{
  "id": 6167565,
  "title": "Argentine court orders looted Nazi painting be restored to owner’s heir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/argentine-court-orders-looted-nazi-painting-be-restored-to-owners-heir",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T20:36:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Buenos Aires Herald",
    "slug": "buenos-aires-herald",
    "url": "https://buenosairesherald.com/culture-ideas/arts-culture-ideas/argentine-court-orders-looted-nazi-painting-be-restored-to-owners-heir"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An Argentine court has ruled that an 18th-century painting, \"Portrait of a Lady,\" looted by the Nazis during World War II, must be returned to the heirs of the original owner. The artwork, originally owned by Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, was last seen in Argentina in the 1940s at the residence of Friedrich Kadgien, a high-ranking Nazi financier. Kadgien, a right-hand man of German Field Marshal Herman Göring, fled Argentina for Switzerland after the war and later settled in Brazil before passing away in Buenos Aires in 1978. The painting was recently discovered in Argentina and registered on an international list of missing art. Dutch journalist Peter Schouten, along with Dutch media outlets, had been investigating the painting's whereabouts. Upon its discovery, Kadgien and Patricia Kadgien, who had been living in Mar del Plata, were formally ordered to surrender the painting to its rightful owner. In exchange, they agreed to forgo any further legal action and make a donation of AR$4.8 million to a local hospital. The judge overseeing the case reported that the Goudstikker heir intends to display the painting in Argentina before it is returned to the Netherlands, aiming to raise awareness about the Nazi genocide.",
  "summary": "‘Portrait of a lady’ had last been seen in the 1940s in Switzerland before being discovered in a home in Mar del Plata last year La entrada Argentine court orders looted Nazi painting be restored to owner’s heir se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .",
  "key_points": [
    "Argentine court orders Nazi-looted painting to be returned to Jewish art dealer's heirs.",
    "Portrait of a Lady owned by Jacques Goudstikker, stolen during WWII.",
    "Goudstikker heirs to display painting in Argentina before returning to Netherlands."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}