Overview

• The 18th-century work, “Retrato de una dama” attributed to Giuseppe Ghislandi and long listed in Dutch records as looted from dealer Jacques Goudstikker, was identified in a real-estate photo and then delivered to federal authorities.
• Judge Santiago Inchausti formalized charges against Patricia Kadgien and Juan Carlos Cortegoso for aggravated concealment in the context of genocide, ordering passport surrender and a travel ban as they continue the case in freedom.
• The painting will remain under judicial protection with the Supreme Court assuming temporary custody, and officials proposed safeguarding it at the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum pending final disposition.
• Investigators are coordinating with Interpol and Dutch cultural authorities; the FBI notified prosecutors that Goudstikker’s heirs have come forward in New York to pursue recovery.
• Kadgien’s defense presented a 1943 museum receipt to assert lawful acquisition and inheritance, while prosecutors conduct provenance examinations on this work and other seized artworks and prints.