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

River Tigris

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.

The ancient Roman statue of a river was restored by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, who gave it the attributes of River Tigris. It is exhibited in the "Cortile Ottagono" (Octagonal Courtyard) in the Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican.