Argentina Ordered to Return Nazi-Looted Painting That Showed Up in a Real Estate Listing
An 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis and missing since the 1940s resurfaced in August 2025 in a real estate listing for a home in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and an Argentine judge has ordered it returned to the heirs of its original owner, Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. The work, widely reported as by Giuseppe Ghislandi (though its attribution has been questioned), appeared in a listing by Patricia Kadgien, a descendant of Friedrich Kadgien, an SS officer whose family later possessed the painting. After investigators identified the work, police raided the home and prosecutors brought charges; judge Santiago Inchausti said an order would be issued to return the painting to Goudstikker’s daughter-in-law and sole heir, Marei von Saher. Under the agreement, the Kadgien family also committed to donate about $3,200 to local hospitals.
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