Which sculpture is the best-known completed part of Julius II’s tomb?

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Medallion depicting Pope Julius II — Julius II Julius II, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican Library.

The best-known completed sculpture for the tomb of Pope Julius II is the Moses, which is located in the church of S. Pietro in Vincoli in Rome.12

Although the tomb was originally intended to be a monumental sepulchre, the project faced numerous delays and design changes due to financial and political pressures, as well as the death of the pope in 1513. Consequently, many other figures intended for the project, such as the Dying Slave and the Bound Slave, were never used for the final, much-reduced version of the tomb that was eventually installed in 1545.32