THE MAGDEBURG MASTERPIECE MAY HAVE BEEN BURNED AT THE END OF HOSTILITIES—BUT SOME BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOTED AND SURVIVED.

Vincent van Gogh’s The Artist on the Road to Tarascon (1888), learn more about the artist, here

Vincent van Gogh’s most unusual self-portrait is assumed to have been destroyed by fire in the last days of the Second World War, but it could have been looted—and might still survive. The blaze took place underground, almost half a kilometre below the surface.

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