Overview

• The 18th-century work, identified as Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) from Jacques Goudstikker’s looted collection, was spotted in a Mar del Plata real estate photo before vanishing.
• Patricia Kadgien and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, were placed under a 72-hour house arrest and are to be questioned on obstruction, with a court hearing expected before Thursday.
• Police conducted additional raids on properties linked to the Kadgien family, seized two other 19th-century paintings and wartime documents for analysis, yet did not recover the disputed portrait.
• Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency researchers say the photographed painting likely matches the missing work, though confirmation requires physical examination once it is found.
• Goudstikker’s heir Marei von Saher is preparing restitution claims, while the Kadgien family filed papers asserting ownership based on time-bar arguments and proposed court custody of the painting pending a ruling.