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A painting which was stolen by Nazis 80 years ago has finally been recovered – after being spotted in an estate agents listing.
The portrait of Contessa Colleoni, by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, was one of more than 1,000 works stolen by the Nazis from Amsterdam-based art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who died in 1940.
It was later featured on a database of missing works and police have spent decades hunting for it.
Argentinian officials confirmed yesterday the painting had been found in a home in the seaside city of Mar del Plata, in eastern Argentina, 240 miles south of Buenos Aires.
It was spotted hanging on a wall of a housing listing on an estate agent’s website.
Police then raided the property, but were not able to immediately find it.
The case captured international attention after Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad first reported that the home in the real estate listing belonged to Patricia Kadgien, daughter of Friedrich Kadgien, a senior official in Adolf Hitler’s government who moved to Argentina from Germany after World War Two.
He died in 1979.
A judicial official said Patricia and her husband later handed over the painting to the prosecutor’s office via their attorney.
‘Art experts who have been following the case will be responsible for securing it to preserve the artwork,’ the official said.
The couple have been placed under house arrest for 72 hours, starting from Monday.
A judicial official told Reuters they would be questioned on accusations they had obstructed the investigation to locate the painting.
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