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Argentina Recovers Nazi-Looted ‘Portrait of a Lady’ After Real-Estate Listing Tip

The work, stolen from Dutch dealer Jacques Goudstikker during World War II, was unseen in public for eight decades.

Giuseppe Ghislandi's 18th-century painting "Portrait of a Lady," reportedly stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II and discovered in the home of his daughter after appearing in a real estate listing, is displayed during a press conference by Prosecutor Daniel Adler in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christian Heit)
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Giuseppe Ghislandi's 18th-century painting "Portrait of a Lady," reportedly stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II and discovered in the home of his daughter after appearing in a real estate listing, is displayed during a press conference by Prosecutor Daniel Adler in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christian Heit)
An Argentine Federal Police car is parked outside a house where an Argentine federal court ordered a raid to search for a portrait of Contessa Colleonia, a 17th-century painting by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, stolen decades ago by the Nazis, after the painting was recently spotted in a real estate listing, in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Subirat

Overview

  • Argentine prosecutors displayed Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady on Wednesday after the suspects’ lawyer surrendered the painting to authorities.
  • Investigators said the piece is now in official custody and held in a controlled chamber, with an expert dating it to about 1710 and valuing it at roughly $50,000.
  • Patricia Kadgien and her husband were placed under short-term house arrest in Mar del Plata and face a hearing on concealment and obstruction allegations.
  • Police initially failed to find the portrait during a raid on the home featured in a property listing, then conducted additional searches and seized other works for analysis.
  • Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad identified the painting in the listing, and records show it was among more than 1,000 works taken from Goudstikker’s collection, depicting Countess Colleoni.