The daughter and son-in-law of a Nazi who stole art from European Jews during World War II were charged in an Argentine court on Sept 4 with hiding numerous works, including 22 by French painter Henri Matisse.
The pair came into the spotlight after an 18th century painting stolen from a Dutch art collector was
spotted in an Argentine property ad in August, only to vanish once again.
“Portrait of a Lady” by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was missing for eight decades before being photographed in the home of a daughter of Nazi Friedrich Kadgien, who had fled to Argentina after the war and died there in 1978.
Police opened an investigation and conducted multiple raids in search of the painting, only to find 22 works from the 1940s by Matisse (1869-1954), and others whose origins have yet to be determined.
The artworks were found in the Argentine seaside resort of Mar del Plata in possession of members of the Kadgien family, officials said.
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