's National Rally. Further details of their recovery were due to be revealed later on Friday.
雷诺阿博物馆内收藏着这位著名画家的12幅作品。该馆建于1960年,馆内还陈列着雷诺阿使用过的画架、轮椅,以及大量照片和个人书信等遗物。
The Renoir Museum is home to 12 of the famous painter's artworks. Opened in 1960, it houses a variety of objects that once belonged to him, including his easel and wheelchair, as well as photographs and personal letters.
今年早些时候,在意大利帕尔马市附近的一家博物馆内,雷诺阿、保罗·塞尚与亨利·马蒂斯的多幅画作遭窃。整个盗窃过程仅耗时三分钟,这些画作随后于8月份被寻回。
Earlier this year paintings by Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum near the Italian city of Parma, in a raid that lasted just three minutes. They were recovered in August.
去年10月,巴黎卢浮宫发生了近年来法国规模最大的艺术品盗窃案:几名乔装成建筑工人的窃贼趁博物馆开放期间,潜入一楼的阿波罗画廊,盗走了多件王室珠宝。
France saw its biggest art robbery in years last October, when crown jewels were stolen in broad daylight from the Louvre in Paris. Disguised as construction workers, the thieves broke into the Louvre's first-floor Apollo Gallery during the museum's opening hours.
他们使用角磨机打开展示柜,盗走了价值8800万欧元(7800万英镑)的珠宝,这些珠宝曾属于法国19世纪的王后和皇后。此后,卢浮宫因在安保方面投入不足而受到批评。
They used an angle-grinder to open display cases and made off with €88m (£78m) of jewels that once belonged to France's 19th-Century queens and empresses. The Louvre was subsequently criticised for under-investing in security.