Overview

• Federal police searched a Mar del Plata home linked to Patricia Kadgien and seized more than 25 1940s prints, documents, two phones, a revolver and a shotgun, but the painting was not recovered.
• Prosecutor Carlos Martínez said the operation continues as investigators analyze the seized material for provenance leads and coordinate through international channels.
• The lead emerged after Dutch journalists spotted the artwork in a real-estate listing, which Dutch cultural heritage researchers matched to a postwar declaration with a photo and a note referencing Friedrich Kadgien.
• The disputed work is believed to be Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Retrato de dama from the looted collection of Amsterdam dealer Jacques Goudstikker, a case now drawing global media attention.
• Dutch specialists say any return in the Netherlands would require both current possessors and Goudstikker’s heirs to submit the case to the Restitution Committee, and a second possible Goudstikker painting seen in family photos remains unconfirmed.