He depicted a man cradled in a much larger woman's lap in his depiction of the Pietà, which notably omits Christ's Passion.
At the age of 13, this man was apprenticed to Ghirlandaio. A few years later, he sculpted the Madonna of the Steps, his first independent work. This artist sculpted a horned Moses for the tomb of Pope (*) Julius II. He depicted a man cradled in a much larger woman's lap in his depiction of the Pietà, which notably omits Christ's Passion. This man sculpted a contrapposto Biblical figure on the verge of fighting Goliath. For 10 points, name this Renaissance sculptor of the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, and the marble David.
At the age of 13, this man was apprenticed to Ghirlandaio. A few years later, he sculpted the Madonna of the Steps, his first independent work.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni