Overview
- Argentine federal police searched a Mar del Plata villa linked to Friedrich Kadgien’s family but said the painting was gone, seizing firearms and other items as prosecutors examine possible concealment and smuggling charges.
- The image surfaced on a Robles Casas & Campos property listing, identified by AD journalists who have traced the work’s postwar trail to Göring aide Kadgien, a Nazi-era figure who settled in Argentina.
- The Netherlands’ Cultural Heritage Agency says the photo almost certainly shows Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady from Jacques Goudstikker’s looted collection, though physical inspection is required for confirmation.
- Goudstikker’s heir, Marei von Saher, plans a formal restitution claim and has U.S. counsel representing her effort to recover the portrait.
- After the story broke, the listing and photos were removed and Interpol began assisting, as researchers also flagged a separate Mignon still life seen in a family social media post with unclear ownership.