The mystery surrounding death of Botticelli's muse solved by science after more than five centuries

Simonetta Vespucci, a muse for Botticelli, is often linked to his female figures. Her death at 23 was long attributed to tuberculosis, but Paolo Pozzilli's research suggests otherwise. He noted an unusual detail in Botticelli's Allegorical Portrait of a Woman, which features milk flowing from the woman's breast, raising questions about Vespucci's fertility, as she had no children during her marriage.