Authorities in Argentina have recovered an 18th-century painting stolen more than 80 years ago by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a week after it was spotted by chance in a real estate listing. The painting, the long-lost Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi, was looted in the second world war. The judiciary is analysing the works to determine whether they, too, were looted during the second world war. After the fall of the Third Reich at the end of the second world war, several high-ranking Nazi officials fled to South America. The portrait was among more than 1,000 works of art stolen by the Nazis from Goudstikker, who died in 1940 after falling in the hold of the ship carrying him to safety.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2025 17:22 UTC