After almost 80 years, an oil painting stolen by Nazis was found on an Argentinian broker website. This appears after investigation of AdJournalists.
Ladies’ portrait Van Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi (1655-1743) was in the possession of Kunsthandel Goudstikker at the time of the Second World War. The Jewish owner Jacques Goudstikker died during his flight to America, after which the entire collection for extremely low prices was sold to high -ranking Nazis. Friedrich Kadgien, financial adviser to Rijksmaarschalk Hermann Göring, got this way Ladies’ portrait in your hands.
After the war, Kadgien fled to South America. The last known place of residence of the painting was Switzerland in 1946. Now, almost eighty years later, it is simply with one of Kadgiens daughters at home above the bank in Buenos Aires. The journalists of it Ad For years, with the two daughters of Kad-Gien, who died in Buenos Aires in 1978, tried to come into contact. They received a tip from the retired Dutchman Paul Post who did a preliminary investigation into the painting and had instructions for the place of residence. However, the sisters never discussed this until one of them put her house for sale. On the broker’s website you can see the painting on one of the photos taken from the house.
Investigation
The portrait of the Italian Countess Colleoni has been on the international investigation list for a long time Lost art database. It is also missing on the website of the Dutch National Service for Cultural Heritage. The heirs of Jacques Goudstikker want the painting back, rather the family made a lawsuit against the Dutch state. In 2016, the heirs received a total of 202 works of art from the National Collection.
Against Ad Declare two advisers from the National Service for Cultural Heritage that, based on the photos, they do not doubt the authenticity of the portrait. There would be marks on the back that can give a definitive answer. The advisers also expect it to be a long, dragging matter if the daughters do not want to cooperate. The sisters briefly respond to questions from the AD via Instagram: “I don’t know what information you want from me and I don’t know what painting you are talking about.” They indicate that they are too busy to respond to further questions.
The researchers from the National Service have now come across a second painting, again via a photo online. On social media from the sisters they discovered another work that was stolen during the Second World War: a floral still life by Abraham Mignon. This has not yet been claimed by the heirs of Goudstikker, because it is still unclear how the work came into the hands of Kadgien.