A year later Clement VII died, having seen only drawings of the tombs, if those.
But though left unfinished, the sacristy is wholly satisfying--more indeed than satisfying, conquering.

Whatever help Michelangelo may have had from his assistants, it is known that the symbolical figures on the tombs and the two seated Medici are from his hand.

Of the two finished or practically finished tombs--to my mind as finished as they should be--that of Lorenzo is the finer.

The presentment of Lorenzo in armour brooding and planning is more splendid than that of Giuliano; while the old man, whose head anticipates everything that is considered most original in Rodin's work, is among the best of Michelangelo's statuary.

Much speculation has been indulged in as to the meaning of the symbolism of these tombs, and having no theory of my own to offer, I am glad to borrow Mr.Gerald S.Davies' summary from his monograph on Michelangelo.