San Bernardo

square, Rome, Italy

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    In Rome: The fountains of Rome

    …triumphal arch fountain in the Piazza San Bernardo, commissioned by Pope Sixtus V. The figure is a pallid Moses, apparently in imitation of the work by Michelangelo that adorns the tomb of Pope Julius II. Its sculptor, Prospero Bresciano, is said to have been so hurt by the public’s jeers…

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