"The transfer ceremony was held at the Museum of History of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, the head of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, Sergei Kuzmin," reported RIA Novosti quotes Kononov.
According to him, the event was attended by the director of the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum.
The picture leaves for restoration to St. Petersburg, he said.
Earlier, the Tagansky court placed in custody the alleged thief of the painting Denis Chuprikov.
January 27, he made a picture of the exhibition, he was not disturbed. The next day, the canvas found in the suburbs.