Missing Botticelli Painting Worth $109M Found in Italian Home

The artwork, entrusted to the Somma family after an earthquake damaged its original housing, was marked as missing for over 50 years.

A Botticelli painting, estimated to be worth $109 million and missing for over 50 years, was found in an Italian family's home in Gragnano, near Naples.
The painting, a portrait of the Virgin Mary and child, was commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1470 and is one of Botticelli's last works.
The artwork was entrusted to the Somma family for safekeeping after an earthquake damaged the church where it was housed.
Despite the family having the painting, it was marked as missing by the authorities who had stopped inspecting the residence over 50 years ago.
The painting, now in poor condition, will undergo a year of restoration before it can be displayed to the public again.