Detail from "Laocoon" - Vatican Museums, Vatican
City, Rome, Italy.
Note: In 1905, the archeologist Pollack discovered a fragment in a marble
cutting shop that he felt was from the Laocoon. Pollack proposed that the 1532
restoration by Montrosoli was in error. Ignored until 1957 when additional
fragments were found, a new restoration and replacement of the Montrosoli right
arm was realized. The composition is now more harmonious. Note that a bronze
copy of the unrestored group was made for Francis I of France and can be seen in
the Louvre Museum.