In the summer of 1944, Michael was 22 and coming into his own. The war was going badly for the Axis, which included Romania. Opponents of the Antonescu regime within Romania treated the king as a ...

Those works, including San Sebastian, became part of Romania’s national gallery when the King died in 1914. But in 1947, the then King Michael I removed roughly 40 paintings belonging to the ...

While King Carol’s oldest was shunned for years as illegitimate, Michael went on to become “the puppet king of Romania’s Soviet-dominated government.” As a reward for his loyalty ...