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Argentina Raids Home After Nazi-Looted Portrait Appears in Real Estate Listing

Dutch experts call the image a near-certain match to a Goudstikker work, with confirmation pending recovery as Interpol joins the hunt.

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The Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker kept a record of his holdings in a pocket notebook in the 1930s. Among the paintings he owned when he died was one that has reappeared in a real estate ad in August 2025 in Buenos Aires. (Black book by Marcel Antonisse/AFP via Getty Images; real estate photograph from Robles Casas & Campas)
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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.