Portrait of a Young Man
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Called the most valuable missing painting in the world at an estimated $100 million, Raphael's portrait was looted from the Czartoryski collection in Poland during the Nazi occupation. Its location remains unknown despite decades of searching.
Color Mood
Quietly radiant. Raphael achieves the impossible — a black background that feels warm rather than cold, flesh tones that seem lit from within. The most wanted missing portrait in the world.
Stolen from Czartoryski Museum, Poland (1940s) — whereabouts unknown
Primary Colors
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