Botticelli, renowned for masterpieces like “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera,” left this previously unknown artwork. Massimiliano Croce, commander of the Italian Carabinieri Cultural ...

Botticelli died in 1510, a decade after he created the painting, and both the work and the artist faded into obscurity despite his prominence and high regard during the Italian Renaissance.

Tests have confirmed that a painting found in a church is actually a long-lost Botticelli-era masterpiece. First hung in the Saint Félix Church, in the Champigny-en-Beauce village of France’s ...