Italian experts question authenticity of Hungarian Botticelli

Experts in Florence attending a conference on the Renaissance yesterday expressed reservations over claims that Sandro Botticelli contributed to a mural in Esztergom castle.

Culture Minister István Hiller announced at the Hungarian Academy in Rome on Friday that a figure depicting Moderation on a mural in Esztergom royal palace is probably the work of the early-Renaissance master.

Florence-based professor and author of a book on Botticelli, Miklós Boskovits, claimed “the painter of the figure was a mediocre late 15th Century Florence-based artist.”

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