Stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting recovered by police
{{date|October 4, 2007}}
[[Image:Madonna of the Yarnwinder.jpg|right|150px|thumb|da Vinci's ''The Madonna of the Yarnwinder'' (c. 1501). {{image credit|1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci Leonardo da Vinci]}}]]
Police in Britain have recovered a stolen [[w:Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]] painting worth, according to the [[w:Federal Bureau of Investigation|Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), £65 million ([[w:United States Dollar|US]]$133 million).

"Through careful investigations and intelligence-led police work we were able to locate the painting and make four arrests. We are extremely pleased to recover the ’Madonna of the Yarnwinder’ painting," said Mickey Dalgleish, the chief Inspector for [[w:Scotland Yard|Scotland Yard]].
[[Image:Drumlanrig elevation.jpg|thumb|left|A drawing of Drumlanrig Castle.]] 
The famous painting, ''[[w:Madonna of the Yarnwinder|Madonna of the Yarnwinder]]'', painted by da Vinci in 1501, had been stolen from [[w:Drumlanrig Castle|Drumlanrig Castle]] in [[Scotland]], in August 2003, by two thieves who aimed to sell the painting in the future.

Police raided a house in [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], Scotland and seized the painting, making four arrests. The FBI listed the theft of the painting as of one of the world's top ten art crimes in recent years.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/05/2051446.htm?section=justin
|title=Stolen Da Vinci painting recovered
|pub=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date=October 5, 2007 ([[w:Time in Australia|AEST]])}}
*{{source|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134977/
|title=Police recover stolen Da Vinci painting
|pub=MSNBC
|date=October 4, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=485698&in_page_id=1770
|title=Police raid finds £50m Da Vinci painting stolen four years ago
|author=McBeth, Jim
|pub=Daily Mail
|date=October 4, 2007}}

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da Vinci's The Madonna of the Yarnwinder (c. 1501). 
Police in Britain have recovered a stolen Leonardo da Vinci painting worth, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), £65 million (US$133 million).

"Through careful investigations and intelligence-led police work we were able to locate the painting and make four arrests. We are extremely pleased to recover the ’Madonna of the Yarnwinder’ painting," said Mickey Dalgleish, the chief Inspector for Scotland Yard.
A drawing of Drumlanrig Castle. 
The famous painting, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, painted by da Vinci in 1501, had been stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland, in August 2003, by two thieves who aimed to sell the painting in the future.

Police raided a house in Glasgow, Scotland and seized the painting, making four arrests. The FBI listed the theft of the painting as of one of the world's top ten art crimes in recent years.
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