Madonna and Spindle. Leonardo da Vinci

“The Madonna with a Spindle is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, commissioned around 1501 by Florimunde Robertet, secretary to King Louis XII of France. At least three copies are known, of which two are attributed to da Vinci or his school: one circa 1501, the other circa 1510.
The 1501 copy, is in the possession of the Duke of Buccle in Great Britain. In 2003, the painting was stolen from the Duke’s ancestral castle by two burglars pretending to be tourists. As they carried the painting out the window, they reassured the two real New Zealand tourists, “Don’t worry, darlings, we’re police. It’s just a drill.” The painting was found in Glasgow and returned in October 2007. It is now in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.