Overview

• Dutch reporters from Algemeen Dagblad identified Fra Galgario’s Portrait of a Lady in photos from a Mar del Plata property listing tied to the family of former Nazi official Friedrich Gustav Kadgien.
• Argentine police searched the villa after the report, but a prosecutor said the painting was gone when officers arrived and the online listing had been removed.
• Investigators reported signs the room had been altered compared with the listing photos and seized firearms that lacked permits, according to local media.
• Authorities are now working with Interpol as the artwork remains missing and its current location is unknown.
• Goudstikker’s heirs, represented by Marei von Saher, have initiated legal action to reclaim the work, building on prior Dutch restitutions of more than 200 pieces from the dealer’s looted collection.