Argentina: Police recover Nazi-looted Italian painting spotted in property ad

Source: France 24 [French state media]

“Argentine authorities recovered an 18th century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector over a week after it appeared in a property ad only to suddenly vanish. The ‘Portrait of a Lady’ by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was missing for eight decades …. Prosecutors said Wednesday that the woman’s lawyer returned the work after a major hunt for it that made headlines worldwide. … The painting was recognised last week by the Dutch newspaper AD in photographs of a house for sale in the seaside resort of Mar del Plata. It was hanging above a green sofa in the living room of Patricia Kadgien, daughter of SS financial guru Friedrich Kadgien, one of several high-ranking Nazis to escape to Argentina after the war.” (09/04/25)

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