In our neighborhood in Rome, we were staying a block from the church of San Pietro in Vincoli. Inside this unassuming joint lives the sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo. You just wander in and there it sits. There is no safety glass or any real security. It’s sort of roped off ten feet away. One day I was practically in there alone gaping at it. Weird and wonderful at the same time. He carved it when he was 38. He’d already done Pieta and David by the time he was 23. Many think this is his real masterpiece. Hard to disagree. If Moses was to stand up, he’d be the same height as David.
