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Expert Report Confirms Nazi-Looted 'Portrait of a Lady' Is by Giacomo Ceruti

Prosecutors extended the concealment probe into March with the painting held by Argentina’s Supreme Court.

Peritajes oficiales determinaron la autoría de “Retrato de una dama”, una obra robada durante la ocupación nazi en los Países Bajos, y que reapareció en Mar del Plata.
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Overview

  • Specialists Ángel Miguel Navarro and Alejo Gabriel Lo Russo concluded the reattribution after stylistic analysis consistent with Ceruti and a review of the work’s shifting 20th‑century attributions.
  • Technical examination verified the painting’s authenticity and placed it within Jacques Goudstikker’s collection looted during the Nazi occupation, supported by a matching RKD archival photograph.
  • The report set an indicative market value of about €250,000 based on the work’s quality and authorship.
  • Defendants Patricia Kadgien and Juan Carlos Cortegoso remain charged with aggravated concealment linked by prosecutors to crimes against humanity, under conditional liberty with their passports retained.
  • The case began on August 25, 2025 following alerts from Interpol Argentina and Customs after a Dutch media investigation, with DAIA joining as amicus curiae and Goudstikker’s heir preparing a restitution claim.