Overview

• Patricia Kadgien and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, were ordered to 72 hours of house arrest and will be questioned on alleged obstruction and concealment tied to the painting’s disappearance.
• The work, believed to be Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady (Countess Colleoni), was seen in a real‑estate listing for Kadgien’s Mar del Plata home but was missing when police arrived, with a horse tapestry in its place.
• Authorities conducted four additional raids on family‑linked properties, seized other 19th‑century artworks for analysis, and continue to work with Interpol and the Argentine federal police to locate the portrait.
• Prosecutor Carlos Martínez said the defense offered to hand over the painting but has not done so, and a court hearing is expected before Thursday on charges described as concealment of theft in the context of genocide.
• Goudstikker heir Marei von Saher signaled legal action to recover the work, while the Kadgien family asserts inherited ownership and has proposed placing the painting in court custody; authenticity awaits physical examination.