A court in Argentina has ruled that a late-baroque painting, stolen by the Nazis and missing for 80 years, must be returned to the heir of its rightful owner. The painting, known as Portrait of a Lady, was recovered last year after being spotted in photographs of a house for sale near Buenos Aires.
The house belonged to Patricia Kadgien, whose father was a Nazi fugitive. She has agreed to return the artwork in exchange for not being prosecuted for concealing it. The agreement also requires Kadgien and her husband to donate 4.8 million pesos (£2,356; $3,185) to local hospitals.
Portrait of a Lady was among over 1,000 artworks looted from the collection of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker following the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. His daughter-in-law and sole heir, Marei von Saher, intends for the painting to be temporarily exhibited at the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires to raise awareness.