Original sentence: Four fingers on the Virgin's left hand, broken during a move, were restored in 1736 by Giuseppe Lirioni and scholars are divided as to whether the restorer took liberties to make the gesture more 'rhetorical'.Much of the Virgin's body is concealed by her monumental drapery, and the relationship of the figures appears quite natural.Prior to shipping to the United States a copy was sent to ensure that the statue could be transported without any damage.The most substantial damage occurred on May 21, 1972 (Pentecost Sunday) when a mentally disturbed geologist named Laszlo Toth walked into the chapel and attacked the Virgin with a geologist's hammer while shouting "I am Jesus Christ.The statue widens progressively down the drapery of the Virgin's dress, to the base, the rock of Golgotha.While there was a precedent for painted depictions of the Virgin grieving over the dead Christ in Florentine art, the subject appears to have been novel to Italian sculpture
Edited sentence: Four fingers on Mary's left hand, broken during a move, were restored in 1736 by Giuseppe Lirioni and scholars are divided as to whether the restorer took liberties to make the gesture more 'rhetorical'.Much of Mary's body is concealed by her monumental drapery, and the relationship of the figures appears quite natural.Prior to shipping to the United States, a copy was sent to ensure that the statue could be transported without any damage.The most substantial damage occurred on May 21, 1972 (Pentecost Sunday) when a mentally disturbed geologist named Laszlo Toth walked into the chapel and attacked the sculpture with a geologist's hammer while shouting "I am Jesus Christ".The statue widens progressively down the drapery of Mary's dress, to the base, the rock of Golgotha.While there was a precedent for painted depictions of Mary grieving over the dead Christ in Florentine art, the subject appears to have been novel to Italian sculpture