Secret Nazi-Looted Baroque Masterpiece Uncovered in Argentine House Sale Photos—Is This the Art World’s Biggest Breakthrough?
Wikimedia CommonsJacques Goudstikker, pictured in November 1938, less than two years before his death.
Meanwhile, Portrait of a Lady is not the only piece from Goudstikker’s collection that may remain in possession of the Kadgien estate. Documents show that he also escaped Europe with a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Abraham Mignon.
It’s believed that this painting appeared in a Facebook photo posted by one of Kadgien’s daughters in 2012, but the current location of the work remains unknown. Von Saher hopes to recover this painting as well.
“Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Nazi fugitives fled to Argentina after the war,” said Cyril Rosman, one of the investigative reporters on this case. “Who knows how many more looted artworks ended up here, quietly passed down through families?”
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