400-year-old painting by Dutch master found in Iowa storage room. https://t.co/XnA7tTdD8h

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Warren tells Rob Dillard at Iowa Public Radio that he’s not sure why the painting was stashed under the theater, but has a couple of theories. “The assumption was it was tucked away there either because it needed some repair work or the content because it is a full backside nude of Venus de Milo and another cherub sans clothing,” he says.

In other words, it was a little risqué for the women’s club. “There were no other nudes in any other paintings in the collection,” Warren tells CNN. “It’s a very sensual painting.”