A $50,000 painting stolen 80 years ago by the Nazis was recovered Wednesday in Argentina, about a week after it appeared in a real estate listing from the daughter of a Nazi fugitive.
“Portrait of a Lady” by Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi was among more than 1,000 works looted from the collection of Dutch-Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker during World War II. Before late August, its last known owner was notorious genocidaire Hermann Göring.
But last week, it appeared in a house listing for a home in Mar Del Plata owned by Patricia Kadgien. She’s the daughter of Göring’s financial advisor Friedrich Kadgien, who fled to Argentina after the war and died in 1978.
A Dutch newspaper reported on the discovery, and Argentine authorities raided the home. However, when the cops showed up, the painting wasn’t there.
When investigators couldn’t find the artwork, they searched additional homes associated with the Kadgien family and placed Patricia and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, under house arrest.
Lawyers for the Kadgien family handed over “Portrait of a Lady” on Wednesday morning, Argentine authorities said. Kadgien and Cortegoso were scheduled for a hearing Thursday on charges of concealment and obstruction of justice.
“It was people from the community, specifically journalists, who prompted the investigation,” Argentine prosecutor Daniel Adler said.
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