The rocky outcrop in the foreground of the The underdrawings of both the Buccleuch and Lansdowne The version of this painting often regarded as the most likely to be by Leonardo is now in the The painting sometimes considered the second prime version of the From left: Private collection, Madrid; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; private collection (formerly Chicago)From left: Louvre, Paris; Museo Soumaya, Mexico City; Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford. The £20million Madonna of the Yarnwinder was stolen from the Duke of Buccleuch's Drumlanrig Castle near Dumfries seven years ago. It entered the Buccleuch collection in 1767, with the marriage of the 3rd Duke to Lady Elizabeth Montagu, the heiress to a substantial collection of works assembled by her parents, the Dukeand Duchess of Montagu. Leonardo Da Vinci mystery still to be solved after trial let-down, says art expert BRITAIN’S leading Leonardo da Vinci expert has spoken out over the “deeply unsatisfying” result of the trial of five men, arrested in the recovery of Scotland’s only painting by the artist three years after it was stolen. The painting “Madonna with the Yarnwinder” of da Vinci’s was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in southern Scotland in August 2003, in a daring daytime robbery. Workplaces worst hit by coronavirus are revealed - and it's bad news if you work in a...'This invites the kind of intrusion they are so quick to deplore': Royal commentators deliver their VERY...Meghan Markle's path to politics? This Da Vinci painting, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, has been recoverd after being stolen a few years ago. Retreat, retreat. In January 1507 Francesco Pandolfini, the Florentine ambassador to the French court in In 1525 two inventories were drawn up of the possessions of Leonardo's assistant and heir Neither of the paintings accepted as prime versions has a provenance that can be traced back to Robertet or Salaì, or further back than the 18th century, though the As with later works by Leonardo, the figures appear in a vast unpopulated landscape. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?

Madonna of the Yarnwinder, a masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci was stolen four years ago from Drumlanrig Castle. Biography reveals how she befriended Canadian PM's wife Sophie Trudeau to...Finding Freedom becomes an Amazon bestseller in the US and the UK within 24 hours of its release after...Meghan Markle pulled out of Pippa Middleton's wedding after article said it would be the 'battle of the...The only winners from this oily guff are the authors cashing in: RICHARD KAY's devastating verdict on...Janet Street Porter brands Finding Freedom a 'PR disaster' for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and insists...Magic of the society matchmaker! An excellent red chalk drawing of the Madonna's head and shoulders also exists in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.This work, intended for Florimond Robertet, Secretary to the King of France, shows the winder as shaped like a cross; this symbolises the Passion of Christ and His future death.For a long time the painting was thought to have been lost somewhere in France and, after occasional doubts about its authenticity, the great authority, Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark), in his later years, came to regard the figures and the foreground rocks as being Leonardo's own work.This reinforced the opinion of other experts, notably Cecil Gould, a former director of the National Gallery in London and in 1986, more scientific evidence of authenticity was gathered by Professor Martin Kemp using electro-spectography in the laboratories of the National Gallery of Scotland.Apart from the car, police also released descriptions of two men seen near the castle, which is about 17 miles north of Dumfries, at the time of the theft.One was in his early forties, 5ft 10in, clean-shaven and of slim build.He was wearing brown shoes, cream trousers with a black belt, a brown nubuck leather jacket and a brown baseball cap.The other was in his late forties, 5ft 10-11in, of slim build and cleanshaven. The version of this painting often regarded as the most likely to be by Leonardo is now in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, on loan from the Duke of Buccleuch. Stolen Leonardo's "Madonna of the yarnwinder" recovered in Glasgow 4 years after its robbery . "Johnny Buccleuch, 80, who owns 247,000 acres and three historic houses in Scotland and England, is so attached to the painting that he regularly carried it with him between his homes - he spends four months in each.In a wheelchair following a hunting accident 30 years ago, the Duke (then the Earl of Dalkeith) was expected by King George VI to marry his younger daughter Princess Margaret, but the king's death put an end to the matter and he married the daughter of a QC.One of the most interesting sketches Leonardo ever did was for this painting, which is also sometimes called Madonna Of The Spindle or Madonna With The Distaff. {{#singleComment}}{{value}} Comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComment}}{{value}} Comments{{/singleComment}} The painting “Madonna with the Yarnwinder” of da Vinci’s was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in southern Scotland in August 2003, in a daring daytime robbery. A security guard at the National Gallery of Scotland stands beside the Leonardo da Vinci painting "Madonna of the Yarnwinder." Thieves steal Da Vinci painting The painting was stolen from the Duke of Buccleuch by two men posing as tourists in August 2003.

"The jury was shown two CCTV images showing the thieves: a thick-set man wearing a white sunhat and a gilet-style waistcoat, and a slimmer man with a baseball cap and dark-coloured casual jacket. October 5th 2007 - 4 years after its robbery in Drumlanring Castle, Northern Scotland, the "Madonna of the yarnwinder" (sometimes known as the "Madonna of the reel") has been recovered in Glasgow. He was wearing black trousers and a light-cream widebrimmed hat.You can find our Community Guidelines in full It has also played host to Bonnie Prince Charlie.Drumlanrig and the Queensberry title passed to the Dukes of Buccleuch in 1810 on the death of the 4th Duke of Queensberry.Today the castle is supported by extensive estates and income from farming and forestry.No comments have so far been submitted.

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