Overview

• The 18th-century painting “Retrato de una dama” by Giuseppe Ghislandi was handed to the Mar del Plata federal prosecutor by the Kadgien family’s lawyer and was shown publicly by officials.
• Judge Santiago Inchausti, at prosecutor Carlos Martínez’s request, formally imputed Patricia Kadgien and Juan Carlos Cortegoso for aggravated concealment linked to wartime theft and released them with a ban on leaving the country.
• Prosecutors are coordinating with Dutch authorities and Interpol and have proposed safeguarding the canvas at the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum pending ownership and restitution decisions.
• Searches at properties tied to the Kadgien family yielded additional 19th-century paintings, drawings and prints that are now under provenance analysis.
• The case began after Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad spotted the work in a Mar del Plata real-estate photo; court experts dated it to 1710, found it in good condition and estimated a value near US$50,000.