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ArticleStudy of Bot­ti­celli paint­ings reveals muse behind ' Venus' died of tumour

Cul­ture Simon­etta Vespucci, the face of the Italian Renais­sance as Sandro Bot­ti­celli’s muse, may actu­ally have died at just 23 from com­plic­a­tions of a tumour rather than tuber­cu­losis. 16 July 2026 04: 30 Si­mon­et­ta Vespuc­ci, the face...