A watercolour worth more than £450,000 looks set to remain on show in York despite being stolen in the City Art Gallery raid last January

Turner's landscape of Rievaulx Abbey

Turner's painting of Rievaulx Abbey was on loan to the gallery when it became the biggest catch in a £1.7 million haul of 20 paintings, all of which have now been recovered by police.

Its anonymous owner has indicated that despite the theft she wants the painting, which has been lent to the gallery for the past eight years, to remain in the city.

Gallery curator Richard Green said: "Damage to the painting during the robbery was minimal and what happens to it now has to be agreed between the owner and the insurers.

"The owner has indicated that she would like it to stay on loan to the gallery, but there is still a lot that needs to be discussed before a final decision is made."

The painting was retrieved by police last month along with the others stolen in the raid, including two works by 20th-century artist Walter Sickert and two 14th-century panels of St Peter and St Paul by Bartolomeo.

They were recovered from a suitcase in the boot of a car during an operation by armed police on an industrial estate near Rotherham.

Craig William Townend, 28, and his stepfather William Spence, 49, both from Rotherham, are due to appear at York Magistrates Court on Tuesday in connection with the robbery.

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