Argentina officials recover missing painting stolen by Nazis and seen in real estate photo
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The painting recovered by police in Argentina is presented to the media at the public prosecutor's office in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Sept 3.
PHOTO: AFP
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- Argentina recovered a Nazi-looted painting, "Portrait of Contessa Colleoni," missing for 80 years after being spotted in a real estate photo.
- The painting was stolen from Amsterdam-based art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and featured in a database of Nazi-looted art.
- Patricia Kadgien, daughter of a former Nazi official, and her husband were placed under house arrest for obstructing the investigation.
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BUENOS AIRES - Argentina officials said on Sept 3 they had recovered a painting stolen decades ago by the Nazis following days of international intrigue and raids to track down the portrait after it was spotted in a real estate photo.
An official for the local prosecutor’s office in the coastal city of Mar del Plata said Argentina’s federal prosecutor would soon reveal more details about the painting’s recovery.
The painting, a portrait of Contessa Colleoni by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, is featured on a database of works of art stolen by the Nazis and has been missing for 80 years.
The Argentine authorities raided a house in Mar del Plata last week after the painting was shown hanging on a wall
Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad first reported that the home in the real estate listing belonged to Patricia Kadgien, daughter of Friedrich Kadgien, a senior official in Adolf Hitler’s government who moved to Argentina from Germany after World War II. He died in 1979.
A federal court ordered house arrest for Patricia Kadgien and her husband for 72 hours starting on Sept 1. A judicial official told Reuters they would be questioned on accusations they had obstructed the investigation to locate the painting.
The portrait of Contessa Colleoni was among more than 1,000 works of art stolen by the Nazis from Amsterdam-based art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who died in 1940. REUTERS
