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This project was not realised, however, and the Moses was not completed until 1542.  Michelangelo chose the present position for the Moses during the final project of 1542-45.  As it was designed for a higher viewpoint, the statue's proportions seem awkward when seen in its present low location in the church. Moses is depicted with horns, a traditional but inaccurate attribute of the Old Testament prophet in European art. 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