"Argentinian police are searching for a Nazi-looted painting after it was apparently spotted in an advert for a seaside property. The painting, Portrait of a Lady by 18th-century Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, was part of the collection of the Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who fled the Netherlands when it was invaded by Nazi Germany. His gallery containing more than 1,100 works of art was looted by the Nazis. This portrait was last traced to Switzerland in 1946, where it was under the possession of a high-ranking Nazi called Friedrich Kadgien."
"by the pensioner Paul Post and journalists from the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad ( AD) apparently revealed the work on the living room wall at the Kadgien family home in Argentina. In a strange twist, while the AD correspondent was visiting the property to invite Kadgien's daughters to give an interview, he discovered it was for sale-and when a colleague then viewed the listing on the estate agent Robles Casas & Campos's website, they spotted the painting on the wall in a photo."
Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi belonged to Jewish dealer Jacques Goudstikker and was taken when Nazi forces looted his gallery of more than 1,100 works. The painting was traced to Switzerland in 1946 and was recorded as being in the possession of high-ranking Nazi Friedrich Kadgien, who fled Germany after the war. The work was apparently photographed on the living-room wall of a Kadgien family home in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in a property advert. Argentinian police raided the house on 26 August but found the painting missing and a tapestry hung in its place. Goudstikker's heirs have been searching for the painting for eight decades, and a separate Mignon work was also linked to the Kadgien family via a Facebook photo.
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