A painting stolen by the Nazis in Amsterdam reappears in a house in Argentina.

A painting stolen by the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II and missing for decades has been found in a home in Argentina , hanging above the living room sofa of one of the daughters of a former Nazi official, according to the Dutch newspaper AD, which located the portrait, which had been missing since the 1940s .

The work, "Portrait of a Lady", by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi (1655-1743) , was part of the prestigious collection of the Jewish merchant Jacques Goudstikker , who died in 1940 while fleeing the Nazis.

His gallery in Amsterdam, with more than 1,100 pieces—including Rembrandts and Vermeers—was sold at bargain prices to high-ranking officials of the Third Reich, including Field Marshal Hermann Göring.

The painting ended up in the hands of Friedrich Kadgien, a Nazi official close to Göring and a member of the SS, who fled first to Switzerland and then to South America , where he settled in Argentina and died in 1978 in Buenos Aires.

Documents from the time indicate that he accumulated diamonds and works of art from extortion in Amsterdam.

The newspaper AD tried for years to contact Kadgien's daughters, who always avoided commenting on their father's past. They finally located the work when one of the daughters listed her house with an Argentine real estate agency , and photos of the interior showed the painting hanging in the living room. The Dutch newspaper has been able to confirm that the painting remains in the house in question.

Experts from the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE) emphasize that "there is no reason to believe it is a copy; the measurements match the information available" in their archives on this work, which has been missing since 1946. They noted that only an examination of the reverse could provide definitive confirmation through the use of original markings or labels on the painting.

Goudstikker's heirs, who recovered 202 pieces in 2006 after a lengthy dispute with the Dutch government, announced that they will reclaim the painting, a portrait of the Italian Countess Colleoni.

“ My search for my father-in-law's works began in the late 1990s and hasn't stopped until today. My family's goal is to recover every stolen piece from the collection and restore his legacy,” said 81-year-old Marei von Saher.

The case could become a protracted legal process if the current owners refuse to hand it over , the RCE warned. "It could be a complicated story," the heirs emphasize, having formally notified their claim after the AD news report was published.

In addition, RCE investigators located another painting listed as missing on Kadgien's daughters' social media: a floral still life by Dutch artist Abraham Mignon, although its exact origin is still under investigation.