Overview

• Accademia Carrara conservator Paolo Plebani says the painting is by Giacomo Ceruti rather than Fra’ Galgario, and the sitter’s identification as a Colleoni countess remains unproven.
• The work, tied to dealer Jacques Goudstikker’s collection seized in 1940, was traced after Algemeen Dagblad journalists spotted it in a Mar del Plata real-estate photo.
• Argentina’s Supreme Court now holds the painting in custody, with the piece transferred to the Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires under strict conservation measures.
• Homeowners Patricia Kadgien and Juan Carlos Cortegoso are charged with aggravated concealment connected to Nazi-era theft and say the painting has been in the family since 1943.
• Judicial authorities must confirm authorship and establish final disposition, including the possibility of returning the work to Goudstikker’s heirs in line with evidence and international treaties.