From Argentine police recover Nazi-looted painting that went missing after being spotted in property ad
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A painting identified by Dutch newspaper AD as believed to be "Portrait of a Lady" by Italian baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi (16551743), stolen by the Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector, is displayed at the Public Prosecutor's Office in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on September 3, 2025. (AFP)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine police have recovered a 17th century painting stolen from a Dutch Jewish art collector over a week after it appeared in a property ad, investigators say.
Prosecutors say that “Portrait of a Lady” by Italian baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, which was photographed hanging in the home of the daughter of a senior SS officer in Mar del Plata, has been returned by the woman’s lawyer.
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