A painting by Giuseppe Ghislandi from the Goudstikker collection has resurfaced after being missing for decades.
The painting was stolen from the Goudstikker collection in the Second World War by a high-ranking Nazi official. Dutch newspaper AD tracked it down hanging above the couch in the home of one of the Nazi official’s daughters in Argentina.
The painting, “Portrait of a Lady” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was suspected to be in the daughter’s home in an Argentinian coastal town, but the Nazi official’s daughter was unwilling to speak to the newspaper’s journalists.
The newspaper now managed to confirm the painting’s location in a remarkable way. The house was put on the market, and photos on the Argentinian realtor’s website show the painting hanging in the living room above the couch. According to AD, another source confirmed that the painting is still in the house.
The heirs of the Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker plan to reclaim the painting. “My search for the artworks of my father-in-law, Jcaques Goudstikker, began in the late 1990s, and I have not given up to this day,” daughter-in-law Marei von Saher (81) told the newspaper. “It is my family’s goal to recover every artwork looted from the Goudstikker collection and to restore Jacques’ legacy.”
Main Image: The stolen painting above the coach, courtesy realtor Robles Casas y Campos