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long-lost painting, "Portrait of a Lady" by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi, has been found in Argentina 80 years after it was stolen from a Jewish art collector during World War II. The discovery was made when the painting appeared in a real estate listing for the home of Friedrich Kadgien's daughter, whose father was a high-ranking Nazi official and aide to Hermann Goering.

    The Dutch government had listed "Portrait of a Lady" as one of hundreds of artworks looted by Nazis from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. Experts are confident that the painting in the listing is the original, with no reason to believe it's a copy. Goudstikker helped other Jews escape mainland Europe during the war.

    The painting was eventually acquired by Kadgien, who used his position to fund Nazi efforts and plunder art from Jewish collectors. He fled to Argentina after the war and died in 1979. Researchers claim to have spotted another missing artwork on a social media page of one of Kadgien's relatives.

    Goudstikker's family is building a case with their American attorney to have "Portrait of a Lady" returned. The family has been searching for the artworks since the 1990s, and some 200 paintings were returned in the early 2000s following an effort led by the Dutch government.