Raphael self portrait drawing

Portrait of a Young Man by Raphael is often considered as a self-portrait.

Raphael self portrait drawing

The Nazis from Poland stole the painting during World War II.

Most historians regard the painting as the most important picture missing since the Second World War. It's suggested that, if it is found, the portrait of a young man would be worth more than 100 million USD today.

It's in oil on panel, most likely from 1513-1514. The identity of the subject is not verified, but many have regarded it as a self-portrait of Raphael.

Specialists perceive the facial features as being compatible with, if not certainly similar to, the only indubitable Raphael's self-portrait in his fresco called The School of Athens found at the Vatican, which Vasari identified as such.

If it's a self-portrait, then no hint is provided about the profession of Raphael. Before it disappeared, no colour photographs of th