1/12 He will ever be remembered as the man who compelled Michael Angelo to paint the Sistine vault. He was the best friend Michael Angelo ever had, notwithstanding their bickerings, and he understood him as no one ever did afterwards; but he bequeathed to him the Tragedy of the Tomb. In 1514 Michael Angelo signed the agreement for a new commission:-- "Deed with Michael Angelo for the figure in marble( 119) of a Risen Christ for the Church of the Minerva, in Rome. |