Experts cleaning a supposed imitation of a Botticelli painting have discovered it was actually created in the Renaissance master's own studio. The work had been thought to be a later copy of the ...

Using advanced imaging techniques, researchers determined that the St. Félix work was painted in Botticelli’s studio by various artists, and that Botticelli himself may have worked on the ...

The successful sale of the Botticelli piece could help boost prices for other such paintings at a time when many art collectors are chasing newer works from post-war and contemporary artists.

“Mystic Nativity” (1500), now held at the National Gallery in London, is the only work Botticelli ever signed. It re-emerged in the 1800s after centuries of obscurity, revealing a complex ...