THE FIRST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE TOMB [Image #11] MOSES THE TOMB OF JULIUS II.

SAN PIETRO IN VINCOLI, ROME (_By permission of Sig.

Giacomo Brogi, Florence_) The cartoon, The Apostles for the Duomo, and all these works, had to be left unfinished, as Michael Angelo was summoned to Rome in the beginning of 1505 by Pope Julius II.

From this period Michael Angelo was the servant, often the unwilling servant, of the Popes (his Medusa as he said).

Much of his time was wasted owing to the different dispositions and likings of his patrons, yet we must be thankful to them for the opportunities they gave him in their great undertakings.