Overview
- The couple’s attorney delivered the Giuseppe Ghislandi portrait to the Mar del Plata Prosecutor’s Office, which presented it publicly before placing it in controlled storage.
- Art expert Ariel Bassano said the work dates to about 1710, is in good condition, and is being kept in a special chamber, with an estimated value of roughly $50,000.
- Patricia Kadgien and her husband are under a 72-hour house arrest order and face a Thursday hearing on suspected concealment and obstruction.
- Raids on properties linked to the Kadgien family seized additional paintings, drawings and engravings that are being analyzed for possible Nazi-era looting.
- The painting, missing for about 80 years and listed as stolen from Dutch dealer Jacques Goudstikker, was identified after Algemeen Dagblad spotted it in a Mar del Plata home listing.