{
  "id": 17580293,
  "title": "The mystery surrounding death of Botticelli's muse solved by science after more than five centuries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/the-mystery-surrounding-death-of-botticellis-muse-solved-by-science",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T02:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/11/01/the-mystery-surrounding-death-of-botticelli-s-muse-solved-by-science-after-more-than-five-centuries_6768445_117.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Simonetta Vespucci, the legendary model of the 15th-century Florentine artist, did not die of tuberculosis, as historians had believed. By studying the painter's works, scientists have reached a new conclusion regarding the cause of her death at age 23.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}