He sits posed in the attitude of a thinker and a sage, holding beneath his right arm the tables of the law, and with the left hand giving support to his chin, like one who is tired and full of anxious cares.

From the fingers of this hand escape long flowing lines of beard, which are very beautiful in their effect upon the eye.

The face is full of vivid life and spiritual force, fit to inspire both love and terror, as perhaps the man in truth did.

He bears, according to the customary wont of artists while portraying Moses, two horns upon the head, not far removed from the summit of the brows.

He is robed and girt about the legs with hosen, the arms bare, and all the rest after the antique fashion.