Italy tracks down copy of Da Vinci's lost masterpiece

By David Willey
Italy's police division specializing in Art Theft have finally found a 400 yr old copy of a piece by Da Vinci. It shows men on horses fighting for possession of a flag  It originally resided in the Tuscan town hall and there is a copy in the Italian presidents house. The article then continues to the history of the painting and why it is unfinished and where he tried to paint it and how some guy made a copy because the original was lost. Willey then continues to discuss how often we learn more from copies of work than the actual originals. After 15 paragraphs we finally get back to the point that is was stolen. Then he summarizes in only 1 paragraph where the painting was taken when stolen even though it was missing for 50 years. He then states the rest of the painting may be hidden under some paint in the Tuscan town hall but the mayor of Florence said no one will do any more invasive procedures in the hall.
I take issue with this article. It says its about the theft and such, yet the layout didn't make it seem about the theft. Art theft is one of those super interesting white collar crimes that never really happen. And the article focused more on the history of the painting and its format than anything else. I very much agree that this information should be included but I would much prefer that historical information to come after the story about the theft its self.