TOH edition: Tuesday, 15 September 2026 · Culture & Life
Stolen in 1945 and Spotted in an Online House Listing, a Nazi-Looted Painting Is Going Home
Reported by Smithsonian Magazine
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Giacomo Ceruti's portrait 'Portrait of a Lady', looted by Nazi forces in Amsterdam in 1945, will be returned to its rightful heirs following a landmark ruling by an Argentine court. The lost masterpiece was rediscovered after eight decades when an alert researcher noticed it hanging in the background of an online real estate listing in Argentina. The decision marks a rare, peaceful restoration of stolen family heritage that crossed continents and survived generations.
Even eighty years and thousands of miles away, justice and family heritage can prevail against time and wartime plunder.
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