Artwork looted by Nazis spotted in estate agent advert

[struggle4progress]

Aug 27, 2025

An Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken.

A photo shows Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi hanging above a sofa inside a property near Buenos Aires once owned by a senior Nazi official who moved to South America after the Second World War.

The painting, which features on a database of lost wartime art, was traced when the house was put up for sale by the official's daughter, Dutch newspaper AD reports.

The artwork is among hundreds looted from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who helped other Jews escape during the war.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. FAFO: Search for painting looted by Nazis may have found more stolen art

The daughter of a Nazi fugitive is under house arrest after a search of her property failed to find a long-lost stolen painting.

Prosecutors say the looted artwork was no longer at the house, but raids at other properties linked to the family have turned up other pieces that may have been stolen during the war.

Portrait of a Lady, by Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi, had been missing for 80 years before it was spotted last month on an estate agent's website, where a photo showed it hanging in a house that had belonged to Patricia Kadgien's late father, Friedrich Kadgien.
...
The pair are expected to face a hearing on Thursday, where they will likely be charged with "concealment of theft in the context of genocide", the official added.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx26z142vko

The couple claim they're the rightful owners, but Kadgien senior was a top adviser to Hermann Goring.

[SocialDemocrat61]

2. Time to call

The Monuments Men.