{
  "id": 6129948,
  "title": "Nazi’s daughter gives up looted Goudstikker painting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/nazis-daughter-gives-up-looted-goudstikker-painting",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T10:45:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DutchNews",
    "slug": "dutchnews",
    "url": "https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/09/nazis-daughter-gives-up-looted-goudstikker-painting/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Nazi official's daughter has relinquished her claim to a painting that was looted during World War II from the collection of Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. The artwork, titled \"Portrait of a Lady,\" was identified in August 2025 when Dutch journalists researching the daughter's father recognized it in photos of her Argentine home, which was being sold. Friedrich Kadgien, Patricia Kadgien's father, served as financial adviser to Hermann Göring and fled to Argentina post-war, never facing charges. He passed away in 1978. German authorities seized the painting when police raided the Kadgien residence, but it had been removed by then. The painting, catalogued as a work of Giuseppe Ghislandi, was later determined to have been painted by Giacomo Ceruti, an 18th-century Italian artist, according to Argentina's national academy of fine arts. The Kadgien couple was placed under house arrest and surrendered the artwork to prosecutors a week later. The portrait of Contessa Colleoni, valued at approximately $290,000, will now be exhibited by Goudstikker's daughter-in-law, Marei von Saher, before being transferred to her.",
  "summary": "The daughter of a Nazi official has given up all claim to a painting looted from the collection of Amsterdam...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}