After multiple failed attempts, Argentine police have recovered a painting that the Nazis looted from a Dutch Jewish art dealer during the Holocaust.

Dutch journalists first spotted the painting, “Portrait of a Lady” by Giuseppe Ghislandi, last month in an ad for a property being sold by a daughter of Friedrich Kadgien , a Nazi finance official who fled to Argentina after World War II. But when police entered the home to locate the work, one of more than 1,000 looted from the holdings of Jacques Goodstikker, it had been removed from the wall.

The police placed Patricia Kadgien on house arrest while searching for the painting. And on Wednesday, they announced that the family’s lawyer had handed over the painting to authorities.

“It’s in good condition for its age, since it dates from 1

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