Argentina ordered to return Nazi-looted painting to Jewish collector's heir
Eighteenth-century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector to the rightful owner's heir, a judge ruled Friday. Leer más
A judge has ruled that Argentina must return an 18th-century painting looted by the Nazis to the heir of a Jewish art dealer. The Portrait of a Lady, by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, was stolen from Dutch collector Jacques Goudstikker in 1940 and remained missing for decades. Recently, the painting was discovered hanging in the home of Patricia Kadgien, whose father was a financier for the Nazi SS.
Judge Santiago Inchausti ordered the painting's return to Goudstikker's daughter-in-law, Marei von Saher, and a donation of around US$3,200 to local hospitals. The Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 saw over 1,000 artworks stolen from Goudstikker's collection, with many ultimately returned to his heirs following the war.
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