Antiques - Art - Ceramics - Murals - Paint

Jul. 07, 1961 - The task that Dauted Michelangelo - Restoration of the Laocoon - Finally Completed : The idea that Michelancelo, of all people, should have been daunted by a task that seemed scisppropriate to his gentus - completing the damaged Laocoon - is one of the conclusions that have emerged from the closest examination ever made of the celebrated statue in the Vatican. Visitors to the Pontifical galleria this season of study and restoration. which reveals the group as barely as possible in its removal of mistakes committed by the sixteenth - century restores, and follower by all their successors until now, most important is the position of the right arm of the central figure, the arm was missing at the time of the find. How, for the first time, the original arm, which came to light at the beginning of this century, has been set in place. Photo Shows The statue before restoration

Restrictions Only for United Kingdom

Barely Celebrated Closest Committed Completing Conclusions Emerged Examination Finally Follower Galleria Idea Laocoon Michelangelo Mistakes Pontifical Possible Removal Restores Reveals Seemed Sixteenth Successors Task Vatican

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > KEY