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Researchers Say Tumour Apoplexy Likely Killed Botticelli’s Muse Simonetta Vespucci

A peer‑reviewed paper argues archival letters and AI analysis of portraits point to a bleeding pituitary tumour as the probable cause of her 1476 death and calls for further study of remaining uncertainties.

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France Halts Auction of Newly Found Hans Baldung Portrait With 30-Month Export Ban

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Michelangelo Drawing Sells for $27.2 Million at Christie’s, Setting New Auction Record

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Scientists Report Trace DNA From Disputed Drawing That Could Tie to Leonardo da Vinci

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Christie’s to Auction Newly Attributed Michelangelo Sistine Study in February 2026

Renaissance Art

Researchers Say Tumour Apoplexy Likely Killed Botticelli’s Muse Simonetta Vespucci

Leonardotheka 2.0 Launches to Digitally Reunite Leonardo’s Manuscripts

Musk Intensifies Attacks on Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Over Nyong’o Casting

The Met Opens First Comprehensive U.S. Raphael Retrospective

France Halts Auction of Newly Found Hans Baldung Portrait With 30-Month Export Ban

Michelangelo Drawing Sells for $27.2 Million at Christie’s, Setting New Auction Record

Scientists Report Trace DNA From Disputed Drawing That Could Tie to Leonardo da Vinci

Christie’s to Auction Newly Attributed Michelangelo Sistine Study in February 2026