A missing Botticelli masterpiece worth $109 million was hanging in an Italian family's home for decades

A museum visitor looks at Botticelli paintings in Florence.

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• A Botticelli masterpiece presumed missing for over 50 years had been hanging in an Italian family's home.
• Despite the painting being entrusted to the family for safekeeping, authorities had somehow marked it missing.
• The 15th century portrait of the Virgin Mary and child was found in poor condition.

A Botticelli masterpiece reported missing for over half a century was found hiding in plain sight...