It is clear, for instance, that the square pedestals above the double pilasters flanking each of the two Dukes were meant to carry statuettes or candelabra, which would have connected the marble panelling with the cornices and stucchi and frescoed semicircles of the upper region.

Our eyes are everywhere defrauded of the effect calculated by Michelangelo when he planned this chapel.

Yet the total impression remains harmonious.

Proportion has been observed in all the parts, especially in the relation of the larger to the smaller orders, and in the balance of the doors and windows.

Merely decorative carvings are used with parsimony, and designed in a pure style, although they exhibit originality of invention.