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    Can anyone name the painting worth about £15m that was stolen in a daylight raid simply by being cut out from the frame at a castle not too far from me here in Scotland called Drumlanrig?

    Question #82745. Asked by deadlydalton. (Jun 30 07 7:22 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Yes. It's a version of Leonardo da Vinci's lost "Madonna of the Yarnwinder." I posted a question about it not too long ago:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_of_the_Yarnwinder

    Jun 30 07, 7:28 PM

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