An Argentine court returns an 18th-century work to the heirs of a Jewish art dealer

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An Argentine federal court ordered the restitution of the 18th-century painting Portrait of a Lady to the heirs of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. This decision follows almost 90 years after the Nazis looted the artwork from Amsterdam.

An Argentine federal court on Friday ordered the return of the painting Portrait of a Lady to the family of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, almost 90 years after the Nazi regime looted his collection in Amsterdam. The work surfaced last year at a house in Mar del Plata, 400 kilometres from Buenos Aires.