The 18th-century painting “Portrait of a Lady” was stolen by a high-ranking Nazi in the 1940s. Last year, it surfaced in a real estate listing in Argentina.
Ariel Bassano, a visual arts teacher, left, standing next to the painting “Portrait of a Lady” at the public prosecutor’s office in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The 18th-century work had been missing for eight decades.
Initial assessments of the seized artifacts indicate that they may date back 1,000 to 5,000 years and be from Europe, Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
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