Moses Jacob Ezekiel

Moses Jacob Ezekiel ( born October 28, 1844 in Richmond, Virginia; † March 27, 1917 in Rome ) was an American sculptor of the Jewish faith. Ezekiel went into the Military College Virginia Military Institute and then fought as an officer of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. After the war he decided to become a sculptor. In 1869 he went to Europe and became a student of the Academy of Mahler, sculptor and Architectur Art in Berlin. In 1871 he entered the studio of Albert Wolff. There he gained the Prix de Rome in 1873 the Michael Beer Foundation and was consequently two years training in Italy.