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A French museum was burglarized, and four paintings by Renoir were stolen, two of which remain missing to this day.

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September 8th, 2026

A French museum was burglarized, and four paintings by Renoir were stolen, two of which remain missing to this day.

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Authorities reported that two burglars cut through a fence and climbed through a window to break into a modest museum on the French Riviera on Tuesday, making off with four invaluable Renoir paintings, only to abandon two of them in their hasty escape.

當局表示，兩名竊賊於週二切開圍籬並攀窗潛入法國蔚藍海岸一座規模不大的博物館，竊走四幅價值連城的雷諾瓦畫作，惟倉皇逃逸之際遺落了其中兩幅。

Investigators have now launched a nationwide manhunt.

調查人員現已展開全國性的緝捕行動。

The regional prosecutor's office noted that the entire incident lasted less than three minutes, with its objective focused on the most valuable holdings within the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer.

地區檢察官辦公室指出，整起事件歷時不足三分鐘，其目標鎖定於Cagnes-sur-Mer鎮雷諾瓦博物館內最具價值的典藏之作。

This theft poignantly recalls the robbery of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last year, and has once again galvanized widespread calls for enhanced security measures and increased funding to safeguard heritage sites of varying scales across France.

這起盜竊案令人痛切地憶及去年巴黎羅浮宮博物館王冠珠寶遭劫的事件，並再度激起各界呼籲，要求強化安保措施並增加經費，以保護法國各地規模不一的文物遺址。

The mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Brian Masson, estimated that the Renoir paintings stolen on Tuesday are worth up to €9 million (approximately $10.5 million), yet experts in art theft caution that these works may prove difficult to sell in the future.

Cagnes-sur-Mer市長布萊恩·馬松估計，週二遭竊的雷諾瓦畫作總價值高達900萬歐元（約合1050萬美元），然而藝術竊盜領域的專家警告，這批作品日後恐難脫手。

The Renoir Museum is housed in the former residence of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which was his final abode before his death in 1919.

雷諾瓦博物館坐落於畫家皮埃爾-奧古斯特·雷諾瓦的故居之中，此處正是他於1919年辭世前的最後居所。

The museum stands as the most emblematic cultural landmark in the Cagnes-sur-Mer area, situated along the Mediterranean coast between Cannes and Nice.

該館堪稱地中海沿岸坎城與尼斯之間Cagnes-sur-Mer地區最具代表性的文化地標。

Masson told reporters at the scene that the burglars, described as "well-equipped" and "well-informed," had entered the Renoir Museum through the garden.

馬松在現場向記者表示，這批「配備周全」且「掌握內情」的竊賊係由花園潛入雷諾瓦博物館。

According to the local broadcaster Ici Azur, Masson stated that they cut through the fence using electric knives or saws, entered the museum from the ground floor, and then severed the clamps securing the picture frames.

據當地廣播公司Ici Azur報導，馬松表示，他們以電動刀具或鋸具切開圍欄，自底樓潛入博物館，繼而剪斷固定畫框的夾具。

The mayor stated that the museum's alarm system was triggered at 5:48 a.m. local time, and the police arrived at the scene within five minutes.

市長表示，博物館的警報系統於當地時間凌晨5點48分觸發，警方於五分鐘內抵達現場。

Their swift arrival "forced the thieves to flee in disarray and helped to keep the scale of the theft within a limited scope," as the mayor elaborated in a written statement addressed to journalists.

其迅速到場「迫使竊賊倉皇逃離，並有助於將盜竊規模控制在有限範圍內」，市長在致記者的書面聲明中如此闡述。

In a statement, the prosecutor's office announced that two of the stolen works — Renoir's "Portrait of Madame Pichon" and "Coco Reading" — had been discovered discarded in the museum gardens; the two pieces still unaccounted for are "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well."

檢察官辦公室在聲明中表示，其中兩幅被盜作品——雷諾瓦的《皮雄夫人肖像》和《可可讀書》——已被發現丟棄在博物館花園裡；另外兩幅仍下落不明的作品則是《科隆納·羅馬諾夫人肖像》和《井邊的年輕女子》。

At least two of the works identified on Tuesday have a history that can only be described as circuitous.

