A recent investigation has upended the long-held belief that a painting in a small French church was merely a 19th-century reproduction of a 15th-century work by Sandro Botticelli. Researchers now assert that the artwork originated from Botticelli’s own studio, suggesting that multiple artists may have collaborated on it, with Botticelli himself contributing significant details.
The painting, housed at St. Félix Church in Champigny-en-Beauce, Loire Valley, depicts the Virgin Mary alongside a young St. John the Baptist and the infant Christ. It has been part of the church’s collection since the 1800s. Previously, officials believed it to be a later copy of a similar Botticelli work created around 1490, but the new analysis indicates a direct connection to the famed Italian Renaissance painter.
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