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Testament and Death of Moses Luca Signorelli, 1482
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Testament and Death of Moses

Luca Signorelli Β· 1482

Why it's great

Moses, an old man, gives his last speech to the people on one side, and on the other he is buried on a mountain. Luca Signorelli painted this fresco in the Sistine Chapel in about 1482.

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πŸ“ Sistine ChapelVatican City, Vatican City

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About the artist

Luca Signorelli

1450–1523 Β· born in Cortona

Luca Signorelli was an Italian painter born in Cortona around 1450. He painted powerful, muscular bodies, and his frescoes of the end of the world in Orvieto Cathedral impressed Michelangelo. He died in 1523.

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