週二被鎖定的至少兩件作品，其歷史可謂迂迴曲折。

According to the French Ministry of Culture's database of looted artworks, "Young Woman at the Well" is believed to have been plundered by the Nazis during World War II, and was discovered in Bavaria in 1949 before being repatriated to France.

根據法國文化部的被掠奪藝術品資料庫，《井邊的年輕女子》被認為在二戰期間被納粹掠奪，1949年在巴伐利亞被發現並帶回法國。

According to the records in that database, as the war drew to a close, a German officer in Paris ordered his soldiers to take "Coco Reading" to Germany.

根據該資料庫的記載，戰爭結束之際，巴黎的一名德國軍官下令麾下士兵將《可可讀書》攜往德國。

The soldier subsequently handed the book over to a German pastor, who in turn delivered it to a museum in Berlin in 1972.

該士兵其後將此書轉交予一位德國牧師，而這位牧師於1972年將之交付柏林的一家博物館。

The German government ultimately returned the book to France in 1994.

德國政府最終於1994年將該書歸還法國。

The mayor pointed out that the Cagnes-sur-Mer museum houses a total of twelve works by Renoir.

市長指出，Cagnes-sur-Mer博物館共典藏十二幅雷諾瓦之作。

The museum is closed every Tuesday, and the relevant investigation is currently still underway.

該館每逢週二休館，目前相關調查仍在進行中。

The public prosecutor in Marseille has launched a formal investigation into thefts allegedly involving an organized crime syndicate, with the French Central Office for Combating Trafficking in Cultural Property also having been concurrently brought into the inquiry.

馬賽檢察官已針對有組織犯罪集團所涉之盜竊案件展開正式調查，法國國家文化財產走私打擊辦公室亦已同步介入此項調查工作。

"This incident should serve as a cautionary lesson for our museum's conservation efforts," the mayor remarked.

「此事件應對本館的文物保護工作起到警示作用。」市長說。

James Ratcliffe, an expert in art theft and a representative of the Art Loss Register, pointed out that funding shortages constitute a formidable challenge confronting museums worldwide, and France is no exception.

藝術品盜竊專家暨藝術品損失登記處的詹姆斯·拉特克利夫指出，經費短缺是各地博物館普遍面臨的嚴峻挑戰，法國亦不例外。

As for smaller museums, their limited resources render protective measures comparatively inadequate, making them particularly susceptible to becoming targets of criminal intent.

至於規模較小的博物館，因其資源有限，防護措施相對薄弱，故而特別容易成為不法之徒覬覦的目標。

He remarked, "The theft at the Louvre has demonstrated to all those with ill intentions that museums may be potential targets with lax security.

他說：「羅浮宮的盜竊案向所有心懷不軌者表明，博物館可能是防範鬆懈的潛在目標。

Nowadays, the public's perception of museums has shifted considerably."

如今世人對博物館的看法已大不相同。」

Unlike the Louvre theft or other recent museum robberies targeting gold or jewellery, which can be melted down or recut, the theft of a Renoir painting left the thieves in a quandary.

與羅浮宮竊案或其他近期鎖定黃金或珠寶（可經熔解或重新切割）的博物館盜竊不同，雷諾瓦畫作遭竊使竊賊陷入進退維谷的窘境。

Ratcliffe said, "Although these paintings are valuable, potentially worth seven figures, finding a buyer willing to pay that price would be nearly impossible for them."

拉特克利夫說：「雖然這些畫作很有價值，可能價值七位數，但要找到願意支付這個價格的買家，對他們來說幾乎是不可能的。」

Unless they had devised a meticulous plan in advance, they would be unlikely to approach an art dealer directly and say, "Look, I have these two fine Renoir paintings — would you care to buy them?"

除非他們事先已有周詳的計畫，否則他們不太可能直接去找藝術經銷商說：『看，我有這兩幅不錯的雷諾瓦畫作，你想買嗎？』

September 8th, 2026

The Lingo Times

A French museum was burglarized, and four paintings by Renoir were stolen, two of which remain missing to this day.

A French museum was burglarized, and four paintings by Renoir were stolen, two of which remain missing to this day.

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