After finishing the David, Michelangelo returned to work on the tomb of Pope Julius the 2nd. As part of the tomb, he carved a statue of the Biblical Moses. One thing that sticks out about this Moses is his horns. In the translation of the Bible from Hebrew into Latin there was a mistranslation. Instead of the text saying Moses had "something" sticking out of his head. The Bible said Moses had "horns" sticking out of his head.
Besides the Moses, Pope Julius tomb contained many other pieces. He took 34 marbles for the whole tomb. Michelangelo had to pay for all of it out his own pocket. The Catholic Church was suppose to pay him back. They were very slow to do so and in never fully paid him back. He stuck around in Rome hoping to get his payment.
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