"'Portrait of a Lady' is in 'good condition,' art expert says "It's in good condition given its age," art expert Ariel Bassano told reporters, adding that "Portrait of a Lady," an 18th-century work by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, was being "stored in a special chamber" for safekeeping. Bassano has been assisting Argentine authorities with their investigation into the painting."
"The portrait, which Bassano dates to 1710 and values at roughly $50,000 (almost 43,000) was in the possession of Dutch-Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker before he was killed in a shipwreck while trying to escape Amsterdam in 1940. Shortly after Goudstikker died, his extensive art collection was looted by the Nazis. Goudstikker's extensive inventory was auctioned off to Hermann Goring, the head of the Nazi Luftwaffe and Adolf Hitler's right-hand man, but it disappeared at the end of the war in 1945."
The 18th-century portrait 'Portrait of a Lady' by Giuseppe Ghislandi, dated to 1710, was recovered in Argentina after being missing since World War II. The painting is valued at roughly $50,000 and belonged to Dutch-Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, whose collection was looted by the Nazis after his 1940 death and later auctioned to Hermann Goring. The artwork was identified when Dutch journalists spotted it in a Mar del Plata online real estate listing linked to the family of Nazi lawyer Friedrich Kadgien, who fled to Argentina in 1949. The listing was removed after publication, and the portrait is in good condition and stored in a special chamber while authorities investigate.
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