Moses
The artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti, master sculptor of the Italian Renaissance.
What you see
A powerful seated figure of Moses with a long flowing beard, holding the stone tablets of the law and two small horns on his head.
The story
Michelangelo made it around 1515 as part of a grand tomb for Pope Julius the Second, and it became one of the tomb's most admired pieces.
The style
It was carved in marble with amazing detail, from the deep folds of the robe to each strand of the enormous beard.
Look closer
The two little horns come from an old translation of the Bible that mixed up the word for rays of light with the word for horns.
Where to see it
You can visit it in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Italy.
Fun fact
People say Moses looks so alive that Michelangelo himself may have wished the statue could speak.