2007/10
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 4, 2:21 PM ET
LONDON - Detectives on Thursday recovered a Leonardo da Vinci painting that was stolen from a Scottish castle in a daring daylight raid four years ago.
The painting appeared on the FBI‘s 10 most-wanted list of stolen art and on the Art Loss Register‘s list of stolen masterpieces, where it was valued at $65 million.
The lead investigator, Detective Chief Inspector Mickey Dalgleish, said the painting had been tracked down in a combined operation by Scottish police and national crime agencies, with help from the public.
"Madonna with the Yarnwinder" was stolen from the castle while it was on public display. Two thieves posing as tourists overpowered a guide before escaping with the painting.
Some scholars have suggested the painting is the work of Leonardo‘s assistants, but Scottish experts have said that the central figures of the Madonna and child are the artist‘s own work, and that the overall design is likely to be his.
The painting had been in the Buccleuch family for more than 200 years. Its recovery comes a month after the death at 83 of the ninth Duke of Buccleuch. He was succeeded by his son.
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