Slightly more than 16 inches tall, the terra-cotta statuette of “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” tells a larger-than-life biblical tale of a young man who escapes a savage death. But if you look closely there’s more to the story. “You can actually see the sculptor’s thumbprint in the clay,” says Mark Greenberg, president of Evergreen Exhibitions, which brings Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture and other exquisite Vatican artifacts to the Western Reserve Historical society this month for a summer visit.
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