Statue of Moses by Michelangelo
Pieta(1.95m) Moses(2.35m) David(5.17) Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel(Fresco, 1508~1512, 41.2m×13.2m) To decorate the Wall Tomb of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564, Italy) carved Moses statue (1513-1515, 2.35 m, Rome, Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli) holding the second two stone tablets between Moses' armpits. Before this, when Moses climbed the mountain Sinai and received the first two stone tablets from God and came down the mountain, he saw the Israelites dancing with the golden calf under the mountain and threw the two stone tablets down the mountain in anger and broke them. After climbing up the mountain Sinai again, Moses ca...