The Procuress (Cranach)

[4] The first known owner of the painting was the Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia,[5] who brought The Procuress to Georgia in the 19th century.

[8] Takaishvili gathered some of the precious pieces from the Georgian treasury and took them with him to France, to safeguard national invaluable objects from the flames of warfare.

[3] In July 1994, five armed people broke in to the Museum of Arts in the middle of the night to seize The Procuress and a few other renowned paintings.

On May 10 of 2004, Georgian prosecutor Valeri Grigalashvili, was requested to the Chapidze Clinic by one of the most authoritative “thieves in law” – Gogi Chikovani.

As promised, Georgian state police found The Procuress near the Matrimonial palace on the left embankment of the river Mtkvari.