An Argentine court has approved the return of a long-lost Italian portrait, "Portrait of a Lady," to Marei von Saher, the sole surviving heir of Jacques Goudstikker, a prominent Dutch-Jewish art dealer. The painting was looted by the Nazis during their invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 and had been missing for over 80 years. Goudstikker, who died in a shipwreck while fleeing Amsterdam, was known for his extensive art collection, which included works by famous artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer. Patricia Kadgien, daughter of the late Friedrich Kadgien, a high-ranking Nazi official, and her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, were charged with aggravated cover-up after investigators discovered the painting hidden in their home in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Under a legal agreement, the couple agreed to relinquish any claim to the painting in exchange for avoiding a criminal trial and spending two years under court supervision. During this time, they must make payments to a local hospital and report their movements to authorities. The painting was identified through an online real estate listing for Kadgien’s daughter’s home, which disappeared shortly after Dutch journalists from the newspaper Algemeen Dagblad published their findings. Police conducted multiple raids on the home but were unable to locate the painting. More than a week later, Kadgien’s lawyer handed it over to authorities. The portrait had been previously attributed to Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi, an 18th-century Italian Baroque painter, but a court-ordered examination by Argentina’s National Academy of Fine Arts reattributed the work to Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti, another Italian artist. Experts confirmed it was part of Goudstikker’s collection and estimated its value at around 250,000 euros. Friedrich Kadgien, who fled to Argentina after World War II, was a financial advisor to Hermann Göring, one of Hitler’s top allies. He died in Argentina in 1978 without ever being arrested for war crimes. Marei von Saher, who now lives in Connecticut, has agreed to allow the painting to be displayed in Argentina before it is returned to her. During recent raids on properties owned by Kadgien and her sister, Argentine police also seized two 19th-century paintings and other artwork, and are now investigating whether these items were also looted during the war.