Carlo Pellicani, after Carlo Buzzi
Moses and the Burning Bush

1807-13
Marble
West façade, Milan Cathedral

It would not be easy for an artist to picture God speaking from the bush (Exodus 3:4), so this and other images picture the voice as coming from the sky.

As instructed, Moses has removed his sandals because Mount Horeb is holy ground.

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Photographed at the cathedral by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.