Tomb of Pope Julius II, Moses statue by Michaelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, San Pietro in Vincoli Church, Rome, Italy

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Tomb of Pope Julius II, Moses statue by Michelangelo Buonarroti, San Pietro in Vincoli Church, Rome, Italy. Moses (c. 1513–1515) is a sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. Commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts the biblical figure Moses with horns on his head, based on a description in chapter 34 of Exodus in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time.

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Size: 5827px × 3885px
Location: San Pietro in Vincoli, Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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