Experts from the National Academy of Fine Arts, Ángel Miguel Navarro and Alejo Gabriel Lo Russo, conducted various expert examinations over several weeks on the painting found in a house in Mar del Plata, which was stolen by the Nazis during World War II. These analyses determined that the painting belongs to Melchiorre Ceruti, who was part of the collection of art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and is valued at over 250,000 euros. After the true artist was identified, it was recently learned that the rightful heir is demanding that justice return the artwork. It is in this context that one of the paintings was found in Argentina, in the home of the daughter of former Nazi official Friedrich Kadgien, in Mar del Plata. Now, with the results of the expert report, the investigation continues in the Research and Simple Case Litigation Area of the Mar del Plata Federal Unit, which extended the investigation period until next March, according to the Argentine News Agency. In mid-September of last year, Federal Prosecutor Carlos Martínez charged the Nazi's daughter and her partner with aggravated concealment. The heir in question is Marei von Saher, the art dealer's daughter-in-law and heir, who lives in the United States. It is known that Goudstikker left his gallery in Amsterdam in 1940 to escape the Nazi invasion, which caused his paintings to be sent to Germany and subsequently distributed to various countries.
