Nazis stolen by Nazis Ladies’ portrait The Italian master Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi is justified. After the Argentinian police had previously made a vain raid with the daughter of the Nazia officer Friedrich Kadgien, who had the painting in his hands, she still handed the artwork to local authorities. That is what the Argentinian Public Prosecution Service said on Wednesday during a press conference. The painting itself was shown there.
Ladies’ portrait was untraceable for more than 80 years, until it Ad Last month the painting reported on the website of a broker in Buenos Aires. The photo showed that the painting in the living room of the daughter of Friedrich Kadgien hung. Against Ad two advisers from the National Service for Cultural Heritage declared that, based on the photos, they did not doubt the authenticity of the portrait.
Goudstikker family
Nazium officer Kadgien is accused of having stolen the painting of Jacques Goudstikker, one of Europe’s most prominent art dealers and gatherers from before the Second World War. Goudstikker died during his flight to America, after which his entire collection for extremely low prices was sold to high -ranking Nazis. The heirs of Goudstikker want the curtain back and have submitted a claim in writing to the descendants of Kadgien.
The journalists of it Ad tried to get in touch with the daughter of Kadgien, who died in 1978, for years. The newspaper had received a tip from the retired Dutchman Paul Post, who did a preliminary investigation into the painting and had instructions about the place of residence. The family never went on the contact requests of it Ad in.
The daughter of Kadgien initially objected to the claim of the Goudstikker family and had to be allowed to keep a request in the painting at the Argentinian court.
Legal ownership
The Argentinian justice will investigate who should become the owner of the painting legally. How long that research will take is unclear. Kadgien’s daughter will have to prevent himself in court on Thursday. Then it will also be known whether she will be charged for hiding the painting.
Ladies’ portraita portrait of the Italian countess Colleoni, has been on the international investigation list for a long time Lost art database. The artwork is also missing on the website of the Dutch National Service for Cultural Heritage.
The researchers from the National Service may now have encountered a second painting that came into the hands of Kadgien, a flower still life by Abraham Mignon. The Van Goudstrikker family has not yet claimed the right to that painting, because it is not yet clear how the work came into the hands of Kadgien.