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Nazi-Looted Ghislandi Portrait Spotted in Argentine Real Estate Listing

Authorities are moving to secure the work, with a restitution claim by Goudstikker’s heir now in preparation.

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The Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker kept a record of his holdings in a pocket notebook in the 1930s. Among the paintings he owned when he died was one that has reappeared in a real estate ad in August 2025 in Buenos Aires. (Black book by Marcel Antonisse/AFP via Getty Images; real estate photograph from Robles Casas & Campas)
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Overview

  • Dutch newspaper AD identified the painting in listing photos for a Mar del Plata home tied to descendants of Friedrich Kadgien, a former aide to Hermann Goering.
  • Provenance researchers at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands say the image strongly matches the missing work but require an in-person examination of the back for confirmation.
  • After reporters inquired, the real estate listing and images were taken down, and a Kadgien daughter declined to discuss the painting and denied knowledge of it.
  • Interpol and the Argentine Federal Police are now involved to locate the portrait and prevent it from being moved or disappearing again.
  • Marei von Saher, heir to dealer Jacques Goudstikker, has retained U.S. counsel and plans a formal restitution claim, while researchers also flagged a possible Abraham Mignon still life linked to the family.