MONTORSOLI, Giovanni Angelo
(b. ?1507, Montorsoli, d. 1563, Firenze)

Laocoön

1530s (restored)
Marble
Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

In 1532 Michelangelo recommended Montorsoli to Clement VII to restore antique statues in the Vatican; his restorations of the Laocoön group and the Apollo Belvedere (both Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) ensured their enduring fame.