An Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken. A photo shows 'Portrait of a Lady' by Giuseppe Ghislandi hanging above a sofa inside a property near Buenos Aires once owned by a senior Nazi official who moved to South America after the Second World War. The painting, which features on a database of lost wartime art, was traced when the house was put up for sale by the official's daughter, Dutch newspaper AD reports. The artwork is among hundreds looted from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who helped other Jews escape during the war. Goudstikker died at sea in an accident escaping the Netherlands and is buried in England. Over 1,100 works from Goudstikker's collection were bought up in a forced sale by senior Nazis after his death, including Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. Post-war, some of the works were recovered in Germany and put on display in Amsterdam's Rijkmuseum as part of the Dutch national collection. Goudstikker's sole-surviving heir, daughter-in-law Marei von Saher, took possession of 202 pieces in 2006, AD reports. But one painting, a portrait of the Contessa Colleoni by late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, remained missing until now. AD's investigation unearthed wartime documents suggesting it was in the possession of Friedrich Kadgien, an SS officer and senior financial aide to Göring, who fled to Switzerland in 1945 before moving to Brazil then Argentina, where he became a successful businessman. Kadgien was described as a 'snake of the lowest sort' by American interrogators and died in 1979. The paper said it had made attempts to speak to Kadgien's two daughters about their father and the missing artworks. Recently, one of Kadgien's daughters put the home, once owned by her father, up for sale with an estate agent specialising in expensive Argentine property, where the painting was identified. Annelies Kool and Perry Schrier of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) reviewed the images and remarked, 'There is no reason to think this could be a copy'. Attempts to speak to the sisters have been unsuccessful, and lawyers for Goudstikker's estate have expressed a commitment to reclaim the painting.
Remarkable Discovery: Nazi-Looted Artwork Found in Argentine Estate

Remarkable Discovery: Nazi-Looted Artwork Found in Argentine Estate
An 80-year-old masterpiece, stolen during the Nazi era, has turned up in a house listing near Buenos Aires, shedding light on unresolved wartime art thefts.
A painting by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, looted by the Nazis from Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, has resurfaced in an Argentine estate listing, prompting discussions on restitution of culturally significant artworks stolen during WWII.