medievalists.net/2026/10/did-botticellis-venus-die-from-a-brain-tumour-new-study-offers-evidence Did Botticelli’s Venus Die from a Brain Tumour? New Study Offers Evidence
A new study argues that the swollen eyes and squint in Botticelli's paintings of Simonetta Vespucci point to a pituitary tumour, not the tuberculosis historians have generally blamed for her death at 23. The researchers read the features as signs of a large tumour pressing on nerves that control eye movement.
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