Michelangelo’s famous statue of Moses is in a church in Rome called San Pietro in Vincoli, or ‘St Peter in Chains’, alluding to the jail in which St Peter was imprisoned before his crucifixion. The statue was made for the tomb of Pope Julius II. Originally the tomb was supposed to be a gigantic, free standing structure; the famous unfinished  ‘slave’ figures in Florence’s Accademia Museum–where the David can also be found–were supposed to be for that tomb. But Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel made it difficult for the artist to find time for Julius’s tomb. The Moses, however, he did complete. This is a detail of Moses’ hands and long, flowing beard. You can see the tablets of the law tucked under his arm.