‘Fake’ Botticelli masterpiece found to be authentic after more than a century

IKvyatkovskaya/iStock(LONDON) — A painting assumed to be an imitation of one of Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli’s most famous works has been revealed to be an original from Botticelli’s own studio, according to the conservation charity English Heritage. The work is a copy of Botticelli’s Madonna of the Pomegranate, which was painted around 1487 and is …

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