印象派名畫被盜9年後竟突然現身公交車

French customs officers have found an impressionist painting by Edgar Degas stowed on a bus, More than eight years after it was reported stolen.

近日，法國海關官員發現埃德加·德加的一幅印象派畫作被放在一輛公交車上，距這幅畫被報失竊已逾八年之久。

The French Culture Ministry said that customs agents in Marne-la-Vallee were surprised to find a work of art bearing the signature "Degas" inside a suitcase in the bus' luggage compartment.

法國文化部表示，馬恩拉瓦萊的海關代理驚異地在公交車行李廂的一個手提箱裏發現了一幅署名“德加”的藝術品。

The ministry says none of the passengers claimed the suitcase during the Feb 16 search.

文化部稱，在2月16日的搜尋期間，沒有任何一位乘客認領這個手提箱。

Experts verified the artwork as Degas' "Les Choristes" ("The Chorus Singers"), which depicts a scene from Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni."

專家們證實這件藝術品爲德加的《合唱團團員》，作品描繪的是莫扎特歌劇“唐·喬瓦尼”的一個場景。

The painting was stolen from a Marseille museum in 2009.

2009年，這幅畫在馬賽博物館被盜。

French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen said she was delighted by the recovery of a work "whose disappearance represented a heavy loss for the French impressionist heritage."

法國文化部長弗朗索瓦絲·尼森表示，她爲這幅“失蹤對法國印象派遺產而言是巨大損失”的畫作的失而復得感到高興。