Fountain of the Four Rivers
Fountain of the Four Rivers
The Calling of Saint Matthew
The Calling of Saint Matthew
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Moses

Michelangelo

1513–1545

Sculpture – Church

Free

15min

San Pietro in Vincoli

Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4a, 00184 Roma

Michelangelo's most powerful free-standing sculpture — a 2.35-metre Moses who has just glimpsed the Israelites worshipping the Golden Calf, on the verge of rising in fury. Freud wrote an entire essay about this statue. Michelangelo reportedly struck the finished knee with a hammer and commanded it to speak. Free — in a church a short walk from the Colosseum.