
An Argentine court has ruled that a Baroque painting stolen by Nazis from Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker in 1940 must be returned to his heir Marei von Saher after being discovered in the home of a Nazi fugitive's daughter near Buenos Aires, who agreed to surrender it to avoid prosecution.
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The painting was part of over 1,000 artworks looted from Jacques Goudstikker's collection during the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. It resurfaced in 2025 in a Mar del Plata home linked to a Nazi fugitive's family.
A painting which was stolen by the Nazis and only recovered in Argentina last year must now be returned to the heir of its rightful owner, a court has ruled.
The late-baroque Portrait of a Lady was lost for 80 years until it was spotted in photographs of a house for sale near Buenos Aires.
The house belonged to Patricia Kadgien, the daughter of a Nazi fugitive who had fled there after the Second World War, and she has now agreed to return the painting in exchange for not being prosecuted for concealing it from the authorities.
Portrait of a Lady was among over 1,000 artworks looted from the collection of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker after the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.
His daughter-in-law and sole heir Marei von Saher intends for the painting to be exhibited on a temporary loan at the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires to spread awareness of the issue, Argentine newspaper Clarin reports.
Von Saher has previously said her family "aims to bring back every single artwork robbed from Jacques' collection, and to restore his legacy".
This painting was first recognised in August 2025 by the Dutch Algemeen Dagblad (AD) newspaper on an estate agent's website of a property in the coastal town of Mar del Plata.
It was hanging above a green sofa in the living room of Patricia Kadgien, whose father Friedrich Kadgien had been a top adviser to Hermann Goring, Adolf Hitler's deputy. Goring plundered thousands of works across Europe.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Marei von Saher will loan the painting to the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires for temporary exhibition
Very likely · Within months
Further investigations may target other artworks from the Goudstikker collection in Latin America
Possible · Within years

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