$42 million in paintings missing in Madrid Robbers target home of one of Spain's richest women

MADRID--Thieves have snatched more than 20 works of art, worth atleast $42.6 million, from a private collection in Madrid, includingmasterpieces by Goya, Brueghel and Pissarro.

In one of Spain's biggest art thefts, burglars raided the home ofEsther Koplowitz, 51, the marquesa of Casa Penalver and of Cardenas.

Members of the gang, which the police described as "very wellprepared" and as having had a thorough knowledge of the contents ofthe flat, broke windows in the street outside the Koplowitz residenceto divert the attention of a security guard.

They then beat and tied the guard, forced open the door to theapartment, disarmed the alarms and quickly loaded the …