Painting stolen by Nazis during WWII discovered in living room of real estate ad
A painting stolen from a Jewish art seller by the Nazis during the World War II was discovered in a real estate advertisement for a house in Argentina.
A portrait of the Contessa Colleoni, which was created by Vittore Ghislandi in 1743, was depicted hanging on a seat in the real estate list published by Robles Casas & Campos. Telegraph reports.
Artists examining the images, the Netherlands newspaper commercial, the Argentine house hanging on the wall, the painting based on the dimensions of the piece of authentic ‘a female portrait’ and believes that they will be very little encouragement to beat him, he said.
Ghislandi’s similar works of art brought only a few thousand dollars, or even less in the auction in recent years, According to the Jewish News Union.
Annelies Kool and Perry Schrier from the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency, AD, said, ‘There is no reason to think that this should be a copy’.
Once upon a time, he belonged to the Netherlands-Yahudi collector Jacques Goudstikker, a successful art dealer in Amsterdam.
At least 800 pieces of Goudstikker have been seized or purchased by the Nazis, an investigation assigned by the government in 2006 and classified the lost artwork as ‘looted’.
In the early 2000s, the inspectors were able to save more than 200 pieces, but many of them were lost – like ‘a female portrait’ – and included in the international loss of art list and the official Dutch art list looted by the Nazis.
In 1743, a portrait of the Contessa Colleoni, which was created by Vittore Ghislandi, was depicted in a real estate list published by Robles Casas & Campos (left).
Once upon a time, he belonged to the Netherlands-Yahudi collector Jacques Goudstikker, a successful art dealer in Amsterdam.
An investigation on how the portrait may have been injured in the Argentine House took the advertising reporters to Friedrich Kadgien, who once served as the financial advisor of Herman Goering, the best Nazi official.
The Nazi was tasked with financing the war efforts through the theft of art and diamonds from Jewish dealers in the Netherlands.
After the war, Kadgien fled to Argentina, where he died in 1979.
It turned out that the house announced on the list belonged to one of Kadgien’s daughters.
Later, when he faced the picture by advertising reporters, the unidentified woman claimed that she did not know which table they refer to, and she was very busy to answer her questions.
However, Goudstikker’s heir, Marei von Sahar, says now that he plans to make a claim and to initiate a legal procedure to return to his family.
“My father -in -law Jacques Goudstikker’s works of art began in the late 90s and I will not give up, ” he said.
‘My family Jacques’ collection robbed each work of art and aims to bring back the legacy,’ he said.
An investigation on how the portrait could have reached Argentina took journalists to Friedrich Kadgien, who once worked as the financial advisor of Herman Goering, the best Nazi official.
Storm Trooper Commander Reichstag President Goering is standing with Adolph Hitler
As the details of the Goudstikker collection fell into the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, in May 1940, he was held in a small black book on his journey to England.
The booklet was finally discovered by his surviving wife Desi and their only son EDO.
Separately, researchers from the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency claim to see another missing picture on a social media page of Abraham Mignon, a Dutch painter in the 17th century.
This flower picture was also included in the organization’s stolen art list, but the cultural heritage agency says its experts have not yet been able to follow the ownership.
